(ThySistas.com) What is the number one cause of death in the African American community of women? Heart disease. In 2013, heart disease accounted for 23.8% of deaths in both the non-Hispanic black populations. On the other hand, cancer accounted for 22.5% of deaths. Heart disease may be the leading cause of ...
(ThySistas.com) Stereotypes are dangerous no matter who uses them. There is a myth floating around that black women are the epitome of Angry Woman. One must actually question what makes them angrier than a white woman, or another woman of color. Why is it that behavior that is seen as thorough, ...
(ThySistas.com) Sexuality, which is a common term, revolves around expression of sexual interest especially when excessive according to Webster’s Dictionary. Sexuality is everywhere. On our television, in our music, on our computer screens, it’s everywhere. It shows in how we act or don’t act, in what we wear or don’t, and ...
(ThySistas.com) As a black woman I am mad that the “Angry Black Woman” has a Wikipedia page and reads this as the opening, “The Angry Black Woman is a stereotype about black women. The Angry Black Woman is also known as the “Sapphire” or “Sassy Black Woman“. The angry black woman ...
(ThySistas.com) When we are young teachers tell us the sky is the limit in regard to what we can achieve. Then as we get older the focus is placed on marriage, and children. Family is a beautiful component to life, but we don’t have to give up our dreams. It’s very ...
(ThySistas.com) No one wants, nor should have, to live in fear and anxiety. It is torture to be on edge every day of every minute. How can one arrive at happiness when every thought is over thought, and ever action is viewed though the lenses of self-doubt? Anxiety disorder is a ...
(ThySistas.com) “Your face is fractured in four places but nothing is broken”. I laid there and had a sigh of relief that I didn’t have to go under the knife. I was always scared of hospitals. The same fear I have now of you. I couldn’t look at myself, but the ...
(ThySistas.com) I’ve broken up with my boyfriend 3 times in the past week. My life is getting in the way of me fully connecting with him, and his life is conflicting with the attention that I seek from him. After breaking up with him the last time, I figured out that ...
(ThySistas.com) Past lives and karmic relationships are subjects that really interest me. Have you ever met someone who you are attracted to for no reason at all? There’s just something about them that makes you want to spend time with them and you may even see your future with them? I ...
(ThySistas.com) Everyone wants to have a good relationship. Often times, the hallmark of our existence is finding that special someone with whom we can spend the rest of our lives. Yes, we will search the world ten times over if it means finding our soul mate. But what happens when the ...