Is your mattress ruining your sex life?

Is your mattress ruining your sex life? Clients weigh pros and cons of popular memory foam beds (NYDN) Bad sex life? You might be able to blame it on the memory foam. While sales for the plush, shape-shifting mattresses continue to rise, customers are reporting one major drawback — bad sex, according to a recent Barron’s report. Torn between a good night’s sleep and good roll between the sheets, customers say the main problem boils down to traction. “There’s a lack of resistance for the knees and feet,” New York sex therapist Sari Eckler told Barron’s. “And whoever is on the bottom is sinking into the bed.” Or as one commenter put it: “It’s like trying…

Black churches wrestle with Bam, gay marriage

Black churches wrestle with Obama’s gay marriage stance (theGRIO) On the first Sunday after President Barack Obama made history as the first U.S. president to openly support gay marriage, black voters were at odds. At Victory for the World Church in Stone Mountain, Georiga, Senior Pastor Dr. Kenneth Samuels said he’s lost members since he first voiced his support for gay marriage years ago and had strong words for pastors who don’t agree with his position. “Some of them are on the down-low too,” Samuels bellowed from the pulpit. “You know some of them got wives in the front of them and boyfriends behind them! Rather than tell the truth and set people free, they’d rather preach a…

President Obama endorses gay marriage

(ABC News) President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and even his own vice president. In an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts, the president described his thought process as an “evolution” that led him to this place, based on conversations with his own staff members, openly gay and lesbian service members, and conversations with his wife and own daughters. “I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are…

Why Obama is still ‘evolving’ on gay marriage

The political strategy of Obama’s ‘evolving’ position on gay marriage (theGRIO) President Obama has hinted at times that he is aware gay marriage is likely to be legal all over America in the near future, and has not disagreed with top aides, such as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Vice-President Joe Biden, who have said they are for it. So why is he sticking with his complicated “evolving” position, which has drawn renewed criticism after Biden’s more forthright comments this week? The short answer may be electoral politics. Obama, as he has noted repeatedly, has done much of what a president can do on gay rights issues, from repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to refusing to support…

Can we really trust Steve Harvey’s advice?

Steve Harvey plagued by scandal as ‘Think Like a Man’ is set to open (theGRIO) Steve Harvey is a man of many talents. The self-proclaimed “King of Comedy” is also an actor, television and radio personality, and best-selling author. Yet he has been dogged by controversy. Last year, Harvey’s ex-wife, Mary Shackelford, aired the couple’s dirty linen in a series of YouTube rants, where she candidly talks about her former husband cheating on her throughout their 10 years of marriage. In addition, the veteran comedian received a backlash from fans over for his debut book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. Despite spending 64 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, Harvey’s self-help guide to “unlocking the…

Ray J: Kim K. cheated on her first husband with me

Kim Kardashian cheated on first husband Damon Thomas with me, ex Ray J hints in new tell-all (NYDN) Kim Kardashian’s drama-plagued relationship with Ray J has come back to haunt her – again. The R&B singer, who is best known as Kardashian’s sex tape partner, is dishing the dirt about his passionate romance with the spotlight-loving reality star and hints that she may have cheated on her first husband with him, according to Life & Style. In his new book, “Death of a Cheating Man: What Every Woman Must Know About Men Who Stray,” Ray J refers to a former flame who he dated for two years as “KK.” In addition to the initials matching those of Kardashian’s, the…

Do Rihanna and Chris Brown have a responsibility to us?

Do Rihanna and Chris Brown have a responsibility to their fans? (theGRIO) The rumors of a Rihanna and Chris Brown song collaboration are true. The former couple released two remixed tracks that are sure to lead to many questions about whether Rihanna has forgiven Chris Brown for punching, kicking, choking and biting her in 2009, leaving her bloody, bruised and unconscious on the side of the road the night before the Grammy Awards. For those who need their memories refreshed or who have never taken the time to read the police report, after an argument over Rihanna discovering a text message from another woman on Chris Brown’s cell phone the following happened (Warning: Graphic content): [Rihanna is referred…

George Clooney: I drink too much and am lonely

George Clooney reveals he drinks ‘too much,’ has insomnia and still gets lonely despite relationship with Stacy Keibler (NYDN) He may be one of the most popular people in Hollywood, but George Clooney still has struggles like everyone else. “I drink, at times, too much,” Oscar-nominated star says in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. ”I do enjoy drinking, and there have been times in my life when it’s crossed the line from being fun to having to drink late at night for absolutely no reason. So what I do is, I stop. I haven’t had a drink since New Year’s Eve.” The “Descendants” actor admits to trying cocaine during his younger years, but notes that he “didn’t have…

White couple told they can’t foster black child

(theGRIO) A white couple who say they have been denied the right to continue fostering a black child have vowed to fight authorities to overturn the decision. For five months, foster parents Ben and Sarah FitzPatrick, gave the child a loving home but on Monday were told the baby could be taken away as early as Friday. A pair of Norfolk social workers visited their home and said because their foster baby is black, the child would be better off with African-American foster parents. The check the FitzPatrick’s received to take care of the foster child has also bounced, with the bank telling them there were “insufficient funds,” Sarah FitzPatrick said in all the months they have…

Interracial marriages in U.S. hit all-time high

1 in 12 US marriages are between interracial couples (theGRIO) Racial and ethnic intermarriage are on the increase in America and growing in acceptance. And a new study has the details. The study released today by the Pew Research Center is called The Rise of Intermarriage: Profiles, Rates Vary by Race and Gender. And the results — based on polls taken between 2008 and 2010 — are eye opening. According to the report, in 2010 about 15 percent of new marriages in the U.S. were between partners of a different race or ethnic group. This is a dramatic increase, more than double the share of such marriages in 1980, which were then at 6.7 percent. That year, 9 percent of…