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Ask Ed & Sugar: Intellectual Freak Or Mr. Right

Game is game. Whether he writes a sensitive manifesto filled with poetic declarations about the sexiness of your mind or whispers slick one liners admiring the voluptuous curves of your backside, the message is the same.

Ask Ed & Sugar:Facebook Killed My Relationship

Social networks can be the death of a relationship. What starts as a fun way to network and keep up with your friends can turn out to be a virtual reality show starring you and your friends…with no second season.

Ask Ed & Sugar: Be Be Winans Abuser Or Christian Wildlin

If we’ve learned anything from the Chris Brown-Rihanna situation, it is important to not be judgmental of Mr. Winans. The situation is unfortunate and all we can do is pray for him, keep him in our thoughts and hope he gets some professional help or intervention…not come out with a duet or a book.

Ask Ed & Sugar: You Say She Just A Friend

It’s really important to not transfer your old baggage onto the new flight. If nothing else, trust your gut. It’s that soft inner voice reminding you of what your soul already knows. Every time we don’t listen to our gut we end up paying. And emotional bills have interest rates that compound exponentially.

Stuck On Stupid:Rihanna Chris Brown And Politics Of Denial

Like many couples in denial, Chris Brown and Rihanna are accustomed to dysfunction. Violence, drama, and disrespect are so woven into the fabric of their bond turmoil has become normal functioning. To them, the absurd seems normal and the normal; absurd.

Ask Ed & Sugar: Love TKO Chris Brown Rihanna Beatdown

Sadly, it’s a wrap for Chris Brown. Even if the allegations prove to be false, the damage is done. He has already lost endorsements (Wrigley’s Gum and the Got Milk? campaign) and is losing a heated battle in the court of public opinion. There are old school rules. Hitting women, or the implication that you may have, puts you on the wrong side of the law.

Post Orgasm Syndrome Why He Hit It And Quit It

I have long believed how we process sex depends on the ground rules and nature of the relationship before orgasms are exchanged.

Ask Ed & Sugar: Why Women Luv Mr. Right Now

I’ve been with women that have been beaten, played and treated less than human but when I come in contact with them they act like I owe them more than they’ve ever gotten from any man. What is the deal with these sisters that say they want a good man get one and try to make him deal with all their crazy issues? And why does this never happen to the brothers that treat women wrong?

Carl, Wilmington, DE

Ask Ed & Sugar:5 Signs She Is Cheating

People always focus on the dirt brothers do. How can you tell when your women is cheatin’? A new hairdo is the symbol of a new man and if you ain’t seeing her in new clothes or underwear you gave her the money for, only the dispatch in Houston can help you.

Ask Ed & Sugar:Black Leaders Who Pimp Sistas

Pimps don’t always congregate on corners. They often reside in pulpits, NAACP Conferences, corporate board rooms, and university classrooms. Being a leader comes with perks, and sadly, some men of power and influence feel entitled to pimp the trust and adoration of women to their sleazy self interest.

Carla Aaron Lopez Talks Feminism/Self Hating Negroes

Give a camera to a notorious rebel hell bent on reframing womanhood and black cultural production, and the end result is the left of center wonderland orchestrated by lens master/wordsmith Carla Aaron-Lopez. The sassy sista has an opinion on everything from outlandish gas prices to the trite themes watering down hip hop. So much so; that I had to share her heady response to our column Ask Ed & Sugar: Do Women Own Their Issues? Peep or exclusive rap session on crybabies, self hating Negroes gone wild, and third wave feminism.

Ask Ed & Sugar: John Edwards’ Adultery

What is hard to fathom, personally, is why in this era of relentless media inquest, do men like Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, President Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, and others keep getting caught with their pants down?