Culture Brandy Is Giving Us a Reason to Visit the Motherland This Christmas If you’ve been dreaming about visiting the Motherland but haven’t quite found the right time, the right reason, or the motivation to finally book that flight, Brandy may have just taken away every excuse you’ve been holding on to. The superstar affectionately known as “The Vocal Bible” By Dr. Christal Jordan • 3 min read
Lifestyle A Gift That Made Room: Houston Artist Johnny Green's TLC Tribute Opens the Door to a Dream Come True There is something beautiful about watching someone’s gift create an opportunity they never imagined possible. For Houston artist Johnny, what began as a heartfelt tribute to one of the most iconic girl groups in music history turned into an unforgettable moment with the very women who inspired his work. By Dr. Christal Jordan • 3 min read
Culture All Lies Will Be Exposed: What Love & Marriage Huntsville Has Taught Us About the Price of Reality TV Fame 4 Wives One Conversation Recap In January 2024, Katt Williams sat across from Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay and said something that immediately became eerily prophetic: “All lies will be exposed.” After moderating Lenox & Parker Presents: 4 Wives, 1 Conversation — Why Love & Marriage Huntsville Has Us in By Dr. Christal Jordan • 7 min read
Culture Thank You, Tyler Perry: Netflix’s 'Doing Life' Reminds Us Black Love Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect I walked away from Tyler Perry’s 'Doing Life' wanting to say something I don’t think we say enough: thank you. Not because the film gives us some perfect, sweeping love story with two people who have checked every box before finding each other. Actually, I’m By Dr. Christal Jordan • 7 min read
BOB MACKEY PHOTOGRAPHY Fashion and Art FACEs of Fashion 2026 Celebrates Atlanta’s Icons While Making Room for the Next Generation There is an old saying that children are our future, but Fulton County Arts & Culture Director David Manuel opened FACEs of Fashion 2026 with a different perspective. He said he believes our children are not simply the future, they are the here and now. And then, almost as if By Dr. Christal Jordan • 4 min read
Reality Television Ready to Love Returns 0:00 /2:15 1× Ready to Love: Chicago brings the search for love to the Windy City as host Thomas Miles guides a new group of successful Black singles in their 30s and 40s through the realities of modern dating. From navigating dating challenges to having the deeper conversations By Dr. Christal Jordan • 1 min read
Events Atlanime Fest Is Building a Home for Black Anime Fans in the Heart of Atlanta What began as a small Trap Sushi party has grown into a four-day celebration of anime, hip-hop, gaming, fashion, and the Black creatives who have made all of it their own. There are some events that could probably happen in any major city and still make sense. Atlanime By Dr. Christal Jordan • 6 min read
Photo by Ria Alfana / Unsplash Lifestyle Pushing past vanilla: The Pleasure Protocol Made Me Rethink Everything I Thought I Knew About BDSM I was watching Tonight’s Conversation, which has probably become my favorite relationship conversation show, when a woman walked up to the microphone and asked how she could get her partner to be open to doing more than vanilla sex. She danced around it for a minute before finally hinting By Dr. Christal Jordan • 4 min read
Everyday Community Beautiful, Bald and Celebrating Five Anthony David and Others Show Up For Star-Studded 5th Annual Baldie Con in Atlanta Atlanta let its soul glow this past weekend as the 5th Annual Baldie Con took over the Westin Buckhead Atlanta from September 24 through September 27, bringing beauty, confidence, sisterhood, and plenty of star power By Dr. Christal Jordan • 3 min read
Events Anybody Wanna Tell Me How Shuler King Became One of the Best Stand-Up Comics to Come Out of Social Media? I’ll admit it. I went to see Shuler King at the Atlanta Comedy Theater expecting to laugh, but I was not expecting to spend most of the night wiping tears from my eyes because I was laughing that hard. I’ve followed Shuler online for years, like millions of By Dr. Christal Jordan • 4 min read
Culture The A in Arionne Curry Must Be for Audacity LAMH viewers are reacting to the delusion with which Arionne is attempting to rewrite the very history they watched unfold. The A in Arionne Curry has to stand for audacity, because after watching her entrance into Love & Marriage: Huntsville, I really cannot come up with a better word. Audacity By Dr. Christal Jordan • 6 min read
Culture A Different World Returns: Dwayne and Whitley’s ’90s Black Love Legacy Lives On in a New Generation There is no clearer illustration of the quintessential '90s Black love and Black excellence than Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert on A Different World. Hillman College was never just a fictional school to those of us who grew up watching it. It represented what was possible when young Black By Dr. Christal Jordan • 7 min read
