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Curvy Call

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Calling on all curvaceous, voluptuous, full figured, confident models. Tell us your story in 2000 words or less. Give us some insight to the modeling world and what it means to represent ladies of all sizes. Tell us the ups and downs but most importantly tell us the victory you have by being such a trail blazer. Be creative!!! Be interest...
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Honoring DJ Blessed - Restoration

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Bad things sometimes happen to really great people. A believer who uses his life to benefit others, a ministry leader who shares his gifts to fight social injustice, a DJ who can battle anyone in the secular world but instead chooses to use his talents to give others hope, is who DJ Blessed is....
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Writers Remorse - A Tribute to Joel Odom

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I met Joel a couple of years back as we had begun our own Black Renaissance of sorts here in Charlotte. Days and evenings spent at Queens Coffee Bar, building about change in our communities and the end to the consistent violence that encompassed our streets was discussed. During our first encounter he had hi...
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Dear Dearest, She Big Mad. What kind of ratchetness?

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Dear Dearest,  My man is hard working and loves his kids more than anything on the planet but he is a complete narcissist and has too many children (over 6). He makes posts on social media, which includes everything but me. He will post our house, with him and his kids, our car with him and his kids, even our dinn...
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Your Failure Was Before COVID

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As a certified educator with over 25 years experience, I struggled with the thought of homeschooling my child. He needed it, falling behind with each new year, fighting the system that had a prison bed ready for him but financially I could not stop working to commit to such a task. With every year that passed, I requested help and guidance. Th...
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Victory Within - Victoria C. Cooper

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I have taken on many projects, some with great success while others were big flops. But as I became the sole owner/CEO of Agape Voice Publishing LLC, I prayed for serious authors with messages that resonated in reader's spirit. I prayed that God would bring people back to words. I prayed that my true calling of writing would be answered. I had no t...
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Designed For Your Body Not Your Size

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​My body is truly and distinctively mine, starting with a small upper portion, ushering down to my full and curvy hips. Basically I have a big butt and no breast and it has led to many frustrating moments in the department stores. It was either my top or bottom (especially in dresses) looking a...
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Kenneth Simpson - New Author Spotlight

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 Agape Voice Publishing LLC is proud to publish the dramatic, authentic and cutting edge work of new author Kenneth Simpson; “The Other Side of Trouble”. He truly has a story to tell, both personal and through this fictional piece. Themes such as redemption, forgiveness and determination are explored while giving ...
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So Proud To Be Her

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Many did not understand why I was frozen to the TV yesterday watching her move, watching her sing, watching her being saluted and taking command. I sat in my pearls in tears, watching her speak, watching her enter, watching her take over; a takeover of a spot that only a time as this could fulfill. She was golden, indigo, M...
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Entrepreneur Spotlight - Chariel Dye, A Boss

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Minnette NuMe Smith - January 1st - "Entrepreneur Spotlight" - RMS Homemade Scrubs This is my business homegirl. Everyone needs one to network, pound with and support. No matter what she has my back. Business partners come and go but this one is always up for the challenge of new opportunities. Failure is nothing but lessons to her. It ne...
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I Dedicate Today To “J”

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I don’t know “J”,   Like I don’t know many others, But I recently had the honor to meet his awesome mother, She is a jewel in the community,  I would label her as a Queen,  You would actually have to meet her to know exactly what I mean, She is one of the soldiers that hold the “Mothers” up, You see she lost her b...
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Made to Serve - DST

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Oceans of melanin hues,  Women as far as the eye could see,  Crimson and Cream drapes of our illustrious legacy, Standing tall on the backs . . . of the historical 22,  Fortitude with each generation, always coming out brand new,  In 1913, when our founders stood up to such ...
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If Not For The Black Woman . . .

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Maybe I will be the poet for President Kamala Harris . . .  I know my melanin gives me strength that no other heir of God can fair and my feminine dominance creates doors that no one saw was there. From Nubian Queen, during the rise of all civilization, to mule of the slave trade, picking cotton for this damned nation. Your...
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The Firmament - January 2

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Before God even brought us into the equation he created a firmament for us; a tangible space for us to grow, live and love. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1. The heavens are where God lives, the earth is where we reside. And God separated spaces, not being discriminatory or as a punishment but as something fresh...
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Enough Is Enough - Mommy Mega March

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​All I could do is think about my son as we marched the streets of Charlotte on this rainy second day of 2021. I know that sounds selfish but those were my thoughts as we made our way down 3rd Street to the BLM Uptown. We chanted, “Enough is Enough” with the young people. I could not imagine a worst fate than the one&n...
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The Challenge of Change - January 1st

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​There is no better time to talk about change than on January 1st. Change is a force.  “I’m sticking to this diet”, “I won’t take her back into my life”, “I am going to be on time for work every morning”, may be some of the resolutions that you put in the atmosphere during this time of year but there are challenges with change. The p...
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Stimulus Check - Black Woman Chronicles

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Destroyed the love with the Black Man,  All for yo’ checks,  Never truly gave us a hand,  All for yo’ checks,  Kept us nickel and dime’ing,  All for yo’ checks, You always had the right timin’,  All for yo’ checks,  Wasn’t worth working a job,  All for yo’ checks,  But we truly got robbed, ...
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Unique Plus Bridal Magazine

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The most beautiful bride is a unique bride; one that is confident in the skin they are in. There should be no shame about a curvy waist. Beauty is only exemplified by every different size. On your wedding day you should never attempt to conform to the traditional standard in size or look for that matter. You should act...
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Wedding Bells For 2021

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I love weddings. Every part of it, from the flowers to the beautiful gowns. I love the color schemes and the romantic music. I love the joyous tears to the cake. Yes, I love cake. And this year I am entering into a marriage with a magazine and two very dynamic women. I have been brought on as the Editor for U...
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Who you calling a “Bitch”?

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Someone told me I wasn't a “bad bitch“ today. They said it to make me feel like I don’t measure up to beautiful women. They said it to call me out on my looks. At first my stupid insecurity set in, like that 17 year old girl that I once was. I thought of Leah in the Bible, coined for her looks and not for her contributions&...
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