Single & Fabulous

Jan 25, 2013

My Scandal Addiction & Love of Interracial Relationships

When a woman's heart belongs to another, you can never have all of her
#Team Liv&Fitz

With everything going on in my life, no matter what I am glued to my television on Thursday nights at 10PM. Like most of the world I am addicted to the ABC series “Scandal”.  Those of you who are unfamiliar with the series I highly suggest you jump on it and be prepared to become a Scandal Addict. I don’t watch television but this show is the first show I have watched in a long time (I’m talking the last time I followed a show was Martin, Girlfriends, The Game until it got whack, and The L Word Series not the whack ass reality show) so for me to cut off the rest of the world just to enjoy the hour long show is a big deal.

The thing that I love the most about the show (aside from Kerry Washington’s beauty) is the love affair between Liv and Fitz. Although it is a tormentuous love affair (he’s the POTUS and married) they are a beautiful couple, and in my eyes Soul mates. Personally, I love Black Woman/White Man interracial relationships. I love seeing Black woman courted and loved by White men. More and more Black women are educated and successful in this world today. We out number Black males in Baccalaureate, Masters, Juris Doctorate, Medical programs, and are more likely to be the sole and or largest bread winner in the home. Black women are pretty much holding it down and those who have a higher level of education and success want a partner who can bring the same or more to the table. Yet truth be told, a lot of Black men cannot deliver.
Growing up, I always heard of how Italian and Jewish men loved Black women, how they secretly coveted Black women, and how many of them would love to marry a Black woman but were unsure of how to approach them. Being a Lesbian I’ve never dated men, nor have I had the desire to date men but I still get hit on a lot by men (the price you pay for being feminine). Majority of the men who approach me are White men, and nine times out of ten they are successful – suit and tie, white coat (translation M.D.), executive titles, etc. Some have had relationships with Black women, while others are still waiting for the opportunity to do so. White men are more inclined to settle down and start a family as opposed to bed hopping and being hauled into Family Court for child support issues.

If I were Straight I’d be with a White man, but I’m not. As I have mentioned before, all of my relationships have been with White women. Not something I particularly went looking for, just the way it has been since I was 16. I recently tried going on dates with Black women but either we don’t click (my personality is more “polished” and refined than the average Black woman) or they expected one of us to assume the Stud or Femme position which is NEVER going to happen.
So I guess I have to continue to go for what I know and in the realm of Lesbian relationships all I know is interracial love and I have found it numerous times with White women. I know some may question the genuineness of interracial love, and if one could truly be happy with someone who is of another ethnicity/culture than me. I have never felt awkward in any of my relationships, in fact I related to my White girlfriends better than I have ever to any Black woman I have talked to or been on date with. Quiet as it may be kept, White Lesbians like Black Lesbians but they (like anyone with common sense) won’t date just any Black Lesbian. They have standards like the rest of us so education, income, class, sophistication, and a non-hood mentality are a must. White women are more likely to not have any children or ex-husband/baby daddy drama (the same can be said for White men – less likely to have children out of wedlock and all over town as opposed to Black men) which is a huge deal breaker for me, and when it comes to education and success we are always on point about what we want for our lives and where we want to be. Now that’s not to say that there are not Black Lesbians who do not fall into that education and success category because there are plenty…we just don’t mesh.

What are your thoughts on Interracial Love?

"Frank & Rachel"
 
"Len & Etta"
 
"Brian & Kenya"
 
 
"Tasha & Alice"
 
F4F Lesbian Couple
 
 
 

Jan 20, 2013

Deep Thoughts Courtesy of Lianne La Havas

Happy 2013! How has the New Year been treating you thus far? I’ve been nothing but busy, busy, busy, busy! School, Personal Life (or what’s left of it) you name it my wheels are spinning.

I’ve gotten heavily back into my fitness routine and one of the classes I am happy to see back in rotation is Sexy Flexy aka Yoga. The other night we were doing our usual yoga class when this song caught my attention and just ignited thoughts, feelings, memories, and even some tears from within me. Now I’m a music junkie so when something catches my ear I automatically hold strong to the lyrics in my head so I can Google them and discover this new treasure of a song that speaks to my soul.
The song is “Lost & Found” by Lianne La Havas:



Come upstairs and I’ll show you where all my
Where my demons hide from you
Just look at who I have become I am so ashamed
You were the one that made me feel the way I do
You broke me and taught me
to truly hate myself
unfold me and teach me how to be
like somebody else

and I felt strong enough
I was discovered by the love
I had been waiting for so long
You told me none of that was real
I cannot hide how low I feel
To know that you were never wrong

You broke me and taught me
to truly hate myself
Unfold me and teach me
How to be like somebody else

Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh eey yeaah
You are lost and found
Falling out my babe
Broken down
Broken down

You broke me and taught me
to truly hate myself
Unfold me and teach me
How to be like somebody else
You broke me and taught me to
Truly hate myself
Unfold me and teach me
How to be like somebody else
 
This is truly a song I believe can make anyone cry because we all have been there – broken by another and rebuilding ourselves from the ground up - some of us are still there, some of us are looking for a way out, some of us have found it.

For me this song reminds me a past relationship which did break me, it also makes me think of my broken relationship that I have with one of my parents. The power of music is truly amazing…