May 14th, 2012

For the past four years, President Obama has kept America guessing on his stand on same-sex marriage. When he was on the 2008 presidential campaign trail,  he explained that he supports civil unions and promised to repeal DADT, but on the subject of including gay couples in the traditional definition of marriage he  coiled back. He wasn't quite there, he was 'evolving' he liked to say. It was a middle-of-the-road answer which appeased social conservatives and simultaneously gave hope to the gay community.

I believe the President was struggling with his views in the same way that someone who has not yet come to terms with their sexuality wrestles with the uncomfortable truth. So each time Obama was pressed on the issue, he would uncomfortably state that he was evolving.  True to campaign promise, he broadened equality and benefits to gay couples and he repealed DADT. With these measures in place, the pressure for Obama to declare his stance on the contentio... Read more

May 9th, 2012

I have never laughed so hard in a cinema as I did  when I watched the movie Act like a lady, Think like a man.  Initially,  I resisted the urge to go and see the movie because I assumed it was going to be a low-budget, poorly-acted movie - boy was I wrong. Steve Harvey, the executive producer and author of the best selling book of the same title, spared no expense in the making of this movie. 

The storyline follows the relationship challenges of 4 single women.  Taraji Henson is the successful but lonely one,  Gabrielle Union has been dating the same guy for 9 years,  Meagan Good consistently attracts playas and Regina Hall is a single mother who can't find a good man. When these women read Steve Harvey's bestselling book, they decide to apply his dating rules to their love interests and the outcome is riveting.

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April 20th, 2012

I reached for the bejewelled halter neck dress and held it against my chest - naah too much skin. Maybe I should wear my beautiful African print dress. I stripped and zipped myself into the outfit - naah too much colour. I threw the dress on my bedroom floor and flipped through my closet until my fingers landed on a satin green dress. That's it! I slipped into the sheath dress, dabbed gold dust on my eyelids and tinted my lips with strawberry flavoured gloss. Now I felt ready for my date with Oprah - well, me and 9000 people from Toronto but who's counting?

The show was supposed to start at 4:30pm but by 12 noon, CityTV was showing a very long queue of enthusiastic people waiting impatiently to see Oprah. Not to worry, my friend Christianne's wonderful husband was holding a spot for me. I walked towards th... Read more