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I never expected to enjoy London so much. I think I always just thought bland food, bad teeth and way too much cigarette smoke for me. But honey…I am kinda in love. The city has an easy busy energy, the people seem real and down to earth. People are not extra fancy in the streets … BLACK LONDON

Have y’all ever looked back on an old picture and said what in the entire f-bomb was I wearing?! You were out in these streets looking a hot mess and it is forever memorialized in a photo. Typically these fashion disasters are due to chasing a trend that you totally should have skipped. It is … CREATING A SIGNATURE LOOK WITH T. BARNES

I had dinner with my favorite millenials today. One of my babies waxed poetic about how she no longer works “for” anyone. She explained that she now approached jobs from the perspective that she works “with” everyone that employs her. She went on to give me examples of her refusing certain task and I quietly … WE ARE NOT EQUALS

Have you ever seen those movies where the uber sophisticated woman pulls up to the bar and orders her drink with very specific instructions? “A bourbon neat” she says…She is so stylish, poised, and unapologetic. That is how I think about the phase of life I am in. I know exactly who I am, want … SPECIFICATIONS AND THE JOY OF GROWNWOMANHOOD

So I want to be candid about this international dating scene. There are so many layers. I feel like I am over debating with folks about the perception that everybody wants your damn visa. Here are some things I have learned that may be helpful if that is your fear. 1. Many white American and … 7 T. BARNES TIPS FOR BLACK WOMEN ON THE INTERNATIONAL DATING SCENE

People often ask me what are the largest challenges of working across borders in business. I always hate to be asked this because I am a truth teller and it forces me to be honest about a subject that I know is layered. So while I have struggled, sometimes very badly, in my entrepreneurial journey, … GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND HAND TO MOUTH MENTALITY

Pro Black folks like myself can get very caught up in the ways that integrationist minded Black people in America compromise to sit at white tables. We can often be very self righteous about the choices we are making to be independent. On one side there is a lot of dignity in this stance. It … PRO BLACK AND THE ILLUSION OF PURITY

Black people have been subjugated for the past five or six centuries. It is a millisecond in the full scope of humanity but the current consequences are deep and devastating and will require centuries to correct. So it is no wonder that Black people often confuse service with servitude. I travel all over the world … BLACK NATIONS: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SERVICE AND SERVITUDE