Monthly Archives: September 2009

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September 15, 2009 at 2:58pm

By edward

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Swagger-less Politicians

Barack Obama has it. What is it? Some call it swagger, some call it panache, and others say that it is uncanny composure. Nonetheless, it is an intangible characteristic that helps him appeal to the masses (obviously excluding politics). However, it seems as if today more than ever, Obama is in a class by himself [...]

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September 15, 2009 at 12:10pm

By Summer M.

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Topics: Film, Gender, Masculinity, Media, Men, Patriarchy, Pop Culture, Tyler Perry, Violence Against Women

You Gon’ Be All Right: On Maia Campbell and (More on) Tyler Perry

Note: I know this post is mad long. I’ll be more succinct in the future. I know you have better things to do. Last week, I didn’t take the opportunity to blog about Maia Campbell, something that I had fully intended to do. Instead, my only significant output was a blog about Tyler Perry taking [...]

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September 14, 2009 at 10:18am

By alexm

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Topics: black activism, healthcare, obama, Politics, race

Where is the Black Liberal Agenda?

Last week we all had the opportunity to watch Barack Obama’s healthcare speech. A couple of weeks ago I asked, where is Obama’s Political Saavy? And in the above speech I believe not only did he find it, but he remembered what the people who voted him into office [overwhelmingly] mandated. So needless to say [...]

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September 12, 2009 at 8:40pm

By Jonathan

@jonathanlykes

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Look Like A Lady?

WE DONT NEED NO WOMEN LOOKIN LIKE NO MEN. So slap some lipstick on, curly ya hair, let da finger nail polish sparkle, and finish it all off wit a brand new face of makeup!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS! After the controversy last month about Caster Semenya’s gender, to me it is quite apparent that this [...]

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September 12, 2009 at 12:09am

By Supernerd

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Topics: American Values, Court System, Empowerment, Film, Gender, Homophobia, Interracial, Intra-racial, LGBTQ, Love, Media, Politics, racism, Sex

Interracial vs Intraracial dating, loving and fucking: Part 3

When we talk about interracial dating in the new millennium, we are facing a new reality in America. In the above clip at UNC Chapel Hill, we see how youth feel about interracial dating. Unsurprisingly we find that many are open to interracial dating, except for the two black women Litesha and Ally. Additionally, Si-on [...]

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September 11, 2009 at 3:52pm

By Fallon

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Topics: Facebook, Humor

The Ultimate Facebook Addiction: The Honesty Box

Like most Facebook addicts, at least the “honest” ones, I am member of Facebook because I can “stalk” people. Instead of rifling through neighbor’s trashcans and mail, I simply click on their photos, view their relationship statues, and see what events they’re attending to know all about their daily lives. To say the least, Facebook [...]

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September 9, 2009 at 2:38pm

By Summer M.

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Topics: black feminism, Books, capitalism, Film, Gender, Love, Masculinity, Men, Mothers, Patriarchy, Poetry, Pop Culture, Tyler Perry, Violence Against Women

Roy G. Whiz

Uh oh. It’s a code red (black and green). The bat signal is out. bell hooks has started spelling her name in all CAPS. Call up your elders, pray to your ancestors; conjure up your inner fairies, spirits, and goddesses. Tyler Perry is turning your favorite play, excuse me, choreopoem into a movie.

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September 8, 2009 at 9:01pm

By edward

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The Perils of Obamacation

I am a proud Floridian. I love of our orange groves. I enjoy sunbathing on our pristine beaches that kiss the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, I love Tampa Bay Buccaneers football and Tampa Bay Rays baseball. Alas, the recent comments by Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer made me want to banish him from [...]

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September 7, 2009 at 9:02pm

By tamara

@tamaracg

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Topics: American Values, Beauty, plastic surgery

Black Don’t Crack: The Cosmetic Surgery Debate

A few months ago i watched the TVOne documentary Black Don’t Crack: The Cosmetic Surgery Debate. It disturbed me, to say the least. It mostly chronicled the stories of Black women (and i believe, one man) who choose to undergo cosmetic plastic surgery, noting that in the past, cosmetic procedures have been stigmatized in the [...]

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September 6, 2009 at 1:45pm

By Fallon

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Topics: black feminism, Empowerment, Gender, Girls, Media, Patriarchy, Pop Culture, Violence Against Women, Women

Oh No He Didn’t . . . Tyler Perry Gone Do What?

It was the news heard around the world, heard in every black café, posted on every Facebook mini feed, screamed in abject horror in every black theater class, whispered in body stealing tones in every black feminist mind that Tyler Perry also known as Medea also known as He Who Has Oprah’s Seal of Approval [...]

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