(ThyBlackMan.com) Thank you First Lady for staying true to yourself and remaining focused on your goals of health and fitness for both children and adults. You are a shining example of courage and the beauty that illuminates from you is a positive role model not only for black women, but ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) My sister and I recently sat down to watch a show that we enjoy quite often called Millionaire Matchmaker.  The host of the show was setting up a session for a rich and distinguished black man and was in the process of considering black women who she thought would ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) She walks around with no direction/no protection/ You left Her after  conception/looking for the love that You never gave Her/so with words it’s easy for men to sway Her/She gives up Her body so easily/so willfully/asking why didn’t He love me/Is it because I look like Her/Talk like Her/But ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Rape is the murder of the essence of a female.”  I can certainly bear witness to that , because at the age of 15 a part of me was murdered. I remember the day it happened. The time, the weather, the season… the day I had no choice in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) We are the world. We come in every shade under the sun and then some.  And we are one. We are black haired. We are brown haired. We are red haired. We are blond. We are dark and potent as the night. And we are as light as any ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Brothers, never lay down with a woman that you don’t trust with your life. If conception occurs, and the relationship ends, her hurt/pain/ bitterness will cause her to use her womb as a counter attack against you, since betrayal starts in the womb (mental) first. We have to work ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) eclecticalexandria: i’m tired of reading, seeing, and hearing lectures and panels of men sharing their opinion of why women are single and how women should portray themselves in society. true womanhood cannot and never will be defined by a man. This may be old news to some folks but I’mma ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Be a good girl for Mommy” was the last thing she heard her mother say. She saw him approaching her, and she looked at her mother in confusion, then in fear as he took her in the bedroom. “Mommy HELP ME!” “Be a good girl for Mommy” is what ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Some people may say I am a thick sista or a big boned sista or the ignorant ones just call you the F-word and we all know what it means and of course, it pisses me off.  I don’t consider myself any of those things even if I have ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Yo, buff ting, ya looking nice today, still’. I walk past the bus stop, eyes focused on the crossing a few steps ahead. “Psst, psst – eh gorgeous, can I talk with you”, the thick West African accent cuts through my thoughts, and I glance to my side to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com)During this season of reflection, many people ponder the question, “Where am I today?” Some review the year past and think, “Wow! What a great year,” while others eagerly look forward to the next year, with anticipation of better times. Some years ago, during my period of reflection, I read ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I was on Facebook earlier this morning and saw this post regarding African American female cartoonists. The site is entitled, The Ormes Society that was featured on the social networking site. The society is named after Jackie Ormes, the first African American Woman Cartoonist. I immediately went online to research her profile ...