True story: as a young adult, I was freshening up in the lounge area at school once when another young woman walked up to me and out of nowhere, said the most asinine comment ever (up to that point): “You have nice skin, but you would be really pretty if you had lighter brown eyes.”… Continue reading Oct. 27: Tameka Gets Ice (And Shade) With Permanent Eye Color Change
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I Can’t, I Won’t, Just STOP: An Open Letter To Alexsandra Wright
Ladies & Gentlemen, please allow me to jump up on the soapbox for a hot minute about this right here, excuse the length of my rant because I am feeling ALL types of ways about the whole mess… I don’t enjoy seeing ANYONE struggle as a single parent and think that men/women who willfully neglect… Continue reading I Can’t, I Won’t, Just STOP: An Open Letter To Alexsandra Wright
The Trayvon Letters, Pt. 1: A Teen’s Lesson In White Privilege
A week after the Zimmerman ‘verdict’ and a day after my column about the issue, readers who take exception with my views are firing off e-mail after e-mail. A couple have been supportive, others have been smug and snarky, while others simply declare me to be a race-baiting anti-white (fill in the blank). And then,… Continue reading The Trayvon Letters, Pt. 1: A Teen’s Lesson In White Privilege
Keep It Classy Ma! Aging With Dignity Vs. Desperation
To let my kids tell it, when it comes to measuring moms on a Sliding Scale Of Hipness, their Mama ranks pretty close to the top. No other adult they know, for example, is a journalist who gets paid to chat up some of the performers they’ve seen on TV and allows them occasional access… Continue reading Keep It Classy Ma! Aging With Dignity Vs. Desperation
Hurled Stones & Howling Dogs: My Reply To A Racist’s Response
Judging from the hundreds of views to my column about the Paula Deen fiasco, many people apparently feel some kinda way about my calling her out as the ignorant, arrogant and entitled racist that she is. With the exception of one letter, all of the responses have come from Team Paula, calling ME out as… Continue reading Hurled Stones & Howling Dogs: My Reply To A Racist’s Response