Almost Cool Dad

Over the past couple of years, The term “black girl magic” has become commonplace in our vocabulary for good reason. Black girls and women have been showing extraordinary skill in everything from academics to athletics. Even in entertainment, Black women and girls are breaking out of traditional, stereotypical roles to ones that show complex characters with […]

When everyone online went #TeacherBae crazy, I dismissed it as another silly meme. I didn’t even bother to read the story. Then you guys kept arguing and blocking each other and all that hot messiness made me curious. I went to the web thinking I was going to see a woman in front of a […]

When news broke about rapper Waka Flocka Flame sharing a video of his niece locked in a dog cage, I knew that social media would be outraged. Personally, I thought it was funny as f***. I’m not Ms. Cleo, but I bet I can tell you how it all went down. Little mama kept messing […]

Nostalgia is one of those things that keeps us older folks from going bat crazy when the rest of the world seems to want to…

As the holiday shopping window closes, options are becoming scarce but that doesn’t mean that all hope is lost. There are still a lot of…

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I took a trip down south to hang out with the in-laws. It was a great chance to get away from…

Just the other day while on a walk with Liam, I heard a woman not too far from us scream “N***a, you must got me…

This week, many mothers and and supporters celebrated National Breastfeeding Day.  Judging from the social media banter, the topic of breastfeeding is still one that…

The kids are back in school and before you know it, department stores will beat us all in the head with their in-store holiday playlists.…

A general rule for dealing with a toddler is to not laugh when they do something bad, even if your sides are about to split…