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Renina continues to
challenge herself and
give these types of
conversations a platform
away from the classroom.
i also think she grapples
with a lot of ideas and
i love that she?s not afraid
to put that work on display.
i?m thankful.
-Bianca
l Brooklyn

You’re bookmarked based off of this post alone
-Ketchums
l Michigan

I’ve read your blog for a long time and this is
my first time responding. You give me reason
to think and improve upon myself and others.
Thank you.
-John l Florida


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Archive for August, 2005

Get Open!

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

First I don’t post for hella weeks now I can’t stop postin’. When I was in Cali of all places I caught a Hip Hop panel on C-Span.It was sponsered by Third World Press and Institute of Positive Education, Betty Shabazz International Charter School.The panelist were: Coval, Kevin – Artistic Director, Young Chicago Authos Kitwana, [...]

It Get Hot at Night

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

I cannot believe that I am just now hearing about it. So Spike has a new book out. As much as a book snoop that I (Get the Black Issues book review on the phone A.S.A.P. ….ii captain MM).Jay-Z was in the Times this weekend.The dopest part of the article was when, wait it minute [...]

Town Business

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

Does anyone else love, wireless, but hate Explorer? I mean damn. That ‘ish is so wack. I don’t know how I have been living without Firefox for so long. The damn Blogger menu bar has like two options when you don’t use Firefox. The Sideshows are thought to be over, at least a recently as [...]

‘Town Educational Seminars

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

Okay Dame. So you know I had to do some diggin’ and thinking. Being the pathological reader I am (wussup Joneze) I have to do a book list on town books. Keep in mind that this is partial, yet a start. #1. Drive By Gary Rivlin. It is an account of the murder of Kevin [...]

The Marriage Post

Friday, August 5th, 2005

Good Morning Blog Family. There’s a war goin’ on outside no one is safe from……. It appears that the Army divorce rate flying sky high. So much for family values hunh? Why is there no news coverge of this phenomenon? Maryanne Reid is taking an unorthodox route to promoting her new book Marry Your Baby [...]

Buh-By

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

Looks like Aj and Free out outta here. I mean, really, how long were they suppose to be on 106 & Park anyway’s, 15 years? The story is appealing because of the apparently sheisty that the situation was handeled. Even beloved talk show folks get gaffled:(

Model Minority of the Week is….

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

The Model Minority of the week Award goes to Gina Barecca, author of Babes in Boyland: A personal History of Co-Education in the Ivy League. Gina is dope because she loves teaching and is actually funny on paper. She was one of the first women to INTERGRATE Dartmouth in the 60′s. In the book she [...]

Ummm Tu-Ma-Toes

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

Oh, so the NY Times is up on the Berkeley Bowl. They are seriously not knowing how orgasmic walking into that place can be. 6 different types of tomatoes, avocados and apples. You got your small, your medium, your large. Then there is the organic, the fair trade, the regular (with pesticides). When I go [...]

Weekly Town Business

Monday, August 1st, 2005

Man, as I predicted last week, this IS apparently THE watershed year for fools writing about Hip-Hop. And it is sooooo dope that it was written by a female. So this was the First weekend in two months that I had to wear moisturizer. The air is getting cooler which is a sign that fall [...]