January 6, 2020 football | Santia Deck | women's football league Mocha

Did You Know?

Women are truly amazing. We are out here getting all the education, starting businesses, dominating in every field and killing it in the sports arena. Are you aware that in addition to a woman's basketball league there is also a woman's football league? Meet Santia Deck, a woman who has excelled in various other sports [...]

December 13, 2019 comediennes | comedy | comedy show | Norah Yahya Carly

Norah Yahya at BGM’s Charity Comedy Show!

Norah YahYa is an upcoming comedian and producer in New York City. Originally hailing from DC, she has performed at Gotham Comedy Club, Carolines and various shows around New York City drawing inspiration from her crazy, character-filled family; and all things current, feminine, and political

December 12, 2019 comediennes | comedy | Karmen Naidoo Carly

Karmen Naidoo at BGM’s Charity Comedy Show

Karmen Naidoo is straight outta the Motherland, hailing from South Africa. She continues to pursue her comedy career in New York City, the heart of Comedy since 2016. Featured as the only female finalist on Comedy Central’s Grab the Mic (2015), co-founder and Director of Indie Comedie a comedy production company (former) which aimed to nurture young [...]

December 11, 2019 Ariel Evans | comediennes | comedy Carly

Ariel Evans at BGM’s Charity Comedy Event

Ariel Evans is a Brooklyn-based stand-up comedian. She got her start in her hometown, Seattle, WA. She has performed for audiences all over the country; including the Charm City Comedy Festival in Baltimore, "Last Comix Standing" at the Comix Mohegan Sun (CT), and the Beast Village Comedy Festival in Iowa. She was a semi-finalist in [...]

December 10, 2019 comediennes | comedy show | DoRi Dimples Carly

DoRi Dimples at BGM’s Charity Comedy Event

Hailing from the south side of the borough of Royalty (Queens) comes a young at heart, vivacious talented individual named DoRi Dimplez. DoRi is on a path that is not charted on any maps. A certifiable modern-day Renaissance woman, DoRi is a producer, writer, s photographer, and all around true jack of many trades & [...]

December 9, 2019 comediennes | comedy show | Leighann Lord Carly

Leighann Lord at BGM’s Charity Comedy Show

Leighann Lord at Caroline's for NYWICI: https://youtu.be/fdD8QWo4ix0 BIO Leighann Lord (VeryFunnyLady.com) is a veteran stand-up comedian and the author of Dict Jokes and Real Women Do It Standing Up. She is the creator of the People with Parents podcast and has been a co-host on StarTalkRadio,with Neil de Grasse Tyson. She has been seen on Comedy Central, HBO, and The View, and was recently seen [...]

December 8, 2019 comediennes | comedy show | Hollie Harper Carly

Hollie Harper at BGM’s Charity Comedy Show

Hollie Harper is a comedian/actress/writer from Cape May, New Jersey. She has a BFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University, formerly the Goodman School of Drama.   She’s a co-host and co-producer of the nationally trending Twitter Storytelling Chat “BlerdDating”.   Her blog “Hollie Harper INK” on Medium quickly gained Top Writer status [...]

November 18, 2019 homeless Erika

Hidden in Plain Sight

The Other Face of Poverty *names changed by families request This portrait of poverty was shared by a lovely family and great friends on the brink of recovery hoping to comfort others in similar circumstances. They are warm, inspiring, and humbled by life. Despite their setbacks, they continue to laugh and forge ahead. I thank [...]

November 14, 2019 facebook | flossing | party | social media Erika

facebook flossing & profile pimping

the unreality of the social media game

October 25, 2019 black dolls | Hip-Hop | self-esteem | self-love Erika

Journey to Self-Love, Hip Hop, & Black Dolls

Focsi, pronounced fox-cee. few things evoke such passionate dialogue from my soul as Focsi does. The message is so thoroughly personal and necessary, there are days I believe I may actually bleed fuschia. reading an article about the documentary, “Why Do You Have Black Dolls?” ignited the latest spark. Yes, it sounds a bit trivial, [...]