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Continue reading →: Blurred Ethical Lines
The family of Marvin Gaye has been awarded $7.3 million in a lawsuit against Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and TI regarding the song “Blurred Lines.” FINALLY. I remember being floored when I first heard of the lawsuit, assuming that Gaye’s estate had been compensated for what I thought was a…
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Continue reading →: Sex Lives of the Rich and Poor
According to Brookings, they are really quite similar, at least among women. That is until we start talking reproductive choice and protection. I know, I know… a touchy subject, especially when politics is ever-present in the conversation. Apparently, access to birth control is the greatest variable in this conversation. In…
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Continue reading →: Work Your Package
Later this month, I’m excited to attend the 2015 Work Your Package event. This women’s conference is the brainchild of a talented colleague and began as a book or success guide if you will. It’s a simple concept: creator Ayanna Castro decided to take hard lessons learned and share those…
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Continue reading →: Selma is NOW
One day, when the glory comes It will be ours, it will be ours Oh, one day, when the war is won We will be sure, we will be sure Oh, glory, glory Oh, glory, glory Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon Formed against, yes glory is destined…
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Continue reading →: Mother to Son
First published in 1922, it seems apropos for today…the regrettable conversations many mothers must have with sons about the police, debates about My Brother’s Keeper programming… Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up,…
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Continue reading →: Everyone Has God
Yesterday during my evening commute, I was on the phone with my significant other. He was talking about many of the youth today and he said they were “Godless.” He then made some scriptural reference which landed me out of my depth; I have not studied religious texts in at…
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Continue reading →: No Tips Necessary
A new Philly restaurant is doing something virtually unheard of… compensating its wait staff fairly. Girard Brasserie and Bruncherie is paying $13/hr plus vacation, sick and health insurance. What’s the catch? Co-owner, Brian Oliveira, is willing to make less money, in order to have happy employees. Now there’s some food…
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Continue reading →: For Sale: A Mother’s Milk
This is the oddest story that I’ve heard in a long while. A company, Medolac Laboratories, is looking to pay African-American, lactating mothers in Detroit for their breast milk. Apparently, this would be the pilot for a program that is slated to go nation-wide. First, I think it’s kind of…
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Continue reading →: Happy 86th Birthday!
A new generation of young people are understanding the importance of his leadership in a new, tangible way. Thank God!
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I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
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