When, when, WHEN will people learn? If you know me personally or follow me here regularly at MOC, you already know: I am a proud, card-carrying, fist-rocking, down-for-my-sisters womanist. I am personally pro-life, but endorse a woman’s right to choose and always vote as such. I don’t excuse misogynoir, women who try whitesplaining themselves and/or… Continue reading White Tears & Special Snowflakes: Offended Pro-Lifer Gets Owned
Category: #MotherOfColorSays…
A quick blurb/opinion/outlook on what I’m into or thinking about, you never know what will be said….
“I’m Not Gonna Be Ignored….” AKA Histrionics R’ Us
The last 120 hours have been a trip…and possibly a plot for a lower budget Black version of “Single White Female.” I probably lost a pretty close (internet) pal. There was no huge e-beef. There was no big social justice disagreement. Just a regular ol’ hysterical episode followed by me basically “ghosting.” I won’t use… Continue reading “I’m Not Gonna Be Ignored….” AKA Histrionics R’ Us
The R. Kelly Conundrum: Our Morals Or His Music?
“Your brain thinks in words; your soul thinks in music.” It was an inscription carved into a metal picture frame I was gifted with several years ago, but one that fits me to a T because I specialize in both modes of expression. And if an author or musician can consistently evoke emotions within me… Continue reading The R. Kelly Conundrum: Our Morals Or His Music?
“Baby Boy” Is a Film Role, Not a Life Goal
For any woman who considered herself to be the ‘settling down’ type, he looked like an ideal catch: employed, college-educated, reasonably attractive and not a felony in sight. It was also helpful that he was a lover of jazz, reading and even had a penchant for British comedies and highbrow entertainment. On paper and to… Continue reading “Baby Boy” Is a Film Role, Not a Life Goal
The MOC Monthly Rundown, Apr. 9: I’m Black…..And?!?
Quick question: what did #WalterScott, #EricGarner, #SeanBell, #JordanDavis, #TrayvonMartin and #MichaelBrown (to name only a few) all have in common? Answer: they were ALL unarmed and none of them had locks in their hair—–yet they ALL were shot down in cold blood. So what the hell is being gained in compromising one’s own beliefs and… Continue reading The MOC Monthly Rundown, Apr. 9: I’m Black…..And?!?