It’s time to start looking at our diets and their implications honestly. Our excessive consumption of meat isn’t just costing us our health, but our environment, as well. To top off the list of grievances, factory farming is one of the leading direct and indirect causes of air pollution in the world. More »

So, I was prompted to start yoga. And I must admit that I was like, “Man…yoga?” I can hear the whispers now, “You on that gay shit. That corny shit.” Having removed all the homo-feminine connotations around it, I proclaimed to myself, “Fuck it. This shit might change my life.” More »

There are a lot of people in New York City. We have people here from almost every demographic, every race, ethnicity, and every stratum of mental stability. Pressed as we are into small spaces every day, we have made ignoring each other an art form. We walk down crowded sidewalks, hardly glancing up, without bumping into anyone. We have learned to spend hours in packed subways, ignoring eye contact and the conversations going on around us. More »

You’re lying in bed, getting ready to doze off as random thoughts come to mind. You think about your day. The little bagel you had for breakfast. The tremendous lunch you had at the deli by your job. You remember not having any dinner too. Then, you drift into thoughts of tomorrow. What needs to be done tomorrow? You have a meeting at 10 a.m. with your sponsors and a lunch date with your colleague that you haven’t seen in forever. Maybe, you’ll try and do some yoga too. Then, out of nowhere, an overwhelming feeling of dread comes over you. It starts in your chest and spreads all over your body. More »

In an attempt to raise the already high rates of heart disease and diabetes, KFC recently announced the release of its third fried chicken flavor in 68 years. According to reports, the new flavor, “Chipotle”, joins Colonel Sanders’ Original Recipe, and Extra Crispy on KFC’s “heart attack-to-go” menu. Since we already know that black folks are genetically predisposed to love fried chicken, is this KFC’s attempt to influence America’s Latino population? You be the judge.

While your crunching on your next triple bypass don’t forget to play The Quest for the Golden Chipotle over at kfc.com

I’ve been having issues lately with the lack of manners in New York. No surprise there, since New Yorkers are infamous for rudeness, but sometimes people go beyond the call of being New Yorkers. I try not ask for perfect etiquette from everybody in a city as crowded as this one, but personally, I try to respect the people around me, if for no other reason than that it’s practical. More »

Are we an ADHD-driven society? We’ve got MTV, action movies, You-Tube, Blogs, texting, in other words we’re doing everything at once and doing it in small doses. But, that’s using ADHD as a figure of speech. ADHD is not just having a short attention span, it’s actually an inability to learn the same way other, “normal” people do. More »

I had a conversation about a week ago with a fraternity brother of mine, discussing weight regimens and dieting tips (trying to work a few things out for the summer time). As the conversation continued, it turned into “Why are there never any black women in the gym?” The more I pondered the question, the more real it became. Initially, it was just a funny thing to say but as I asked more and more of my young black male friends, I began to notice an overwhelming consensus. More »

Drinking and smoking takes a toll on our physical and mental makeup. We all know this, yet most of us place these toxins in within our minds and bodies. I began at around the age of fifteen or sixteen, or something I’m necessarily proud of having done, but facts are facts. More »

I fear for my life and safety right now as a woman and as a minority! Within the last week or so… I’ve stumbled across some disturbing research about my demographic- not once but twice… this is in addition to the mainstream news that I am forced to digest. I can’t lie, I did it to myself, I was curious about the issues affecting minorities and women because that’s who I am … I wanted to do the research… And now I’m forced to handle the brutal truth! More »