What exactly is a 'Cougar,' anyway?

Somewhere along the line, a new term was coined. An exhaustive Internet search won't turn up the origins but in any event, it's here now.
when did the term gain popularity as a definition for Hot Older Women (Shouldn't they get called HOWs or something?)
In my humble estimation, the term is not at all flattering. Cougar, according to Webster's is: "a large powerful tawny-brown cat (Felis concolor) formerly widespread in the Americas but now reduced in number or extinct in many areas —called also catamount mountain lion panther puma."
So, we're basically referring to attractive women as pumas. Wow.
This follows the early part of the decade's fascination with the MILF term.
As far as anyone can tell the phrase originated in the 1990s-era juvey fun film "American Pie."
But that wasn't good enough for society, now we've got cat references to pick through.
So, will the cougar stay with us or will it just wither away, melt in the sight of the next trendy name? (Jive turkey?)
You be the judge.

Women Saggin': A new trend or singular fashion fail?

If the above style catches on among women, somewhere the fashion gods will be kicking themselves. Let's hope this won't be the case. Could you imagine the car wrecks if this became a normal scene in public?

Are Black Men Getting Tired?

Tired: Drained of strength and energy : fatigued often to the point of exhaustion
2 : obviously worn by hard use.

Go into your average barbershop and notice the looks: worn out, lackadaisical, even ill-looking.
Some of them look like they've been in car wrecks, and in alot of ways they have: emotional car wrecks.
The arguing, the accusations, the put-downs: From the looks of things, they're taking a toll. Tired, you say? Oh, been sick AND tired, for a while (but so is the black woman).
In the independent film, "Diary of a Tired Black Man," even the snide, sneering remarks of her girlfriends grate on the man.
But that can't be the only reason, right? Well, besides the fact that AIDS in the No. 1 cause of death for black men aged 25 - 34; and the fact that they are being hit hard(est?) in the recession; and of course the lower life expectancy and higher mortality rate from disease, and well (1 in 3 with prison record?), you see, a little, why the tiredness.
But is tiredness an excuse to walk away, to give up?

Karrine Steffans: Media Mogul?

When one thinks of the word "vixen," who comes to mind?
When one thinks of "media maven," I'll tell you who doesn't come mind.
Karrine "Superhead" Steffans.
But, besides a select few, no woman has taken the digital and technological reins of the makeshift branding world like Steffans, the original "video vixen."

Steffans has created a virtual library of content of herself for more than two years now. She's been on Twitter before most celebrities had even heard of "blogging," let alone "microblogging."

Evidently frustrated with not being able to penetrate Hollywood's glass basement, Steffans has taking to donning outfits and performing character skits, including one called "Becky" (Beckyodes) where her and a friend chatter about wacky stuff in really strange voices.
She may not be Carroll Burnett, but compared to other "vixens," out there, she's raised the ante considerably.
Her personal web site has given a weekly video feed before many prominent TV stations had theirs up and running.
Not that she was just trying to push social networking beyond the uber-popular Facebook and Myspace. Steffans has been trying to transition to certified book author.
Her days as a "video vixen" have provided X-rated fodder as she blabbed about her sexual encounters with celebrities both married and unmarried.
Her online exploits have been followed closely by the camps of Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks as one-woman corporations seek to push their reach further across the Web.
But what's next for Steffans?

Will she reinvent herself as an actress or one day get her own show?
But as Twitter and Hulu and a host of other digital companies make a push for advertising dollars, where will someone like Steffans migrate migrate on the digital landscape next?

"Simply Deep" by Kelly Rowland (Tianna)

Twitter Study of the Sexes Raises Eyebrows

In a new study by Harvard University Business School, it's been noted that there is a social phenomenom inside Twitter that analysis clearly shows: Men don't tweet each other.
Oh, they follow each other and keep tabs apparently in silence, but the resounding sound coming from dude-to-dude communication is, instead of "Tweet tweet," "CRICKETS."
Seriously, an eye-opener for me was that Twitter is mostly male-dominated, which they say is in reverse to most other social networking sites (Could it be you must tweet within 140 characters?).
Other gems from the analysis:
Men have 15% more followers than women.
an average man is almost twice more likely to follow another man than a woman.
Among Twitter users, the median number of lifetime tweets per user is one.
the top 10% of prolific Twitter users accounted for over 90% of tweets.

Tamara Dobson: One Bad Mutha

A couple of weeks ago, we missed the day of birth of an African American icon in the 1970s: Tamara Dobson.
Dobson stood 6 foot 2 inches tall (Tyra Banks would have died to have her on ANTM), and was, as the vernacular dictated at the time, "bad as a mutha." She broke down racial barriers at Vogue Magazine and had a degree in fashion.

The Maryland native had supermodel looks and acting chops to boot, mostly known as the poster child heroin in the blaxploitation flick "Cleopatra Jones."
Dobson died in 2006 after a bout with pneumonia and multiple sclerosis.

'Knock You Down' (Keri Hilson) by Alexis Jordan

Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx Crotch It Up!

Looks like two celebrities got their feel on recently big-time.
Playing to the crowd, uber-lebity Halle Berry and Jamie Foxx went at each other something fierce at the Spike Guys Choice Awards this weekend.
Looks like both of them have a handful!

Study: Black Women More Likely to Stay Single

If you've ever been a bridesmaid, then no doubt you've fantacized about that magical day when you yourself would be walking down the aisle, being given away by a barely composed father and proud, weepy mother.

According to a new study many women will be forever locked in bridesmaidom: Living Single, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Is there?
If you're a black women, a new study says you're much more likely to remain that way than a white woman.
Now, what does that mean? Primarily nothing, if you're comfortable and confident in yourself and your life's course.
However, if there's discontentment then this could be disparaging, but it doesn't have to be: The hard numbers indicate that while 21 percent of white women have never married, for black women that figure doubles to 42 percent.
A lot of the reasons for that center on another species of sorts: black men.
As we know, "prison" is a prominent term of what ails BMWs (know what that stands for?). Also, to be honest, a lot of black men no longer even want to get married.
Another cause could be black mens' preferences may be changing.
Whatever the case, the hard numbers show what they show. The bigger issue is how do black women feel about it? (hint, hint)