WELCOME
Welcome to the MLB newsletter where we continue celebrating love and badass black women, women of color, and those who love them all day, every day! You know the vibe here is all love.
February, The Love Month
February is the month of love. While many focus on loving our spouses and life partners, I believe loving ones self is the key to long-lasting, fulfilling relationships with others. And everyone around here knows that love is a vibe!
Love yourself.
Love your partner.
Love your neighbor.
BRAND SPOTLIGHT
The Slouchy Collection now offers three branded shirts in a variety of colors. Choose your favorite saying and color then slay the day!
CURATOR OF SEXY
Celebrate yourself every day! Check out these bundles for the ultimate love experience. Indulge in some of our Curated Favorites whenever you feel the need to reset, recharge or release. Join the Modern VIP Lounge for exclusive sales, product releases, and watch parties. Must be 18+ older to join this grown and sexy group.
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
February is Black History Month and we have to love on and celebrate the strong black women who have secured her place in history. Remembering the great icons who have transitioned and celebrating our Queens still serving with fierceness.
BE INSPIRED
Who else feels like the new year is already starting to fly by? I do. Snow is here now. Pretty soon we will be welcoming glow season and summer bodies. Hopefully, by then we will be able to socialize as if it were 2019 instead of the wreck left in the wake of 2020.
When that time comes, I will be more than ready to usher in a new way of thinking about the places I inhabit. I want to cherish them and cultivate spaces with meaning and cherished memories that I won’t take for granted. As adults, we spend two-thirds of our time at work and at home. Typically that is the case. We work hard at both chasing dreams or running away from them all in an attempt to balance it all out. Make life make sense- wash, rinse, repeat.
Regardless of our success at this ardent task, those are our first two places. The spaces we figure out how to occupy and exist along the way in life. But, outside of obligation, where or what do you consider your third place? That space you can occupy free of judgment and nothing short of fun and warm memories. A place where your name is known by the company you keep there and no one will judge you whether you agree or disagree with them. They understand your silence and won’t begrudge you for the quiet.
US Sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term “third place” in his 1989 book The Great Good Place. It describes a place outside your home or work where you can relax and hang out. Your first place is your home, a private and domestic space for you and your family. Your dwelling. Your second place is your work, a structured social experience, and where you likely spend most of your time. Depending on how your life is structured, you may have to put on some level of facade at either space. However, your third place is somewhere special. Your third place is somewhere you can connect with others, share your thoughts, hopes, and dreams, and have fun. That third place is where you let it all hang out.
It is my hope that with the MLB Brand, I am creating a digital “third place”, a space you can feel empowered to be your best self can reclaim or become whoever you desire to be at each stage of your life, where you can gain knowledge about bath, body, intimacy essentials, sexual health, or get lost in romantic wonder. I want a space where laughing uncontrollably at this thing called life is simple, uncomplicated, and okay.
Characteristics of the Third Place:
It’s neutral ground.
A third-place accepts people from all walks of life
Conversation is the focus.
They are accessible.
It has a playful atmosphere.
It’s a home away from home and definitely not work.
Once the world fully opens back up, I hope to once again produce fun social events featuring poetry, book signings, bath and beauty, intimacy soirees, and so much more. Until then, feel free to share our Bangles and Brunch page, Modern Sexy VIP Lounge, and MLB Email Subscriber link with your friends. We’d love to have them. Here’s the link:
MLB Email Subscriber Link: mlbrewingtonbooks.com
Modern Sexy VIP Lounge: bit.ly/joinMSVL
Bangles and Brunch FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/Banglesnbrunch
So bottom line- Come on in. Get comfortable. Let’s have fun. I’m creating our very own Third Place. I hope you enjoy.