ReneseFeb 4, 20163 minWomen: Let Your Fellow WoMAN Poop in PeaceForrest Gump had to pee when he met President JFK. He wasn't embarrassed, and the President let him do his business in The White House wi...
ReneseJan 28, 20162 minStill Poppin' Sunflower Seeds? You're Grown Now. Stop It.I loved sunflower seeds growing up. Loved them. And I only know Black girls to pop 'em because guess what? I'm a Black girl. Grabbing a b...
ReneseJan 8, 20164 minOk, So...Adults: The Boogeyman Does Exist, and His Name (or At Least One of His Cousin's) is ManI HEART Horror films. I always have. There is something fascinating about an unable-to-die serial killer. A killer that just keeps comin...
ReneseJan 7, 20164 minDear (Black) People From Chicago: Do Ya'll Know How Country Ya'll Are?On this 6th day of January in the year of 2016, I've come to grips with something pretty major. Transformative, actually: Chicago's Black...
ReneseNov 23, 20155 minMy Friend Went On a First Date, and In Retrospect, It Was God-AwfulOk, So...my girlfriend went on a God-awful first date last week, and I can't allow another full 24 hours to go by without writing what ha...
ReneseNov 13, 20153 min#Staycations For The UnMarried and UnBaby-ed (As of Now)Ok, So...i staycationed in a city where everyone vacations. LA! why have I not done this in the 8 years I've lived here? i think every...
ReneseNov 11, 20152 minMy Love Affair with (Low) Heelsi heart Heels. (low ones, that is). and I think every woman should love them. i mean, every woman should love wearing them. (Again, th...
ReneseOct 23, 20153 minDear Hollywood: It's Me Again.Perhaps, I should have given you a bit more time to chew on who I thought didn't really fit the "hot on-screen actor" title, but before y...
ReneseOct 22, 20153 minDear Hollywood: Stop Insisting These Men Are FineDear Hollywood, Ok, So...I think I'm at my boiling point with you pulling Jedi Mind Tricks on us, the public, about who is and who ain't ...
ReneseOct 9, 20152 minWork StressWORK STRESS. We've all had it, but which person are you when you're stressed? Exhibit A. Mean Panda. Exhibit B. The Hyperventilator Ex...
ReneseOct 2, 20153 min(please) Let Your Boobs Breathe on the WeekendOK, So...anyone who has known me for more than 10 years knows that I was the girl who didn't wear bras. Yea. That was me. In high scho...
ReneseSep 26, 20152 minBlack Entertainers and Unicorns("Unicorns" is a metaphor for something. Let's see whether you can figure it out) Hello! This is the latest day in one week that I've wr...
ReneseSep 17, 20153 minAbout The Dull-Witted And How They End Up Sitting Next to You at WorkOK, So...I'm really dumbfounded that dumb people work. In General. That they work. At All. This is not about "mentally challenged" pe...
ReneseSep 3, 20152 minwhy you should follow Tichina Arnold on PeriscopeTichina Arnold. Why is Tichina Arnold my Auntie, but we are of no relation? You may know her best from Martin or Everybody Hates Chris. B...
ReneseAug 27, 20153 minTHE THING ABOUT BEING WHAT YOU WANT TO BE...Is that it's true! OK, So...You can be anything you want to be. That is, if you want to be something. We tell this to our children,...
ReneseAug 19, 20154 minWhat's Cool Now? Black. Owned. Banks.Ok, So...I achieved a milestone on Saturday. I visited a black-owned bank! My friend asked, "Are you going to blog about it?" Uh. Yea. ...
ReneseAug 11, 20153 minFOR AUNTIES ONLYMy family left last weekend. Back to Chicago, they went. My mom, sister, niece and nephew departed after spending a true week with me. ...
ReneseAug 5, 20153 minGet Your Namaste OnNamaste. I just finished a 22-day Meditation Series by Oprah and Deepak Chopra (rhymes so good). I decided to participate because I hear...
ReneseJul 29, 20153 mindear Apple, i can't stand this emoji...Now, when you see this here ^^^, what comes to mind? It ain't excitement, I'll tell you that! But that's what the emoji puppetmaster wa...
ReneseJul 23, 20153 minMUST YOU PARK THAT CLOSE TO THE MALL?I love Trader Joe's, Raphs, Wells Fargo and The Mall, like any real blue-blooded American, but I don't love the people who feel like they...