How Every Christian Can Relate to Homosexuals in the Church
Last Thursday, Jeff Chu, author of the new book, “Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America,” appeared on the Diane Rehm Show. It was the kind of interview that made me talk back to the radio and that spurned discussions with other people in the car. I [...]
Even When It’s Not on ‘The List’
I think Olivia Pope was wrong about herself on last night’s “Scandal.” I don’t think she wants painful love (which would also be oxymoronic love.) I think she just wants what she wants, even when it’s not on The List. You know, The List of All the Things That Indicate A Black Woman’s Life is [...]
If the Mayans are Right
If the Mayans are right*, and the world does end on Dec. 21, 2012—does anyone else wonder if the end will roll over the earth time zone by time zone?—I’ll be happy that: I don’t have to pay off my student loan after all! I won’t have to worry about health insurance. This pesky [...]
Seeing Sisterhood Change
Many women have felt sorry for me over the years because I have no sisters. (No brothers either, FYI, but not the point of the post.) I recall an incident in college shortly after the sister of one of my roommates had visited. My roommate and I were both primping in front of the bathroom [...]
Handling Shade with Subtext: a lesson in writing and interracial dating
As a writer, I love subtext, and Shonda Rhimes does it brilliantly. The genius behind “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” took it to a new level last night when character Olivia Pope, who is black, said this in reference to her affair with the president, who is white: “I’m feeling a little ‘Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemmings’ about this.” [...]
First Lady Love
I love my First Lady. I was so pumped after watching her speech last night, it took me an extra hour and half to fall asleep. I went to bed this morning and awoke this morning with the same feeling I had on November 5, 2008, the morning after Barack Obama was elected president: that [...]
Virginity as a social construct?
“I don’t really believe in virginity.” I heard “The F Word” blogger Holly Combe say this during a segment on BBC World News yesterday morning. She had a slightly different view of virginity than did Miriam Babooram, a woman who, at 33, is a virgin and has decided not to have sex before marriage. [...]
Looking for Plan B: An open letter to girls
To a 16-year-old girl who wants to buy Plan B-One over the counter: Someone in the Obama administration you’ve probably never even heard of made an unprecedented decision concerning you last week. U.S. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius decided that Plan B One-Step, which you probably know as the “morning after pill,” [...]
No more celebrity stories
“Is Marriage ‘In’ Again?” Since I just started reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, “Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage,” yesterday, the above question jumped out at me as I scrolled through my Twitter feed. Clutch magazine posed the question in relation to the recent nuptials of Toya Carter and Memphitz, and those of several other [...]
Maria, Arnold, Divorce and Dads
Maria Shriver’s and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s separation has given me two deep thoughts. One is about business. The other is as follows: I wrote a short play several years ago that, on the surface, was about a father and daughter who simply had different world views. When delving deeper into character development, my playwriting instructor [...]
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