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According to her recent interview with Vibe.com, veteran video vixen, Melyssa Ford has joined the growing swarm of black women not too pleased with Essence. After doing battle with angry readers over the hiring of a white fashion director, Essence can't seem to catch a PR break. Here's some of what Melyssa had to say: "Right now Essence has on the cover, three of the most gorgeous black men ever created on the face of this fucking Earth. They have Blair Underwood who has always done it for me, Boris Kodjoe whose definition in the dictionary is fine, and then they got Lance Gross-chocolatey loveliness. And you know what they fucking have the nerve to have as the fucking title of the cover story? "How To Keep Black Men Happy and Faithful." And faithful! How dare you?! It makes me f***ing sick. [It's like saying] 'Women take note-how to keep your black men healthy and keep from straying from you 'cause it's your fault.' And black women wrote this to their fucking counterparts."
See the Whole Interview and More of Melyssa's Scathing Review of Essence @ Vibe.com: