Mysterious and ambiguous, the term mojo is part of American popular music since the days when African slaves landed on Haiti. Scholars speak of the hoodoo origins of the word that is an essential element in the magical practices of the followers of voodoo religion being a driving force of hoodoo rituals, incantations, gestures, invoices, spells, magic items etc.. The magical objects themselves are sometimes called mojo. 

Through religious practices, mojo is part of everyday life in the Afro-American community and it is often mentioned in their songs. "Got My Mojo Working" is a phrase of colloquial slang used by Afro-Americans in Louisiana. But it’s Muddy Waters, one of the most notorious bluesman, that... (more)

Termine misterioso e ambiguo, il mojo fa parte della musica popolare americana dai tempi degli schiavi neri sbarcati ad Haiti. Gli studiosi parlano delle origini hoodoo della parola che si inserisce nelle pratiche magiche dei seguaci della religione voodoo in quanto forza motrice dei rituali, incantesimi, gesti, fatture, malocchi, oggetti magici ecc. Gli oggetti stessi vengono a volte chiamati mojo.

When I was 25-27, I couldn`t stand the pressure of my relatives concerned about me being a single and not considering having children. My cousin even accused me of being selfish. I never understood why, though I spent some time thinking about it. When I got married, me and my husband didn`t want children, only fun. My mom stopped asking me about my intentions to become a mother after she realized the more she would speak about it, the more I would get irritated and hate the idea. Only from time to time, she`d mention the happiness of being a mother regretting that I "will never feel it". Now, I never said I would never become a mother. Though I must confess I said that children were monsters.
When I went over 30, I still didn`t feel it was my time. However, I did start thinking that some day I might want to have... (more)

"The best way to appreciate the music of Bluebird and Skoko is to sit back and listen. Struggling to compose a review of this surrealist partnership, describing the juxtaposition of blues, pop, androck can only sound in words a cacophony, but in their music, the combination of styles forms something harmonious, dynamic, irresistible, and quite unique."

www.newbeatmedia.com, 25/03/2010. Read the whole review.

You might ask yourself what does this have to do with Sugar Babe. Well, I`ve told you I would feature products I like and use, and this is one of the most curious one. 

I had no idea such thing existed until I read Robin Lim`s book After The Baby`s Birth (Celestial Arts, 2001) few months ago. I must say my favourite contraceptive method was condom, it wouldn`t interfere with my hormones and inner body functions. I`ve never trusted the pills women had to swallow so to be safe from conception, and I know how questionable this attitude is, since so many women are using them and these medicines are keeping their life under control. Though there are "band aid" like solutions and many others with more or less hormonal impact, I arrived at the age of 35 without getting pregnant and I had my... (more)