Those Jennifer Hudson, Charles Barkley, and Janet Jackson Weight-Loss Commercials
• January 8, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Health, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Hudson, Jon Stewart/"The Daily Show", Love, Race, Television, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "American Idol", "Good Morning America", Academy Award, Atlanta Hawks, Charles Barkley, Dreamgirls, Health, Hudson, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Hudson, Nutrisystem, TNT, Weight Loss, Weight Watcher, Weight Watchers
Willow Smith on “Ellen”: This Little Girl Is For Real, and Yet…
• November 3, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Education, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Music Videos, Sexuality, Television, Willow Smith, Women
Tags: "Hollywood-a-Go-Go", "Hullabaloo", "Shindig!", "The Lloyd Thaxton Show", "The Wizard of Oz", "Where the Action Is", African Americans, Blacks, Bugs Bunny, Cartoons, Child Abuse, Child Star, Children, Common Sense, Developing Early, Doris Day, Exploitation, Fantasies, Growing Up, Hair, Jackie Evancho, Janet Jackson, Judy Garland, Lennon Sisters, Lloyd Thaxton, Michael Jackson, Midget, Mighty Mouse, Rape, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, Shirley Temple, Taboo, Ticket Cashiers, Willow Smith, Wizard of Oz
Playwright Ntozake Shange Talks about Tyler Perry and “For Colored Girls”
• October 12, 2010 • 5 CommentsPosted in Acting, African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Books, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Education, Film, Love, Memoir, Murder/Manslaughter, Ntozake Shange, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stroke, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anika Noni Rose, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Black Women, Blacks, Brooklyn, Drama, Growing Up, Harriette Cole, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Love, Marriage, New York, Novelist, Ntozake Shange, Playwright, Poet, Racism, Sex, Sexism, Sexism in the African American Community, The Root, The Seventies, The Washington Post, Tyler Perry, United States, Video
The “For Colored Girls” Trailer From Tyler Perry: It May Have You Wishing for a Revival of the Broadway Play
• September 15, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, African American History, Black People, Books, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Education, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Womanism, Women
Tags: "For Colored Girls, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Precious", Art, Depressing, Depression, Film, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Frame of Mind, Growing Up, Janet Jackson, Juanita, Ladies in Colors, Live, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Movies, Murder, Ntozake Shange, Palo Alto, Racism, Rape, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Suicide, The Image, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Tyler Perry, What About Our Daughters?, Whoopi Goldberg
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Gabourey Sidibe on the Cover of Elle Magazine’s 25th Anniversary Issue
• September 14, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Gabourey Sidibe, Janet Jackson, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Elle Magazine", "Elle", "Vanity Fair", "Vogue", African Americans, Alek Wek, Amanda Seyfried, Attractiveness, Black Women, Blacks, Color Politics, Colorism, Dangerous, Darkening Color, Gabourey Sidibe, Janet Jackson, Lauren Conrad, Lightening Color, Megan Fox, O.J. Simpson, Racism, Retouching, Special Issue, Unattractive
“What Becomes a Legend Most?” Janet Jackson’s Blackglama Ad
• September 13, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Animals, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Janet Jackson, Women
Tags: "Vogue", "What Becomes a Legend Most?", Ad Campaign, Advertising Campaign, African Americans, Black Fur, Black Women, Blackglama, Blacks, Career Boost, Fur, Fur Coats, Fur Cowls, Fur Industry, Fur Stoles, Janet Jackson, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, Photo Outtake, Photograhy, Photographer, Rocco Laspata, Self Image, Times Square, W
The Ancestors Claim Lena Horne, 92
• May 10, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Race, Books, Music, Celebrities/Royals, Women, Love, Sexuality, Film, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, People of Color, Acting, African American History, American History, Cultural History, Lena Horne
Tags: Sex, The Sixties, African American, African Americans, Malcolm X, Blacks, Marriage, Brooklyn NY, Racism, Love, The Eighties, The Fillmore, Singer, New York City, Self-Worth, Black Woman, Self-Respect, Interracial Marriage, The Nineties, Janet Jackson, Interracial Relationships, Joe Louis, Civil Rights Activist, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Black Sororities, Lena Horne, The Horn, Lennie Hayton, Katherine Dunham, Billy Strayhorn, Gail Lumet Buckley, Kevin Buckley, "Stormy Weather", France, Donald Bogle, Cafe Society, James Gavin, Recluse, Activist, Secret Marriage, Affairs, Orson Welles, Artie Shaw, Delta, Soror
Tyler Perry Announces Film Cast for Ntozake Shange’s Play, “For Colored Girls”
• March 23, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Books, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Film, Health, History, Love, Ntozake Shange, Race, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Black Voices", "For Colored Girls, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Shadow and Act", Actresses, Berkeley, Berkeley CA, California, East Bay, Janet Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Kerry Washington, Kimberly Elise, Macy Gray, Mariah Carey, Ntozake Shange, Oakland, Oakland CA, Phylicia Rashad, Roles, The Seventies, The Women, Tyler Perry, Whoopi Goldberg
Friday Night Music, March 5, 2010: Des’ree, “You Gotta Be,” 1994
• March 5, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Barbados, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Des'ree, Health, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Music Videos, Spirituality, Television, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Dream Soldier", "I Ain't Movin'", "You Gotta Be, Arts, Barbados, Beyonce, Blacks, Common Sense, Des'ree, Desirée Annette Weeks, Janet Jackson, Lyrics, Music, Romeo + Juliet, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Song Lyrics, The Caribbean, The Nineties
Weekend Music, February 19-21, 2010: “(I Ain’t Gonna Play) Sun City,” Artists United Against Apartheid, 1985
• February 21, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Foreign Policy, Artists United Against Apartheid, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Music, Music Videos, South Africa, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Glory Days", "I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City", "Men Without Women", "Sun City", "The Sopranos", "WATW", "We Are the World", African National Congress, Afrikaaner, Artists United Against Apartheid, Bantustan, Bonnie Raitt, Bono, Bophuthatswana, David Ruffin, DJ Kool Herc, Eddie Kendricks, George Clinton, Haiti, Herbie Hancock, Jam Master Jay, Janet Jackson, Kurtis Blow, Little Steven, Melle Mel, Miami Steve, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Nelson Mandela, New School, Nona Hendryx, Old School, Peter Garrett, Silvio Dante, South Africa, Steven Van Zandt, The Reagan Administration, The Sullivan Principles
Friday Night Music, December 11, 2009: The Isley Brothers, “Fight the Power, Parts 1 and 2,” 1975
• December 11, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, History, Music, The Isley Brothers
Tags: "Bullshit", "Discipline", "Fight the Power Parts 1 and 2", "The Heat is On", "Who's That Lady?", 1975, Billboard Hot 100, Chris Jasper, Diabetes, Ernie Isley, Janet Jackson, Marvin Isley, T-Neck, The Isley Brothers, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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