Chris Brown withdraws from Kids Choice Awards: Is it a victory?
There's been no shortage of outrage when it comes to Rihanna's beating at the hands of boyfriend Chris Brown, or about Nickelodeon's failure to withdrawn Brown from consideration in the Kids Choice...
View ArticleViolence in Teen Relationships: Not Just for Heterosexual Girls
Back in the last century, when I was a teenager, I became a peer violence educator. The YWCA recruited and trained young women and men to conduct workshops at schools, youth groups, and other organized...
View ArticleChris Brown Doesn't and Does Recall Beating Rihanna
First, let me say that while I know that being raised with domestic violence, as it's reportedChris Brown was raised, may result in your becoming a physically abusive partner, my sympathy for the young...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Awareness Month a Year After the Hudson Murders
Last year during national Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I mean exactly one year ago on October 28, 2008, I wrote about one of the most disturbing cases with a connection to domestic violence...
View ArticlePrince, Chris Brown, Queen Latifah and El DeBarge: Bloggers on the Highs and...
Overshadowing the BET coverage is the fact that Chris Brown cried during the Michael Jackson tribute when he tried to sing "Man in the Mirror," but bloggers are talking about the winners and...
View ArticleChris Brown and Whitney Houston: Entertainment Industry Fails Black Women
Chris Brown's "comeback" at the 2012 Grammys -- on the heels of the untimely death of Whitney Houston -- is a sad commentary as to how far society has to go in terms of respecting Black women.This past...
View ArticleRihanna to Oprah: Her Post-Abuse Relationship With Chris Brown (Trigger Alert)
It seems like everyone has an opinion about it. Seeing those photos of Rihanna's bruised, swollen face at the hands of then-boyfriend Chris Brown struck a chord in many of us that continues to...
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