Being Soft is a Luxury
“Girl, whatchoo betta do is get something in that head,” my mother would scold me whenever I expressed concern about anything she deemed silly (boys, girl drama, the latest fashion […]
Don’t Nobody Complete Nobody (the Ayesha Curry Non-Story)
“You complete me,” Tom Cruise whispered to Renee Zellweger-as he tried to fight back tears in the movie Jerry Maguire. That line and others like it have clearly jacked us […]
“All who wander/wonder are not lost.”
Today’s post is from guest author KWILEY. Beatnik24 welcomes guest writers, if you’re interested please check out our submission guidelines and get in touch. Them: “Girl,what are you going to […]
Black-eyed Peas & Green-eyed Monsters PART 2
continued from Part 1 Heavenly Father, we gather here today to thank you for blessing us with another year. We know that were it not for your grace and mercy, […]
CeCe 1
The fly ice-skated along the window, launching into The Lutz and Salchows every other second with ease, sometimes landing softly, sometimes landing so hard that CeCe could hear the thump […]
Ashley MADison MADness
Folks have been pinging me to write about this Ashley MADison “MADness.” I have resisted because I know that — as usual — my thoughts aren’t going to be popular. […]
First Steps Out of Regret
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! She allowed the alarm to continue to badger her: BEEP, BEEP BEEP! She had been up for hours. She never slept past 6:00 a.m., but when Frank […]
Valentine’s Play
Lila knew that they were for her, as soon as she spotted Debra though the glass walls of her office at Elbert & Mulligan, walking down the hallway in her […]