Motivational Monday VH1 Tough Love Abiola Abrams Spike Spillberg

is a TV personality, author and art filmmaker who shows up with her big mouth and hot pink doctor bag of advice and self worth to whip us into shape. Abiola's debut novel Dare (Simon & Schuster) is the wild adventure of two women learning to live by their own gutsy rules. Currently she is a creative producer and host of the Planet Abiola Show for TV One's blackplanet. Host and correspondent Abiola Abrams just finished a run on VH1's Tough Love, and for the past two years 28 million viewers tuned in to watch Abiola on BET: interviewing filmmakers on her show The Best Shorts, as an outspoken, recurring panelist on My Two Cents, and hosting specials such as All Access. As an art filmmaker Abiola Abrams’ short films and docs investigate themes of gender, race and empowerment. Her directing work includes Knives in My Throat about a spoken word poet dealing with bipolar disorder, Ophelia's Opera a short narrative about coping with domestic violence, and Afrodite Superstar, acclaimed feminist erotica. The goal of Abiola's work is to use pop culture entertainment to create uncommon inspiration: culturally, politically, emotionally and sexually. Her advice column runs in the weekly urban tabloid Rolling Out. Abiola has BA from Sarah Lawrence and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is an opinionated tastemaker, cheerleader, hip hop feminist, cultural critic and all around TV big mouth. Films, Life, and Positive Thoughts. www.spikespillberg.com