Tag: Lover

How To Catch A Lover

I was alive that summer of my 24th year. Buoyant, stuffed with golden motes. But anxious too. For I was going to visit my lover who I had not seen since April. Humidity makes your hair frizz. It also marinates street smells and reduces a city to one defining smell. Boston smelled of popcorn. The ...

Brent Faiyaz: R&B’s Toxic Lover Boy

R&B now has a new look with an emerging wave of artists pioneering and reinventing the sound at every turn. Brent Faiyaz’s music is best described as a mix of groovy bass lines, smooth-flowing lyrics, and powerful drums. He is only 28 years old and has successfully created 2 EPs and 3 s...

A Summer to Remember

I’m the type to fall in love very deeply, very quickly. However, this is never a one-sided thing. People fall for me just as fast, which makes it all the more exciting. Of course, this can be seen as a bad thing. Love is intoxicating. It can defy reality. When choosing to defy reality with som...

The Chilling Case Behind Netflix’s New Docuseries “Lover, Stalker, Killer”

How far would you go to be with the one you love? In the fall of 2012, 37-year-old single mother Cari Farver began dating Dave Kroupa; two weeks later, she seemingly vanished into thin air. Kroupa and their family and friends were left with more questions than answers. Most important being what happ...

African Men Body Shame Lupita Nyong’o After Break-Up With Black Lover & Dating White Man

News broke recently of Nyong’o’s breakup with her Black African lover just over a month ago. Recently photos surfaced of her on a beach, with a White man identified as a South African. The photos were spread on Kenyan social media pages like wildfire, however the comments were less th...