Arielle Loren

I once heard that love is simple. You care for someone, you’re willing to sacrifice life for them, and if they love you in return you’ll never have to. I am learning to love myself and in the process I am going insane. They don’t teach you to love yourself when you’re young. Everything else [...]

For those of you who aren’t aware, I’m the Sexuality Editor for Zora-Alice.com, a new website for young black women. I took on the position (without pay) because it was important for me to help create a space for young black women that wasn’t completely heteronormative or neglectful to women who don’t fit the “traditional” [...]

I spent five hours in the library yesterday writing my butt off. It’s really not a lot of time when you think about it. I used to devote 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week to a regular job that benefited my employers more than it did me. For all the “self-employed” writers, [...]

It’s almost noon. I’m laying in bed with a tussled stomach, partially from the 12 grain bread I introduced into my diet but mostly from the monthly burden of being a woman. I’ve had at least three moments where I’ve cried out “WHY!!!!!!!!” but eventually I’d just lay my little head on my pillow while [...]

I am a long-standing Christina Aguilera fan. From the time she belted “Reflection” on the Mulan soundtrack, she had my girlhood captured and became a fixture in my music life as a woman. Since returning, I’ve enjoyed her new tracks, but particularly, I found this one quite moving. “You Lost Me” tells the story of [...]

An educator, writer, filmmaker, and dedicated mother, Aiesha Turman is a beautiful force changing the lives of young women of color in New York. As the founder of Super Hussy Media, she creates film and media that explores the vastness of black female life, including the variety of sexualities, national origins, and classes that compose [...]

Sometimes the weekends are the best time to catch up on good sexuality reads. There were several articles that I enjoyed this week ranging from online dating research to a step by step manual for planning a threesome. Sharing is caring and I love my readers. I have to keep you in my mental loop! [...]

Have you heard? The FIRST EVER, @TEDWomen conference will occur in Washington D.C., December 7-8, 2010. I am a @TedTalks junkie. 18 minute inspirational videos from successful changemakers and entrepreneurs…yea, my eyeballs automatically become glued to the screen. TedTalks are all about creativity, tapping your personal passion, and, by doing so, engaging in meaningful work [...]

What a journey it has been A.L. lovers! In 2008, I started ArielleLoren.com on a simple wordpress platform with a small goal of sharing my travel experiences with my family back in the United States. Two years later, I am still here, relatively unknown by the majority of the blogosphere but fostering a group of [...]

I read an interesting article yesterday on Tiffany Black’s blog “I’m an Actor, They Don’t Get It.” Her post was entitled, “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child” and contrary to what most would expect, she took the “village” philosophy and applied it not to children, but to her career and personal life. What [...]