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Armchair Therapist: Black women are voluntary victims

“So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. . . . He hand it to his womenfolks. De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see.” – Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1937

When Zora Neale Hurston wrote those words, I think [...]

November 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Armchair Therapist, Entertainment, Mental Health, Social Psychology | 5 comments

My Open Letter to Self-Esteem

Dear Self-Esteem,

Thank you so much for being my friend, and for generally sticking around through rough times.  We’ve been together since I got teased in grade school for talking like a white girl, or for being mostly chubby and geeky through junior high school, and even still through college when I flunked out after freshman year [...]

November 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Armchair Therapist, Mental Health, Social Psychology | 2 comments

Armchair Therapist: Relationship Self-Analysis Edition

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This time, it’s personal (#NameThatMovie)!

Today I realized that I still have some work to do, but I’m learning a lot about myself.  And, as a result, this is THE LAST POST I will write on the Friend Boy saga because I’m going to take my own advice.  One of my Twitter [...]

May 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Armchair Therapist, Health, Love and Dating, Mental Health | 3 comments

Armchair Therapist: Celebrity Fit Club, Shar Jackson Edition

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One of the benefits of long-term therapy is being able to see yourself very clearly.  Another benefit is seeing others as they are, and I must say that I’m getting really good at spotting the mote in my brother’s eye, so to speak.  But I don’t judge;  I just call it [...]

March 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Entertainment, Love and Dating, Mental Health | 2 comments