BRIDGET’S AFFAIR
The very essence of Fresh Takes Magazine is to provide a forum for new and/or controversial ideas and topics. That being said, Fresh Takes management neither condones nor condemns the opinions expressed in this piece but fully supports the right to express them. Bridget Boyd is a Los Angeles Area rapper, actress, song writer who has come to find herself in a complicated amorous relationship. Click on the link and let her explain it to you in her own words. 91,209 total views, 26 views ...
WHY MEN SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO BE FATHERS.
Deadbeat Dads, few labels in our society are more contemptible. The thought of a man not providing for his offspring is incomprehensible to most, especially to those of us who have experienced the joys of raising children. Just below deadbeats on the blame pie for the ills of society are single moms. Despite the horror stories connected to women having children out of wedlock or at least in a common law marriage situations, women continue to reproduce without benefit of clergy at an alarming rat ...
SLUT SHAMING, WHY IT’S UNFAIR
Shettima Webb reacts to Karrine Steffans, aka Super Head, and gives a Fresh Take on Slut Shaming and why it may be unfair. http://www.mochachocolatetv.com/mocha-s-tv-radio-show.html 23,685 total views, 3 views today
Being Bi-Rachel
Shettima Webb, AKA Mocha Chocolate, gives her Fresh Take on Rachel Dolezal. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mochachocolatetv.com%2Fmocha-s-tv-radio-show.html&h=OAQFOChAv 6,203 total views, no views today
FIVE MEN WHO WON’T MARRY YOU
Living in Los Angeles, I’ve met a ton of over forty but never married women. These are beautiful, sane, successful women who you would think would have had no problem finding a man to marry. If you talk to these women casually they will tell you that they were unwilling to settle or men can’t handle independent women or they’re perfectly happy being single but if you get them to open up they’ll tell you about that guy. There’s always that one guy who led her on, wasted her time and left her brok ...
SHOPPING FOR MEN
I was recently shopping in the local farmers market with my daughter and begun a ritual handed down by many women in my family. As we shopped, I taught her how to select the best products that a store had to offer. I explained to her about sizing up fruits and vegetables, inspecting cans for dents, smelling the plants because if you are going to spend your money why not be selective. Money is after all energy. It’s the result of hard work, good decisions and planning. Your money habits say a lot ...
CHRISTMAS TIME WHEN IT’S COMPLICATED
Another holiday season is upon us. It’s the happiest time of the year. It’s the time for peace and Joy and good will toward men. It’s the time to celebrate with family, spouses, friends, co-workers and of course lovers, that is unless your relationship status is “complicated.” For those in complicated relationships the holiday season is all too often a time for uncertainty, stress, embarrassment and sometimes even subterfuge. It’s Complicated is one of Facebook’s options for “Relationship Status ...
ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION: THE PRINCE WE NEVER KNEW
You never know who you know. I’ve been playing pickup basketball with my friend Paul Mitchell (#12 in the Bryant Middle School team photo) for years but it wasn’t until today that I learned he was a boyhood friend of Prince Rogers Nelson #3 and Prince’s brother Duane #21. Imagine that, all this time I was one degree of separation from my all-time favorite artist and the world’s greatest entertainer! Paul has recently been approached by CNN to give an interview regarding his relationship with pri ...
BLACK WOMEN AND STRUGGLE LOVE
Black women should immediately end our fight for the Black man. Before you get your pitchforks and matches hear me out. The Black community has been so engrossed with the protection, uplifting and advancement of the Black man that it has totally unequivocally neglected the Black woman. We Black women have made the Black man our burden and load. As with all loads they have become heavy and we can’t carry them anymore. Through slavery, rape, miseducation, ridicule, murder and abandonment Black wom ...

November 10, 2013 4 Comments

How to Win at Facebook Romances

So you’re in a secret Facebook group with some really cool people from all across the country. Some know each other, but many have never actually met in person. You all are just like-minded people that the page administrator thought would be a good mix to make interesting conversation while you pass the day away during downtime. At some point, you start to get a feeling for the various online personalities in the group. The Topic Master, who keeps the conversation going with interesting post; The One Line Artist, who keeps you laughing; the Laughers, who LOL at the drop […]

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Relationships

November 10, 2013 0 Comments

Forgiveness

Forgiveness. Why do we have to forgive? Is there really any good in forgiveness? Someone sent a question to my Facebook page on the topic of forgiveness and restoration. What I found out is that many people have a problem with forgiving. We know that it is humanly impossible to actually forget the event(s) that occurred where someone caused harm or hurt to you. But with forgiveness, it is possible to move on and gain some insight as to why that person caused harm to you and possibly restore that person. If we look outside ourselves for a moment and […]

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Relationships

November 9, 2013 2 Comments

How to Not Get a Second Date

Last month, I got an email from my Plenty of Fish account alerting me that someone wanted to meet me. Cautiously optimistic, I logged in and was thrilled to see someone who was very photogenic and had an extremely well written profile, showing humor and insight. I left her a message that she responded to. After some witty banter, we swapped numbers and agreed to meet for a coffee date. The meet and greet went well, so, at her suggestion, we agreed to meet for sushi and sake. We were both five minutes early, which is a tremendous turn on […]

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Relationships

October 25, 2013 2 Comments

Friends With Benefits: What’s in it for Who?

Sweetest Day has come and gone. Fall is here. Cuffing season recruitment is just about done. And Men, here you are STILL SINGLE!! What’s a guy to do? Well you could follow the advice of a well known pop star and “Call up that shrink in Beverly Hills. You know the one? Dr. “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright.” But what many men do is look to their PURELY PLATONIC friends for a little “comfort and consoling.” This sort of arrangement is commonly known as “friends with benefits.” Friends with benefits, loosely defined, is when two people with a history of successful […]

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Rants

October 25, 2013 2 Comments

Black Women Have Bad Attitudes: Myth Busted!

MYTH: It’s a well-known fact that Black women have bad attitudes. They don’t smile, they have sharp tongues, and they’re bitter. And if they think they look good, they won’t even speak. INQUIRY: Who are the people who make these accusations against Black women? Clearly not their children who are the beneficiaries of all the self-sacrifices they make in the name of motherhood including suspension of their social lives. Certainly not the elderly parents who they take in and care for while others get placed in rest homes. Not their employers who frequently rave about their high-quality hard work and […]

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Relationships

October 13, 2013 0 Comments

Why “Separated” Isn’t Good Enough

As a single woman, I get hit on all the time by men from various walks of life, and that’s to be expected. But what I don’t necessarily expect is to get hit on by married men. Why? Well, because they’re married! I’m at that age where most of my friends are married, my parents have been married for 47 years, and my aunts and uncles stayed together until death did they part…literally. So with that being said, I am one to have the utmost respect for marriage as an institution under God. When you get hit on by a […]

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Relationships

October 13, 2013 35 Comments

DIVORCED IS THE NEW SEXY!

5 Reasons Divorced Women are Marrying Faster than Single Women Divorced women are effortlessly finding Husband #2 while single women, with or without children, are having difficulty finding Husband #1. Once women hit the age of 30, the statistics become alarmingly worse. But why is that? What do divorced women have that makes their chances of matrimony greater? Here are the top five reasons why men are making a dash to the aisle faster with repeat offenders. Credibility: When a man sees a beautiful, intelligent woman over 30 who hasn’t jumped the broom yet, he thinks one thing, “What’s wrong […]

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Sports

October 13, 2013 3 Comments

The TOP 10 NBA Players of All Time: Revised Edition

WARNING LABEL: Dr. J ain’t on the list, and Michael Jordan ain’t #1. NBA basketball is in full swing so let’s have some fun with something all guys love to do: make a top ten list. This issue, we’re looking at the ten greatest players in NBA history. Our criteria: the player must have (1) earned at least two rings, (2) been a Finals MVP, and (3) been a league MVP. Sorry, Dr. J. So here we go. Let us know if you agree or disagree. 10. LeBron James: The most physically gifted player of all time is right before […]

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Relationships

October 12, 2013 0 Comments

You Want Him?! Me Too!!! Eliminating the Other Woman

Ladies, Sisters, Girlfriends, and Fellow Divas, How many times have we found ourselves unwilling participants in a love triangle you never knew existed?! While we all know the high road is to address the vortex (the man), there are those times when we somehow end up face-to-face with the other woman and have no choice except to address her as the competition. Now, the first decision to be made is do we really want him and the relationship. As women, before we engage in conflict over a man, we need to examine the man in question and decide if there is […]

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Sports

October 1, 2013 4 Comments

WHO WINS: MJ vs. LeBron

By Augustus Golden One of the immense pleasures of sports talk is comparing “greats” from different eras: The 85 Bears vs. The 72 Dolphins, Mike Tyson vs. Muhammad Ali, Michael Johnson vs. Usain Bolt. These days, the hot topic of debate is one that, up until recently, was unthinkable. I mean, how dare we suggest that there is a mere mortal who could actually challenge Michael Jeffrey Jordan as the master of the hardwood? But now with the emergence of LeBron James AKA King James, for the first time since the 80s we have a legit debate. So who would […]

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Relationships

October 1, 2013 1 Comment

Wait on the Lord

By Melissa Harris “Wait on the Lord and He will direct your path.” I hear so many people make statements like the one above all the time. Even though it’s not an actual bible scripture, there are so many scriptures in the bible that allude to the above statement. But what does it actually mean to wait on the Lord? Does it mean to sit down on your couch and wait for God to speak in an audible voice as to what your next direction should be in life? From what I understand, it means to first acknowledge that he […]

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Crazy Stuff

September 30, 2013 3 Comments

The Realest Bedtime Story Ever

By Summer Adawn “And then they lived happily ever after.” I kissed my daughter and turned out the light for the evening. Then it happened. My daughter began to ask the questions any intelligent person would. She asked, “Then what?” I didn’t understand the question at first. I asked her to explain. She asked, “Then what mom? Did the princess have a baby? Did she go to college? Does she just marry a prince and that’s it?” I was shocked and pissed. Shocked that my baby has such insight at six and pissed that she thought of it before me. […]

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