Monthly Archives: January 2012

Dear Daddy (A Society Shot)

Yesterday I came across the clip below and was introduced to Dear Daddy. It is a documentary by Janks Morton that looks at the lasting negative effects of fatherlessness in the black and latino inner-city community. The clip below brought … Continue reading

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My Wife Wouldn’t Consummate Our Marriage (Open Bar Letter)

Dear Bartender, My wife and I dated for a year before we got married. One of the things I admired about her was that she was keeping herself until marriage. Because I loved her and respected her convictions, I waited. … Continue reading

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Dark Girls Stand Up (Society Shot)

    Yesterday I came across this trailer for the Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry documentary, Black Girls. The movie outlines the color bias towards dark-skinned black women and suggests that it leaves many of them entangled in a … Continue reading

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My Friend’s Wife Has A Profile On A Dating Site (Open Bar Letter)

Dear Bartender, I recently moved to town and don’t know a lot of people in my area. I have a friend here from college and I’ve become very close to him and his wife (as a couple)? A friend of … Continue reading

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He Says He Loves Me But His Wife Is Pregnant? (Open Bar Letter)

Dear Bartender, I am with a man who says he loves me but is still legally married to someone else and has a baby on the way with her? He is separated from his wife and lives with me. He … Continue reading

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