You’ve got questions? He’s got answers! Email your questions to Your Gay Best Friend at: girlworkonyou@aol.com Dear Gay Best Friend, I really need your help before I up and walk away from my man. I’ve been dating this one guy for 15 months and I’m tired of feeling hurt and left out. He can come […]
Two African American women offer the first ever handbook on navigating the exciting, tricky, and potentially dangerous terrain of interracial relationships with personal anecdotes, historical context, pop cultural references, and expert tips on how to make the bumpy ride a bit smoother. When it comes to black women, the statistics have been grim when it […]
You’ve got questions? He’s got answers! Email your questions to Your Gay Best Friend at: girlworkonyou@aol.com Dear Gay Best Friend, Hey there! :-) First time reading/seeing your articles (and would love to sign up with you for EVERYTHING). You are hilarious! But, more importantly, you are straight up and to the point – love it. […]
You’ve got questions? He’s got answers! Email your questions to Your Gay Best Friend at: girlworkonyou@aol.com Dear Gay Best Friend, My name is Aliccia, and I want to follow my dreams of becoming an actress, but my parents think otherwise. I have had this passion ever since I was a kid, and this is really […]
Ruth Watson, a former writer for the Atlanta-Journal &Constitution and Upscale magazine, has penned an impossible to put down, page-turner. Set against the backdrop of post- World War I, BLACKBERRY DAYS OF SUMMER (Strebor Books; $15; June 2012) is a compelling look at the Jim Crow era in rural Virginia. This suspenseful tale of deceit […]
You’ve got questions? He’s got answers! Email your questions to Your Gay Best Friend at: girlworkonyou@aol.com Dear Gay Best Friend, I read your blog, “I slept with him, now he is ignoring me.” It was very interesting and you definitely know how to give good advice. I have been seeing somebody for 9 months now. […]
Author, David J. Leonard’s newest book, After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness (SUNY Press; May 2012; $29.95) explores how the NBA moved to govern black players and the expression of blackness after the “Palace Brawl” of 2004. On November 19, 2004, a fight between NBA players Ron Artest and Ben Wallace escalated […]
You’ve got questions? He’s got answers! Email your questions to Your Gay Best Friend at: girlworkonyou@aol.com Dear Gay Best Friend, I recently got out of a two year relationship because the distance was causing a big problem (I’m in the Air Force and stationed away from home), along with the fact that I was mentally, […]
“Payback Ain’t Enough” (Cash Money Content; April 2012; $14.99) is the follow up to Wahida Clark’s bestselling title “Payback With Ya Life” (2008). Payback With Ya Life was one of the few urban fiction releases to appear on the New York Times Extended Bestseller list. “Payback Is A Mutha,” the first release from the trilogy, […]
Readers have come to love Sarah Pekkanen’s novels in large part because she writes stories about women whose lives often reflect that of the women who eagerly turn the pages of her books. Reading Sarah Pekkanen’s novel is a literary experience. Her extraordinary talent for creating compelling characters is what has earned her a permanent […]
Dear Gay Best Friend, I have been on this dating/flirt website for about two years now. I get on there every so often and whenever I’m bored. That’s it. But, one day I got on there and was browsing through the different guys pictures and profiles and I came across this one sexy guy’s pictures […]
Almost two years ago I met this guy while I was waiting on line at the store. We’d never spoken before, but I knew of him in high school and he had a history of bouncing from girl to girl. He’s very good-looking, charming, ambitious, and somehow he finds a way to make extreme confidence […]
