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First Pictures Of Blue Ivy Carter: Check Out Beyonce & Jay-Z’s Beautiful Baby!

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:55:05 PST

Of course every baby is beautiful—a glorious gift—and we celebrate the wondrous miracle of every new life. But we gotta be honest here: Some babies have a bit more curiosity surrounded them than...

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Roland Martin’s Suspension, Obama’s Birth Control Tweak, Beyonce’s Skin & Other Fresh Links

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:56:38 PST

This week, the internet lit up like the Rockefeller Christmas Tree over Roland Martin’s suspension from CNN—a suspension prompted after the celebrated commentator sent out homophobic tweets...

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Macy’s Celebrates Romare Bearden’s 100th Birthday With A Must-See, In-Store Art Exhibit

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:08 PST

Ask any one of my children the one thing they’re supposed to buy for their mother when they grow up and get rich and famous and they will say, without hesitation, an original Romare Bearden. I think...

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Adele Puts Karl Lagerfeld In His Place—And This Curvy Black Woman Is Proud Of Her For Doing It

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:44:44 PST

Adele, the British vocalist with the black soul singer pipes and a voluptuous body to match, is my hero today—not only because I adore her triumphant album, 21 or think she’ll sweep all six of her...

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Even When You Try, Keeping Teenagers from Having Sex in Your Home Can be Complicated

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:40:35 PST

By NICK CHILES Should you allow your teenager to have sex in your house? This was a question posed by Clutch and like many, if not most, parents, my initial answer was a loud and resounding, “Aw,...

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The American Obsession with Imprisonment is a National Shame—and a Parent’s Nightmare

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:33 PST

For those outside of the community, it is hard to comprehend how much the specter of prison haunts black people, black men, and particularly black parents. To bring a black child, especially a black...

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Loving My Milkshake & My Pearls: A #Flawless12 Celebration Of My Physical Self

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:50 PST

Boy, I’ll tell you this much: That Chatterbox Christie’s #Flawless12 campaign really has me digging deep—a little deeper, I admit, than I was ready to go, at least publicly. This particular stretch...

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Beyonce’s Post Baby Body is Round and Curvy —Just like We Husbands Like Them

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:49 PST

By NICK CHILES With all the fuss over Beyonce’s body after she pushed out baby Blue Ivy, I’d like to take a moment to talk about all the yummy goodness that was my wife’s post-pregnancy body. I...

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An Awesome Multicultural Book List, Courtesy Of Reading Is Fundamental

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:23 PST

I may be showing my age, but I remember even as a kid being moved by those Reading Is Fundamental commercials—the ones that promised cool, new books to kids who didn’t have any. All these years...

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Los Angeles Teacher Accused Of Lewd Acts—Entire School Staff Replaced

Denene@MyBrownBaby — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:38:56 PST

The entire staff of the Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles is being replaced this week while police and school officials investigate allegations that a third grade teacher blindfolded 23...

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