This is beyond awesome. I was just talking with someone about getting marley braids but didn't want to pay the ridiculous prices of paying someone to do it. This is the first tutorial that I've seen that makes me think I can actually do it myself! Which is great, because I'm getting a little tired of bantu knot outs.

Gotta to say you nailed the Chicago Trixie. The only thing you left out was their ability to teeter around the brutal winter weather in high heels while dressing without layers.

After reading this I promptly went in the kitchen and hugged my hubby. When he asked me what's up, I told him I'm so glad that we managed to find each other before text messages and camera phones. Never had being an old fart (well almost 40) felt so good. How do you ladies handle this shit without just totally…

I loved Phenomena so much when I was a kid. It introduced me to Dario Argento's work and I've been obsessed ever since.

The sad thing is this could be used for many other nefarious things. I used to work in higher ed admissions and I've heard of students being denied at other schools (not mine) because of their social media postings. Actually, I know of one person who was denied a graduate internship because of all of their drunk pics…

Ahhh, I see now. You're my first internet troll. I'm so honored that it's you. Good luck with that.

No, actually I'm a 39 year old black woman. Any other questions?

Um, I wasn't making judgements. It was just a question I posed. Especially since as a person who grew up in a fairly religious family and went to Catholic School for the first 1o years of life-I didn't see how a few minutes would radically change who I am. So chill the fuck out, ok? I've been taking foster parenting…

OMG, my friend from college literally just posted this on FB a few days ago. When we asked her the same question (how can 5 minutes undo a lifetime of parental teachings) the feedback I got from other commenters was that since I wasn't a parent I could never understand-basically invalidating my opinion.

Sounds suspiciously like Pajama Jeans. Which, I'm not ashamed to say, I'm actually rocking right now. They are hella comfortable and way less expensive.

So true! I love Anna Scholz! I wound up ordering a dress from her when I attended a friend's wedding a few years ago and it was the business. It just seems that the UK is far more progressive with their great choices for plus-size women (Asos, Simply Be, Evans, Marina Rinaldi) than we are here in the US.

When we were kids, my siblings and I used to joke about how the names were not more diverse. I mean, we knew no one named Audrey in our old neighborhood. But we knew plenty of girls named Shanika and Uniqua. I mean, if you heard on the news that that next storm is named Hurricane Sheneneh - wouldn't you get out of…

I have to admit that I'm addicted to the Denny's Tumblr. Totally wackadoodle in a good way.

I refused to watch it, mainly because I'm old enough to remember the truly craptastic fox reality shows like Who wants to Marry a Millionaire . My only question is, why in the holy hell did these women actually feel that Prince Harry is choosing his bride on a reality show. I mean, wouldn't that be the first clue that…

The weird thing is when I used to work in college admissions, I had two students named Kale. Well, actually one's name was actually Cale instead of Kale. My sister had a classmate named Lettuce too.

This coming from the guy whose nickname is literally "The Round Mound of Rebound". I think Chuck is well-aware of the glass mansion he lives in.

Although I guess I applaud Kim's acknowledgement of bigotry (better late than never, I guess) I'm confused because Kanye isn't her first experience dating outside of her race. You mean to tell me that the topic of discrimination and privilege hadn't come up with any of the other men she has been with? Really-it…

I'm sorry to hear that. Everyone's "Gramma and 'em " had a stack of dated Jet magazines in their house where I grew up. It's not going to be the same as a digital magazine.

I'm so happy that this is going to be adapted for TV. She's Gotta Have It was such a groundbreaking movie. Really smart, funny and with a strong, black female character who was unapologetic about her sex life without painting her just as a hyper-sexual stereotype. I just pray that Showtime really does this show…

To be honest, I was getting the Richard Pryor skit for my younger sister's white boyfriend, who wanted to understand our "Little Feet" reference. He hadn't heard of Richard, so connecting him to the Mudbone skit opened up a new conversation.