What People Are Saying

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 March, 2009

Rihanna, Sasha & Malia

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, 50 cent conceded that Rihannagetting beat by Chris Brown wasn’t real to him. JamesMontgomery of MTV News writes, “After I saw the photograph, that wasn’t funny anymore,” 50 said. “I didn’t have any information on it. You’re just going on what the public actually had. It shifts the whole thing. [...]

Honey Magazine, Past, Present and Future

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

I met Kierna Mayo, at dinner once. She was beautiful, young and struggling with Honey Magazine. Kierna Mayo and Jocelyn Dingle were the founding editorsof Honey Magazine. I was a student at the New School, which was hosting a media talk event of some sort, which I attended, where the fella’s fromEgo Trip magazine were [...]

The Failure of the Strong Black Woman

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

One of surefire ways of avoiding victimhood isasking for what you need. This, can be a tremendously difficult thing to do, simply because you make yourself vulnerable to being rejected. That being said, as a tool for getting out of victim hood thinking, I have begun to ask people for things with I need. For [...]