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| name = Abiola Abrams
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| caption = Abiola Abrams in New York
| birth_name = Abiola Wednesday Abrams
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|7|29}}
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| nationality = American
| occupation = Author, filmmaker, TV personality
| known for = Television talking head, books, blogging, [[Video blogging]]
| website = {{URL|www.abiolatv.com}}
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'''Abiola Abrams''' (born July 29, 1976) is an American TV host, [[Internet personality]], personal coach, motivational speaker and author.<ref name="ss" /><ref name="aabio">{{cite web |url=http://www.abiolatv.com/media-kit-lifestyle-expert-tv-personality-love-columnist-speaker-inspirational-coach/ |title=Abiola Abrams |website=AbiolaAbrams.com |accessdate=November 25, 2015}}</ref> Her advice columns on topics such as relationships and self-worth include ''Intimacy Intervention'' on Essence.com<ref>Essence.com [http://www.essence.com/2013/07/29/intimacy-intervention-i-need-more-confidence-between-sheets/ Intimacy-Intervention]</ref> and ''Abiola’s Love Class'' on MommyNoire.com.<ref>MommyNoire.com [http://mommynoire.com/tag/abiola-abrams/ Abiola’s Love Class]</ref> She is the author of the self-esteem advice guide ''The Official Bombshell Handbook: The 13 Sacred Secrets of Feminine Power''<ref>Bombshell Handbook [http://www.abiolatv.com/bombshell-handbook-feminine-power-womanly-wisdom-radical-self-love/ Sacred Secrets of Feminine Power]</ref> and ''Dare'', a love story retelling of ''[[Faust]]'' set in the [[hip hop]] world. Abrams is also the creator of a [[Lifestyle (sociology)|lifestyle]] blog and web video series at AbiolaTV.com.
==Early life and education==
She is a first generation [[Guyana|Guyanese]]-American who was raised in New York City. Abrams attended the [[Brearley School]]. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from [[Sarah Lawrence College]] and a Master of Fine Arts degree from [[Vermont College of Fine Arts]].<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] Sorority, Inc. International Membership Directory |year=2004 |pages=2}}</ref>
Abrams is a member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] sorority. She was a featured speaker at [[Alycia Kaback]]'s NYC Women's Empowerment Summit.<ref>{{cite web |last=Iglesias |first=Tracy |title=NYC Women's Empowerment Summit 2011 recap! |url=http://www.ascendingbutterfly.com/2011/07/nyc-womens-empowerment-summit-2011.html |website=Ascending Butterfly |publisher=Tracy Iglesias |accessdate=July 21, 2011}}</ref> Abrams is a certified life coach.
==Career==
In June 1999, ''[[Ms. Magazine|Ms.]]'' magazine published a series of articles by three generations of women discussing whether Lewinsky's behavior had any meaning for feminism. Abrams was featured, along with [[Susan Jane Gilman]] and the sexologist [[Susie Bright]].<ref name="Ms3">{{cite news |url=http://www.msmagazine.com/jun99/monica-abrams.asp |title=Dear Monica |last=Adams |first=Abiola Wendy |date=June 1999 |work=[[Ms. Magazine|Ms.]] |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}<br />- {{cite news |url=http://www.msmagazine.com/jun99/monica-gilman.asp |title=Oral Report |last=Gilman |first=Susan Jane |date=June 1999 |work=Ms. |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}<br />- {{cite news |url=http://www.msmagazine.com/jun99/monica-bright.asp |title=The Beauty and the Brains |last=Bright |first=Susie |date=June 1999 |work=Ms. |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
Abrams is an author, columnist and blogger in the self-help and love fields. She gives advice on sites such as [[Match.com]],<ref>Match.com [http://advice.uk.match.com/dating-experts/first-date-advice-4-first-date-ideas-rock-your-love-life/ First Date Advice: 4 First Date Ideas to Rock Your Love Life] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207162450/http://advice.uk.match.com/dating-experts/first-date-advice-4-first-date-ideas-rock-your-love-life/ |date=December 7, 2013 }}</ref> gURL.com <ref>Gurl.com [http://www.gurl.com/2012/09/01/lesbian-rumors-say-im-gay/ How To Deal With Lesbian Rumors |date= 1 September 2012]</ref> and [[Yahoo!]] Shine.<ref>Yahoo Shine [http://shine.yahoo.com/unmarried-women-bringing-home-bacon-still-having-cook-223700905.html/ Home Bacon]</ref> ''Black Enterprise'' magazine named her site one of the top African American lifestyle blogs.<ref>''Black Enterprise'' [http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/black-blogger-month-abiola-tv/ Black-Blogger]</ref> Her first writing project, ''Goddess City'', an empowerment play produced at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,<ref>New York Public Library [http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/sc/sce/1998.htm/ NYPL] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524041410/http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/sc/sce/1998.htm/ |date=May 24, 2012 }}</ref> was published in the anthology ''Say Word!'' by the University of Michigan Press.<ref>University of Michigan Press [http://www.press.umich.edu/322638/say_word! ''Say Word!'']</ref>
''Dare'' ({{ISBN|1-4165-4166-7}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4165-4166-0}}), Abrams' first novel, was published by [[Simon & Schuster]] on December 11, 2007.<ref name="ss">{{cite web|url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Abiola-Abrams/42382996/biography |publisher=Simon & Schuster |title=Abiola Abrams Biography |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073349/http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Abiola-Abrams/42382996/biography |archivedate=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>
Her writing appears in the playwright/activist [[Eve Ensler]]'s current{{when|date=November 2015}} anthology ''A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer'' ({{ISBN|978-0-345-49791-8}}) alongside such writers as [[Maya Angelou]], [[Edward Albee]], [[Alice Walker]] and [[Edwidge Danticat]].
In addition, essays by Abrams will be featured in the upcoming{{when|date=November 2015}} anthologies ''Behind the Bedroom Door'', edited by Paula Derrow, and ''Dirty Words: An Encyclopedia of Sex'', edited by Ellen Sussman. Abrams is the founder of The Goddess Factory, a fun, inspirational movement to motivate and empower primarily women, but also people of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. In addition to her personal blog she writes for several publications and websites.
===Television and film===
[[File:Abiola Abrams 2.JPG|thumb|left|120px| Highline Ballroom in Manhattan hosting web TV show.]]Abrams is a lifestyle and relationship coach currently giving advice on TV talk shows such as the CW Network’s ''[[The Bill Cunningham Show]]''.<ref>Bill Cunningham show [http://www.thebillcunninghamshow.com/blog/abiola-abrams/ Show Blogger: Abiola Abrams]</ref> She appeared on [[WE TV]]’s ''Braxton Family Values'' as herself, interviewing the reality star [[Tamar Braxton]] for her web TV YouTube talk show.<ref>Tamar Braxton Talks [http://tamarbraxton.us/?p=276/ Love and War]</ref> Abrams also talks about the rules of dating on the Centric show ''Him and Her Rules'' also featuring [[Claudia Jordan]], Dr. [[Jeff Gardere]], Dr. Michelle Callahan.<ref>Miss Claudia Jean [http://www.abiolatv.com/media-kit-lifestyle-expert-tv-personality-love-columnist-speaker-inspirational-coach/ Media Kit]</ref> Abrams also filmed an episode of [[Meghan McCain]]’s [[Pivot (TV channel)]] series, ''Raising McCain'' named "The Death of Romance" along with the comic writer Phoebe Robinson.<ref>Meghan McCain [http://www.abiolatv.com/media-kit-lifestyle-expert-tv-personality-love-columnist-speaker-inspirational-coach/ Lifestyle Expert]</ref>
[[File:Abiola Abrams in Harlem.jpg|thumb|181x181px|Abrams in [[Harlem, New York City]]]]
Abrams was a [[BBC]] entertainment correspondent from 2011 to 2012 and a former host of ''The Best Shorts'',<ref name="ss" /> [[Black Entertainment Television]]'s (BET) indie film showcase and competition from 2006 to 2008.<ref name="aabio" /> Abiola also appeared on ''My Two Cents'', a panel-style show also on her network's [[BET Her|Centric]], formerly BET J. She has hosted or co-hosted such shows as the syndicated ''The Source: All Access'', ''[[Source Magazine|Source]]'' magazine's hip hop show, and ''Chat Zone'', an [[HBO]] interstitial talk show billed as "politically incorrect" for the [[MTV]] set, and appeared on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of the 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
In spring 2009, she was featured as the overly selective "Miss Picky", an advice columnist and one of the eight single women seeking love on [[VH1]]'s [[reality television]] show ''[[Tough Love (TV series)|Tough Love]]''. In spring 2011, she starred as a dating empowerment coach helping a geeky teenager find love and become a ladies' man on MTV's reality television show ''[[Made (TV series)|Made]]''. In addition, she has guest starred on TV series such as ''[[Law & Order]]'' and the soap opera ''[[All My Children]]'' and appears as a pop culture talking head on networks such as [[FOX]]. Her mini-films, documentaries and plays have been shown and performed in galleries, festivals, theaters and museums throughout the United States, Europe, [[Africa]] and the [[Caribbean]].
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://abiolaabrams.com/ Official Site]
* {{IMDb name|0009153}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Abiola Abrams
| image = Abiola Abrams 1.png
| image_size = 240px
| caption = Abiola Abrams in New York
| birth_name = Abiola Wednesday Abrams
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|7|29}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = American
| occupation = Author, filmmaker, TV personality
| known for = Television talking head, books, blogging, [[Video blogging]]
| website = {{URL|www.abiolatv.com}}
}}
'''Abiola Abrams''' (born July 29, 1976) is an American TV host, [[Internet personality]], personal coach, motivational speaker and author.<ref name="ss" /><ref name="aabio">{{cite web |url=http://www.abiolatv.com/media-kit-lifestyle-expert-tv-personality-love-columnist-speaker-inspirational-coach/ |title=Abiola Abrams |website=AbiolaAbrams.com |accessdate=November 25, 2015}}</ref> Her advice columns on topics such as relationships and self-worth include ''Intimacy Intervention'' on Essence.com<ref>Essence.com [http://www.essence.com/2013/07/29/intimacy-intervention-i-need-more-confidence-between-sheets/ Intimacy-Intervention]</ref> and ''Abiola’s Love Class'' on MommyNoire.com.<ref>MommyNoire.com [http://mommynoire.com/tag/abiola-abrams/ Abiola’s Love Class]</ref> She is the author of the self-esteem advice guide ''The Official Bombshell Handbook: The 13 Sacred Secrets of Feminine Power''<ref>Bombshell Handbook [http://www.abiolatv.com/bombshell-handbook-feminine-power-womanly-wisdom-radical-self-love/ Sacred Secrets of Feminine Power]</ref> and ''Dare'', a love story retelling of ''[[Faust]]'' set in the [[hip hop]] world. Abrams is also the creator of a [[Lifestyle (sociology)|lifestyle]] blog and web video series at AbiolaTV.com.
==Early life and education==
She is a first generation [[Guyana|Guyanese]]-American who was raised in New York City. Abrams attended the [[Brearley School]]. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from [[Sarah Lawrence College]] and a Master of Fine Arts degree from [[Vermont College of Fine Arts]].<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] Sorority, Inc. International Membership Directory |year=2004 |pages=2}}</ref>
Abrams is a member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] sorority. She was a featured speaker at [[Alycia Kaback]]'s NYC Women's Empowerment Summit.<ref>{{cite web |last=Iglesias |first=Tracy |title=NYC Women's Empowerment Summit 2011 recap! |url=http://www.ascendingbutterfly.com/2011/07/nyc-womens-empowerment-summit-2011.html |website=Ascending Butterfly |publisher=Tracy Iglesias |accessdate=July 21, 2011}}</ref> Abrams is a certified life coach.
==Career==
In June 1999, ''[[Ms. Magazine|Ms.]]'' magazine published a series of articles by three generations of women discussing whether Lewinsky's behavior had any meaning for feminism. Abrams was featured, along with [[Susan Jane Gilman]] and the sexologist [[Susie Bright]].<ref name="Ms3">{{cite news |url=http://www.msmagazine.com/jun99/monica-abrams.asp |title=Dear Monica |last=Adams |first=Abiola Wendy |date=June 1999 |work=[[Ms. Magazine|Ms.]] |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}<br />- {{cite news |url=http://www.msmagazine.com/jun99/monica-gilman.asp |title=Oral Report |last=Gilman |first=Susan Jane |date=June 1999 |work=Ms. |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}<br />- {{cite news |url=http://www.msmagazine.com/jun99/monica-bright.asp |title=The Beauty and the Brains |last=Bright |first=Susie |date=June 1999 |work=Ms. |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
Abrams is an author, columnist and blogger in the self-help and love fields. She gives advice on sites such as [[Match.com]],<ref>Match.com [http://advice.uk.match.com/dating-experts/first-date-advice-4-first-date-ideas-rock-your-love-life/ First Date Advice: 4 First Date Ideas to Rock Your Love Life] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207162450/http://advice.uk.match.com/dating-experts/first-date-advice-4-first-date-ideas-rock-your-love-life/ |date=December 7, 2013 }}</ref> gURL.com <ref>Gurl.com [http://www.gurl.com/2012/09/01/lesbian-rumors-say-im-gay/ How To Deal With Lesbian Rumors |date= 1 September 2012]</ref> and [[Yahoo!]] Shine.<ref>Yahoo Shine [http://shine.yahoo.com/unmarried-women-bringing-home-bacon-still-having-cook-223700905.html/ Home Bacon]</ref> ''Black Enterprise'' magazine named her site one of the top African American lifestyle blogs.<ref>''Black Enterprise'' [http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/black-blogger-month-abiola-tv/ Black-Blogger]</ref> Her first writing project, ''Goddess City'', an empowerment play produced at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,<ref>New York Public Library [http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/sc/sce/1998.htm/ NYPL] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524041410/http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/sc/sce/1998.htm/ |date=May 24, 2012 }}</ref> was published in the anthology ''Say Word!'' by the University of Michigan Press.<ref>University of Michigan Press [http://www.press.umich.edu/322638/say_word! ''Say Word!'']</ref>
''Dare'' ({{ISBN|1-4165-4166-7}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4165-4166-0}}), Abrams' first novel, was published by [[Simon & Schuster]] on December 11, 2007.<ref name="ss">{{cite web|url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Abiola-Abrams/42382996/biography |publisher=Simon & Schuster |title=Abiola Abrams Biography |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073349/http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Abiola-Abrams/42382996/biography |archivedate=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>
Her writing appears in the playwright/activist [[Eve Ensler]]'s current{{when|date=November 2015}} anthology ''A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer'' ({{ISBN|978-0-345-49791-8}}) alongside such writers as [[Maya Angelou]], [[Edward Albee]], [[Alice Walker]] and [[Edwidge Danticat]].
In addition, essays by Abrams will be featured in the upcoming{{when|date=November 2015}} anthologies ''Behind the Bedroom Door'', edited by Paula Derrow, and ''Dirty Words: An Encyclopedia of Sex'', edited by Ellen Sussman. Abrams is the founder of The Goddess Factory, a fun, inspirational movement to motivate and empower primarily women, but also people of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. In addition to her personal blog she writes for several publications and websites.
===Television and film===
[[File:Abiola Abrams 2.JPG|thumb|left|120px| Highline Ballroom in Manhattan hosting web TV show.]]Abrams is a lifestyle and relationship coach currently giving advice on TV talk shows such as the CW Network’s ''[[The Bill Cunningham Show]]''.<ref>Bill Cunningham show [http://www.thebillcunninghamshow.com/blog/abiola-abrams/ Show Blogger: Abiola Abrams]</ref> She appeared on [[WE TV]]’s ''Braxton Family Values'' as herself, interviewing the reality star [[Tamar Braxton]] for her web TV YouTube talk show.<ref>Tamar Braxton Talks [http://tamarbraxton.us/?p=276/ Love and War]</ref> Abrams also talks about the rules of dating on the Centric show ''Him and Her Rules'' also featuring [[Claudia Jordan]], Dr. [[Jeff Gardere]], Dr. Michelle Callahan.<ref>Miss Claudia Jean [http://www.abiolatv.com/media-kit-lifestyle-expert-tv-personality-love-columnist-speaker-inspirational-coach/ Media Kit]</ref> Abrams also filmed an episode of [[Meghan McCain]]’s [[Pivot (TV channel)]] series, ''Raising McCain'' named "The Death of Romance" along with the comic writer Phoebe Robinson.<ref>Meghan McCain [http://www.abiolatv.com/media-kit-lifestyle-expert-tv-personality-love-columnist-speaker-inspirational-coach/ Lifestyle Expert]</ref>
[[File:Abiola Abrams in Harlem.jpg|thumb|181x181px|Abrams in [[Harlem, New York City]]]]
Abrams was a [[BBC]] entertainment correspondent from 2011 to 2012 and a former host of ''The Best Shorts'',<ref name="ss" /> [[Black Entertainment Television]]'s (BET) indie film showcase and competition from 2006 to 2008.<ref name="aabio" /> Abiola also appeared on ''My Two Cents'', a panel-style show also on her network's [[BET Her|Centric]], formerly BET J. She has hosted or co-hosted such shows as the syndicated ''The Source: All Access'', ''[[Source Magazine|Source]]'' magazine's hip hop show, and ''Chat Zone'', an [[HBO]] interstitial talk show billed as "politically incorrect" for the [[MTV]] set, and appeared on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of the 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
In spring 2009, she was featured as the overly selective "Miss Picky", an advice columnist and one of the eight single women seeking love on [[VH1]]'s [[reality television]] show ''[[Tough Love (TV series)|Tough Love]]''. In spring 2011, she starred as a dating empowerment coach helping a geeky teenager find love and become a ladies' man on MTV's reality television show ''[[Made (TV series)|Made]]''. In addition, she has guest starred on TV series such as ''[[Law & Order]]'' and the soap opera ''[[All My Children]]'' and appears as a pop culture talking head on networks such as [[FOX]]. Her mini-films, documentaries and plays have been shown and performed in galleries, festivals, theaters and museums throughout the United States, Europe, [[Africa]] and the [[Caribbean]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://abiolaabrams.com/ Official Site]
* {{IMDb name|0009153}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abrams, Abiola}}
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