And Now, On the Occasion of the Verdict from the Steubenville Rape Trial, I Bring You A Word from Comedian Dick Gregory
• March 18, 2013 • 6 CommentsPosted in Black People, Women, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Crime, Class, Mental Health/Psychology, Sports, Rape/Sex Crimes, American History, Cultural History, Rape
Tags: Afghanistan, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, CNN, Common Sense, Crime, Crimes Against Humanity, Dick Gregory, Drugs, Football Teams, Growing Up, Guilt (law), Juveniles, Ma'lik Richmond, Ohio, Parties, Pinterest, Rape, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sex Crimes, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence, Sports, Steubenville High School, Steubenville Ohio, Teenagers, Trains, Trent Mays, United States, Women, Youth
Sandra Fluke Could Be Anyone’s Daughter, Sister, Friend, Wife, Lover: She Could Be You
• March 5, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Education, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Public Intellectualism, Reproductive Rights, Sandra Fluke, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Anger, Barbara Walters, Black Women, Catholics, Civil Discourse, Color of Change, Darrell Issa, Democratic Party, Democrats, Discourse, Ed Schultz, Facebook, Fluke, Georgetown University, Homophobia, Jesuits, Memoir, Misogyny, Patricia Heaton, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Republicans, Right Wing, Right-Wing Smear, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Talk Radio, The Blunt Amendment, The Non-Apology Apology, The Pill, The View, Twitter, Viagra, Women, Women of Color
That Cartoon from Facebook: “Mammaries v. Man Boobs”
• February 10, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Cultural History, Sexuality, Women
Tags: Awareness, Bosoms, Breast, Breast Cancer, Breastesses, Brooklyn, Buddhism, Cartoon, Elderly, Exposure, Going Nude, Health, Humor, Jealousy, Middle Age, Nude Beaches, Scott Metzger, Sexuality, Surgery, The Body, United States, Women
Christmas Songs: “All I Want Is You This Christmas,” ‘N Sync, 1998
• December 14, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Germany, Holidays, Love, Music, Women
Tags: "All I Want Is You This Christmas", 'N Sync, Boy Bands, Boy Groups, Chris Kirkpatrick, Christmas, Co-Founder, Counter-Tenor, Geezers, Growing Up, iTunes, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Mariah Carey, Nigels11, NSYNC, Orlando FL, The 2000s, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, Women, Young Women
Is The Summer’s Eve Ad Campaign Celebrating “Hail to The V” Really Hell to The No?
• July 21, 2011 • 4 CommentsPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Commercials, Health, People of Color, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Advertising, Angela Bryant, Asian American Women, Ay, Black Women, Chicana-Latina, Commercials, Douche, Douches, Douching, Ethnicity, Feminine Cleansing, Feminine Hygiene, Feminine Odor, Feminine Wash, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latina, Latinas, People, Personal Care Products, Richards Group, Summers Eve, TV Ads, TV Commercials, Vagina, Vaginas, VaJayJays, Women
Keith Olbermann Returns Tonight With “Countdown” at Current TV, But Many Cable Companies Don’t Carry It. Why Not? (w/Update)
• June 20, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Keith Olbermann, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Air America, AT&T U-Verse, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Cable Industry, Cablevision, CBS Evening News, Charter Communications, Common Sense, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, CurrentTV, Daily Kos, Digital, DirecTV, DISH Network, Ed Schultz, Ego, Hollywood Reporter, Jealousies, Jealousy, John Dean, Keith Olbermann, Latinos, Lawrence O'Donnell, Madison WI, Markos, Markos Moulitsas, Mashable, Matt Taibbi, Mediaite, Michael Moore, Michael Steele, Mics, MSNBC, People of Color, President Barack Obama, Rachel Maddow, Television, United States, Women
Preview of Bill Duke’s “Dark Girls,” A Documentary About Dark Skin Prejudice and How It Affects Dark-Skinned Black Women
• May 26, 2011 • 17 CommentsPosted in Acting, African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Television, Race, Sexuality, Slavery, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: "Dark Girls", African American culture, African Americans, Alice Walker, Attractiveness, Bill Duke, Black Black Man, Black Black Woman, Black People, Black Women, Bradinn French, D. Channsin Berry, Documentary, HBO, Human skin color, Kanazawa, Love, Physical attractiveness, Psychology Today, Satoshi Kanazawa, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Short Film, Skillet Blond, Sundance, Women
Clearing Up What Has Happened to Bin Laden’s Wives (Concubines?) and Children in the Aftermath of His Death
• May 3, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Class, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Amal al-Sadeh, Arabs, Barack Obama, Bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency, Children, CIA, Concubines, Counterintelligence, Daily Telegraph, Fake, Family, Fighting Back, Hamza bin Laden, Islam, John Brennan, Khalid bin Laden, Last Will and Testament, Marriage, Motherhood, Muslims, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Resistance, Sa'ad bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, Saudis, Syria, Tora Bora, Ultra-Orthodox Islam, United States, United States Department of Defense, United States Navy SEALs, Usama bin Laden, Wahhabism, White House, Wife, Will, Wives, Women, Yemen
The Old Spice Guy Returns…
• January 28, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Advertising, Advertising Campaign, African Americans, After Shave, Blacks, Commercials, Isaiah Mustafa, Men, Men's Toiletries, Old Spice, Old Spice After Shave, Proctor & Gamble, Sex, Sexy, Television Commercials, The Old Spice Guy, Tongue-in-Cheek, Women
Since I’ve Been Gone…
• January 22, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Health, Memoir, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Who I Am
Tags: African Americans, Artery, Badger Care, Black Women, Blacks, Blocked Arteries, Computer Keyboard, Computer Repair, Conditions and Diseases, Crumbs, Eating, eBay, Health, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Hospital, Laptop, Laptop Computer, Medicine, Occlusion, Prescription Drugs, Women
A Talk by Tony Porter
• December 28, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: "The Man Box", A Call to Men, African Americans, Ben Roethlisberger, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, California, Domestic Violence, Kalamu ya Salaam, Manhood, Mental Health, National Basketball Association, National Football League, Psychology, Rape, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexual Violence, The Tides Center, Tides Center, Tony Porter, Unhealthy, United States Naval Academy, Women
MSNBC LIVE FEED: The Rescue of The Trapped Chilean Miners
• October 12, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Chicanos/Latinos, Chile, Class, People of Color, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Americans, Benefits, Camp Hope, Celebrities, Chile, Chileans, Compensation, Copiapó, Espanol, Families, Heroes, History, Marriage, Miner, Miners, Mining Accident, Mining Disaster, Mistresses, MSNBC, President, Rescue, Shaft, South America, Spanish, Spanish Speaking, United States, West Virginia, Wives, Women, Workers, Working Class
That Brother in the Old Spice Commercial is Back
• July 15, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Film, Race, Television
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Comedy, Commercial, Handsome, Isaiah Mustafa, Jack-in-the-Box, Men, Old Spice, Old Spice After Shave, Old Spice Body Wash, Product, Rodney Allen Rippy, Sobriquet, Spokesperson, The Guy in the Old Spice Commercial, The Little Boy in the Jack-in-the-Box Commercials, The Old Spice Guy, The Shulton Company, Tongue-in-Cheek, Towel, TV Commercial, TV Commercials, Women
Meet Betty Dukes, The Black Woman Who Helped Launch the Class Action Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart
• May 2, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Betty Dukes, Black People, Class, Gentrification, Love, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "Betty versus Goliath", African Americans, American History, Bastion of White Privilege, Bay Area, Betty Dukes, Black Woman, Blacks, Brad Seligman, California, Class Action Suit, David versus Goliath, Divorced, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, East Bay, Federal Court of Appeals, Goliath, Greeter, Heather Ellis, Impact Fund, Legal, Legal Non-Profit Organization, Litigation, Manager, Married, Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year, Pittsburg CA, Racism, San Francisco Bay Area, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Single, Single Black Woman, Small Business, The American Dream, The Middle Class, The Supreme Court, The U.S. Chambers of Commerce, Wal-Mart, Woman Minister, Woman Preacher, Women
UPDATE: Mo’Nique and Her Brother Gerald–It May Have Been About the Money
• April 22, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Mo'Nique, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The View, Women
Tags: African American Women, African Americans, Barbara Walters, Black Women, Blacks, Brother, Family, Gerald Imes, Incest, Incest Among Siblings, Middle-Class, Mo'Nique, Money, Monique Imes, Parents, Shakedown, Sidney Hicks, Support, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Oscars, The Smell Factor, The View, Women
There’s Jim Crow in Silicon Valley
• March 12, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, History, India, People of Color, Race, Science, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The San Jose Mercury-News", AMD, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Apple, Applied Materials, Caroline Simard, Chicanos, Cisco Systems, Diversity, eBay, Electrical Engineering, Freedom of Information Act, Gender, Google, Henry Alford, Hewlett-Packard, Hispanics, India, Indians, Information Technology, Intel, La Raza Unida, Latinos, Lawsuits, Mark Dean, Midwest, NAACP, Oracle, Pacific Rim, Race, Richard Ford, Roy Clay, Sanmina, Silicon Valley, Silly Con Valley, Sun Microsystems, The Department of Labor, The Great Recession, The Pacific Rim, Urban League, West Coast, Women, Yahoo
BREAKING: Tiger Woods Will Make a Public Statement at a Press Conference Friday
• February 17, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drama, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Elin Nordegren, Extramarital Affairs, Florida, Golfing, Growing Up, Infidelity, Jumpoffs, Marital Strife, Marriage, Press Conference, Separation, Sex, Sexual Addiction, Tiger Woods, Women
What Women Will Do With Their VaJayJays…
• February 3, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Health, People of Color, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "The Birthmark", Alternet, Black Women, Common Sense, Douching, Labiaplasty, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Perfection, pH, Punany, Self Image, Self-Affirming, Self-Hating, Self-Worth, TDS Spray, Vagina Mints, Vaginal Bleaching, Vaginal Deodorants, Vaginal Dyeing, Vaginal Rejuvenation, Vaginas, VaJayJays, Women
Turning Off His Light: Teddy Pendergrass Joins the Ancestors at 59
• January 14, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Differently-Abled, Health, Love, Music, Sexuality, Teddy Pendergrass, Women
Tags: "If You Don't Know Me By Now", "The Love I Lost", "Truly Blessed", "Wake Up Everybody", Aural Viagra, Bisexuality, Differently-Abled, Eddie Murphy, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Love, Paralysis, Philadelphia International Records, Philadelphia PA, R&B, Sex, Sexuality, Stanford University, Teddy Bear, Teddy P, Teddy Pendergrass, Tenika Wilson, The Eighties, The Marguerite, The Seventies, TP, Women
Two–No, Three–FOUR More Bodies Found in Anthony Sowell’s Backyard; Stepmother Safe in Nursing Home
• November 3, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Cleveland Plain-Dealer", African Americans, Albert Samuels, Allen Sowell, Anthony Sowell, Backyard, Black Women, Blacks, Cleveland OH, Constables on Patrol, Corpses, Disappearance, Fear, Jeffrey Dahmer, Murder, Rape, Rape Victim, Sausage Shop, Serial Killer, Serial Rapist, Strangulation, Wayne County, WEWS, WKYC, Women
This Guy’s Inner Hell is Paving His Way INTO Hell: Six Bodies of Women Found Within, Under Cleveland, OH House
• November 1, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Rape/Sex Crimes
Tags: 123rd Street, African Americans, Allan Sowell, Anthony Sowell, Baltimore MD, Blacks, Bodies, City of Baltimore, Constables on Patrol, Cuyahoga County, Imperial Avenue, Janice Webb, Jeffrey Dahmer, Nancy Cobbs, Patricia Warren, Racism, Rape, Rapist, Rapists, Serial Killer, Serial Killings, Sex, Strangulation, Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, The Day of The Dead, Women
Richmond High Gang Rape Update: The Kids Are Pissed Off
• October 28, 2009 • 7 CommentsPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, China, Class, Crime, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: 23rd Street, 911, Brandy, Bullying, Bystander Effect, California, Children, Constables on Patrol, Detective Ken Greco, Disrespect, Drew Carberry, El Cerrito High, Emeric Avenue, Genovese Syndrome, Girlfriend, Girls, Growing Up, KGO-7, Kitty Genovese, Latinos, Lighting, Lt. Mark Gagan, Murdered, National Council on Crime Prevention, Negativity, New Bedford MA, Normalcy, Queens, Rally in Support of Rape Victim, Raped, Raul Rubio, Recapitulation, Richmond CA, Richmond High, Richmond High School, Safety Issues, Security Cameras, Stabbed, The New York Times, West Contra Costa School Board, Women, You Tube
The Richmond High CA Gang Rape Case: She’s a Puta Now
• October 27, 2009 • 11 CommentsPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Beatings, Blame, Brutality, Cell Phone Pictures, Cell Phone Videos, Chicanas, Constables on Patrol, Degradation, Drunkenness, False Imprisonment, Gang Rape, Girlfriends, Girls, Graduate, Grandmothers, Homecoming Dance, KTVU-2, Latinas, Latinos, Life-Altering, Lt. Mark Gagan, Lured, Manuel Ortega, Mothers, Ordeal, Picnic Table, Rape, Rapists, Richmond CA, Richmond High School, Robbery, Scapegoat, Self-Hating, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sisters, Train, Trauma, Women
Mackenzie Phillips’ Disclosures: Believable Until Proven Wrong
• September 23, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Anais Nin, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Health, History, Kathryn Harrison, Love, Mackenzie Phillips, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "One Day at a Time", "Oprah", "The Kiss A Memoir", Anais Nin, Cass, Cass Elliot, Children, Chynna Phillips, Denial, Dr. Otto Rank, Drama, Freudian, Genevieve Waite, Incest, Joaquin Nin, John Phillips, Kathryn Harrison, Mackenzie Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Oprah Winfrey, Psychology, Robert Downey Jr., Sadi Ranson-Polizotti, Sex, The Eighties, The Mamas and The Papas, The Seventies, The Sixties, Women
Friday Night Music, July 3: Laura Nyro, “Save the Country”
• July 3, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Laura Nyro, Love, Music, Sexuality, The Economy
Tags: "Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro", Barack Obama, Blacks, Carly Simon, Carole King, Curtis Mayfield, David Bianchini, Franklin Roosevelt, Gil Bianchini, Girl Groups, John Coltrane, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Lesbians, Maria Desiderio, Pinnacle, Richie Havens, Students, The Fifth Dimension, The Sixties, Vietnam, Women
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