Publishers Weekly cover from Dec 2009 The other day I was reading an interview with Ishmael Reed and he said some things about Black fiction that got me to thinking.? The interview was with Jill Nelson for his new book, “Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media: Return of the Nigger Breakers.” Tell me how [...]
Archive for May, 2010
The Hyper Marginalization of Black Fiction
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Dope Boys and Libertarians
Friday, May 21st, 2010I had two law school best friends. One was a Muslim lady, from Staten Island, whose family was from Pakistan. The other was a white dude, DJ, from Memphis,? a Libertarian who stayed wanting to sue the government. His name is Jake Bear (JB). I got on with the libertarians because we were intellectual minorities [...]
Twenty Questions Tuesday 5.18.10
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010This is? Betty Davis.? I think have rocked this outfit before. Creepy. 1. Why is it so hard for some Black men to understand that they have POWER/ PRIVILEGES? as Black men? It reminds me of how some White folks don’t see racism. #Ummhmm. 2. Why it be more bills than money? 3. You heard [...]
@Rafikam on “OkayPlayer x Advertising x Community”
Friday, May 14th, 2010Rafi is one of the smartest y snarkiest people I know. So I when I saw his comments on the Musictank blog about blogs, community and the long tail I knew that I when I had some time I would want to blog about it. The post titled Barking up the Wrong Chart on Musicthinktank.com [...]
Black Women x The Streets x Harassment
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010This “Black men walking on the outside of Black women on the street” business touched a cord here on my blog, and opened up a really interesting discussion on race, gender roles, Black men and women, and patriarchy. I plan on doing a some follow up posts to address some of the issues that came [...]
Juicy Butt
Monday, May 3rd, 2010I have a pair of indigo Levi’s 518′s. They are about 6 years old and I dry clean them only. They don’t even make these anymore. My favorite pair of jeans. Casual, dressy and snug. By the middle of my first year of law school I lost a lot of weight. Living off of coffee [...]
Musing on Steve Harvey and Black Women
Monday, May 3rd, 2010^^Thowback For Colored Girls Two things have me thinking about doing an oral history project on Black Women’s Sexuality/ Life Choices. The first is reading this line today on sexuality and race in early Philadephia in Sex and the Rabble, An Intimate History of Gender and Power in the Age of? Revolution, Philadelphia 1730-1830. “White [...]
“Your Man is Lucky”
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010On the train tonight, I doubled backed to go and look for an earring that I lost. If you know me, you know my earring game is serious. I like them. They are little artistic pieces that I can wear everyday. So. I was on a mission. I’m exciting the train station and a man, [...]
