There are 15 women left in the house, down from the original 24. Two ladies voluntarily left, 7 were kicked out. With these numbers, “Match Made in Heaven” is looking more like “Survivor” than dating show. Two of the women that left provided a good portion of the drama/ ratchet antics on the show, And ...

Dear Demetria: “I accidentally took my girl’s virginity. I know how this sounds, but I swear it was a weird accident. My girl wants to wait until marriage. In the meantime, we do everything but penetration. Last night, we humping. I got her legs on my shoulder and I’m moving. I made a wrong move ...

I wake up the other morning, and head to the bathroom, because I’m human and that’s what most of us do. The night before, I stayed up til 2AM dyeing my hair “natural black”, which for anyone whose ever dyed their hair black at home knows that really means “jet black.” And then I twisted ...

  I interviewed the 40-year old woman who married herself. This is the “behind the scenes” version of how it came to be. So, seemingly every Black new site ran the story of Yasmin Eleby, the 40-year old woman who married herself on January 3. No one, except the person who published the original story, ...

  VH1’s Sorority Sisters, the network’s latest ensemble cast of African-American women, has been embattled in controversy since a trailer for the show leaked in June. That trailer inspired a petition to keep it from airing, which was signed by thousands. Despite the backlash before the show even began, Sorority Sisters debuted in December to an audience of 1.3 million ...

From Yahoo Beauty:  After writer Demetria L. Lucas published her first book, A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life, her inbox was flooded with 38,000 questions from women seeking her empowering, no holds-barred take on relationships. Lucas, who was previously the relationships editor at Essence, decided to add life coach to ...

Yeah. You read that title right. On yesterday’s episode of the Steve Harvey show, there was a segment called, “Is It Weird?” Guests with quirks ‘fess up and ask Harvey, a couple experts, and of course, the audience, if what they do is normal or abnormal. Today’s guest though? Bonkers.  (You can watch below.) Meet ...

  Last week was hard for black women. Kim Kardashian’s bare ass—and all the white privilege it represents—was everywhere you scrolled, an unintentional attempt to fulfill the directive on the cover of Paper magazine: Break the Internet. Whether you thought her flaunting her big bottom was exceptionally vulgar or artistic homage, you knew that whatever ...

I stopped by Essence, my former home, to share dating and relationships tips with Essence.com viewers. Click the link to view the ...

Lincoln University President Robert R. Jennings stirred up a lot of trouble for himself when remarks he made in September to female students insinuating that women lied about rape went viral this week. After much public outrage, he apologized on Tuesday.  “My message was intended to emphasize personal responsibility and mutual respect,” Jennings wrote. “I apologize for my choice ...