Whether you’re sitting through a blizzard in the North or a hot wintry day in the South, the Black Love team has got you covered on six (plus two bonus) tried and true Christmas movies sure to put you in the holiday spirit.
Tell a Black woman to tell a Black woman, take the day off and enjoy some rest, sis! You deserve it.
We asked the staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud community, “What’s the most surprising thing about being married?” Here’s what you had to say. In today’s society, so much attention is paid to marriage prep. From the celebrations –– the engagement, the bridal shower, bachelor and bachelorette parties, and the ever-important wedding, to the work –– pre-marriage counseling, pre-engagement counseling, and endless advice sessions from friends and family, couples are doing their best to equip themselves for the everlasting “I Do.” But no matter how prepared one might be, there are always some surprises after “happily ever after.”
She was preparing to compete in her third Olympic Games when the unimaginable happened: there had been an accident. The love of her life was paralyzed from the neck down.
Image source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BmuG4o4A8KQ/?taken-by=allycinhicks We conducted a survey where we asked married women all about sex. Their responses were honest, insightful, direct and to the point.
staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud asked our community, “What’s the most surprising thing about motherhood?” These are your answers.
The staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud Instagram community provided their favorite ways to have family date night to connect, spend quality time, and have a lot of fun.
“Mompreneurship". It’s a relatively new term for a long-held tradition – mothers who run their own companies. But what's it like to be a mompreneur? Black Love asked millennial mompreneur, jewelry designer, and business strategist Mel R. White.
Ready for the new story that your child will one day call a classic? Well, these Black children’s book authors are ready for you.
This is the season to celebrate love, gratitude, growth, and family. With that said, members of the Black Love team, and our BL online community, have shared their favorite holiday memories and their most cherished holiday moments.
Looking for a great gift? Check out the Black Love Team sourced and approved list of Black-owned businesses and products.
Between cuffing season and the holiday season, more than a couple nights will find us holed up under the covers watching a romantic movie. So, what love stories should you be watching this season?
We asked you, our Black Love community, “How did your partner propose?” and “How did you propose to the love of your life?” Here are just a few of our favorite marriage proposal stories. Try not to tear up. “Will you marry me?” These four words have the power to change your life. Naturally, there’s no one way to pop the question. Whether at dinner with friends or on hot air balloons, while wearing ice skates or flip flops, half the fun is in the surprise when being asked what do to with the rest of your life! Courtesy of @ess_lovaa and @moesullie
We asked you, our Black Love community, “What’s the most surprising thing about being a parent?” This is what you had to say.
On Sunday, October 7th, Lance Gross, Chris Spencer, Devale Ellis and Robbie Jones got together for the Husbands Panel hosted by BLACK LOVE co-creator Tommy Oliver at the first ever Black Love Summit. The goal: to be as honest as possible about being a husband. The fellas dived in on topics from fights on “Black Love Eve” to dealing with women who proposition in front of the wife to knowing, as Chris Spencer said of his wife Vanessa, that she is “the one.” The husbands agreed it takes work and sacrifice to have a healthy marriage. And they illustrated how life-giving and beneficial a marriage can be when committed to the intentionality of making it work. Check out the highlights from this inaugural event.
On Sunday, October 7th, Vanessa Spencer gathered Ryan Michelle Bathe, Khadeen Ellis, Aonika Thomas, Ashley Chea - all wives featured in the BLACK LOVE Series - to talk about the realities of wife-dom at the first ever Black Love Summit. The event included a full day of panels and conversations, but these ladies held it down on the Wives Panel, a glowed-up girlfriends’ conversation on their role as “wife.” They covered topics from self care secrets that include tossing tires (aka crossfit as a means of de-stressing) to sexy-time all-the-time to childcare guilt –– each bringing their unique perspective and experience on being a wife and mother. The attendees left refreshed with new ways to honor their family, and themselves, through the role as a wife.
On Sunday, October 7th, couples and singles alike convened on Los Angeles, California at the W Hotel Hollywood for the first ever Black Love Summit. The couple that created the BLACK LOVE series on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) invited experts, celebrities and couples featured on the show to dig deeper into their personal stories of love and growth and to fellowship on fostering healthy relationships. Check out the highlights from this inaugural event.
To kick off season two of the BLACK LOVE series, producers and show creators Codie & Tommy Oliver invited couples from the series, including Sterling K. Brown & Ryan Michelle Bathe, and Devale & Khadeen Ellis, Tamia & Grant Hill, Kirk & Tammy Franklin, Taj & Eddie George and more for an exclusive Clips & Conversation event.
Time to coordinate child care, coordinate schedules, and coordinate outfits –– date night is here! Date night is a great way to connect, spend quality time, and have a lot of fun with your significant other. With that in mind, staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud has you covered with our top 10 date night ideas, straight from our community to you. There’s something for everyone, and we appreciate all who shared ways they set aside time for love.
After watching THE HATE U GIVE, staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud sat down with one of the film’s stars, Russell Hornsby (known most recently for his role in the Denzel Washington-directed film Fences and Netflix’s Seven Seconds), to discuss the film, his character, and his message to young people about activism. Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right. THE HATE U GIVE is based on the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Angie Thomas and stars Amandla Stenberg as Starr, with Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Issa Rae, KJ Apa, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Common and Anthony Mackie.
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