The Minimizing, Maligning & Miseducation of Black Girls

     The weather was warm, the sky was bright and we were eager to savor our Saturday. Neighbors were mowing their lawns, sailing on the lake or scrambling to get their hands on turkey legs and funnel cakes during that final Saturday of the State Fair. And I was putting put on my ‘Mama’… Continue reading The Minimizing, Maligning & Miseducation of Black Girls

Oct. 27: Telling Others To Ignore What You Enjoy…Hypocritical Much?

Let’s just put it like this: most people simply know better than to tell others to not worry about something that they themselves have in abundance. Married people usually don’t tell lonely friends to not date, couples with children don’t tell the reproductively-challenged that kids aren’t that important and women with ample cleavage don’t go… Continue reading Oct. 27: Telling Others To Ignore What You Enjoy…Hypocritical Much?

Oct. 19: Untangling Blue: The Thin Line Between “Nasty” & “Natural”

*THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY IS A READ OF THE ADULTS INVOLVED, NOT OF THE CHILD* I simply don’t understand the Beygency/Beyhive turning a blind eye to the fubar priorities being demonstrated by the Carters and turning it into a interracial issue rather than one of class—–the precise reason I started my locks is BECAUSE the hair… Continue reading Oct. 19: Untangling Blue: The Thin Line Between “Nasty” & “Natural”

Oct. 13: Abbott Camp Protests Use Of Facts & Wheelchair In Davis Ad

From a commenter: “The controversy over this ad comes from people, a lot of smart people in the media who should know better, and Republican partisans, who don’t understand the difference between a Symbol and a Sign. In this ad, the wheelchair is a Symbol for the compassion we owe to people who have been… Continue reading Oct. 13: Abbott Camp Protests Use Of Facts & Wheelchair In Davis Ad