Random Thoughts

Ben Fields Was Wrong But What About The Student?

by Yvonne Chase

Clutch My Pearls Yesterday, I had a spirited conversation with one of my Twitter followers about the Spring Valley High incident.  While we both agree the cop, Ben Fields, was wrong, she took issue with me for speaking on the behavior of the student.  Watch the horrific video that made me clutch my pearls and […]

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A Name Is Not Just A Name For Black People

by Yvonne Chase

Heat And Hell On a recent episode of The View, Raven Symone caught a lot of heat and hell for her comments about name discrimination.  She said,  “It’s just not going to happen. I’m not about to hire you if your name is Watemelondrea.”  Please tell me that’s not a real name.  Her comments came during […]

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Random Thoughts: Something In The Breast Milk Ain’t Clean

by Yvonne Chase

Amazing Benefits Of Breast Milk Yesterday while doing my daily web crawl, my eyes landed on a woman with her breast exposed and two kids that looked too old to be sucking on them.  The picture looks perverted. The mother seemed to be enjoying it too much. Look at her face.  She looks like a […]

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We Can Disagree With Each Other And Still Love Each Other

by Yvonne Chase

He Was Like A Kid In A Candy Store Last night, Bruce Jenner declared, “I am a woman” to over 16.5 million people in his exclusive sit-down interview with Diane Sawyer.  Were you one of those people? I was.  I watched the interview out of sheer curiosity.  You see, I met Bruce Jenner when I […]

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Just Because You’re A Parent Doesn’t Mean You’re A Saint

by Yvonne Chase

Desperate Time Of Need Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard all about Laurence Fishburne not bailing his mother out in her desperate time of need.  Hattie Fishburne is facing eviction from her LA apartment and she’s been unable to reach her famous son for help.  In an interview with the New York […]

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Cookie And Anika Mirror Aniah And Ariana

by Yvonne Chase

Clutched My Pearls And Gagged You’re probably wondering who Aniah, Ariana, Cookie and Anika are right.  Well let me fill you in.  Aniah is the 16 year old accused of savagely beating 15 year old Ariana to a pulp in the epic fight at a McDonald’s in Brooklyn several weeks ago. Have you seen the video? Google […]

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Righteous Confrontation Is The Key To Healthy Relationships

by Yvonne Chase

Nothing Was Resolved Friday night, I was sitting in a rocking chair minding my business when someone approached me to try to fix a lingering  issue.  He stood in front of me and talked at me.  He barked questions at me then had the nerve to tell me how I should feel about the issue.  […]

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Random Thoughts – What’s The 411: Ten Questions Tag

by Yvonne Chase

My blogger and Twitter friend Brianna Ford tagged me to participate in the 10 Questions Tag challenge. Basically, I answer 10 random questions to hopefully give you all a little bit of insight into me.  I decided to answer the questions off the top of my head. Whatever comes to mind first.  Here goes: 1.  What’s one thing […]

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Happy New Year To You And Yours

by Yvonne Chase

The Hardest Year Of My Life In four days, we will usher in a New Year.  As I sit and type this post, I can honestly say 2014 has been the hardest year of my life.   Betrayal, lies and loss were the order of the day yet, in spite of it all, I’m still standing stronger […]

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Random Thoughts: Is It Okay To Breastfeed In Public?

by Yvonne Chase

Breastfeed Her Baby At Graduation A 25-year-old woman thought it was a good idea to breastfeed her baby at her recent college graduation.  She took a photo and shared it to a Facebook page titled Black Women Do Breastfeed. The photo went viral and received a lot of backlash.  Do people think black women don’t breastfeed? […]

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