Archive for the 'Fashion' Category
• November 16, 2013 •
Comments Off on That “Scandal Cartoon”: Episode 7, ‘Everything’s Coming Up Mellie’
Posted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Fashion, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Rape, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Everything's Coming Up Mellie", "The Wendy Williams Show", Acting, Bellamy Young, Big Jerry Grant, Christmas, Drama, First Lady Mellie Grant, Fitzgerald Grant II, Forced Impregnation, Gladiators, Haters, Hating, Kerry Washington, KevOnStage, Marriage, Pope, Quinn, Rape, Republicans, Scandal, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shonda Rhimes, Tony Goldwyn, Twitter, United States
• November 9, 2013 •
Comments Off on If You Miss The Latest “Scandal” Episode, You Can Always Catch Up with “Cartoon Scandal”
Posted in Acting, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Facebook, Fashion, Film, History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Olivia Pope, People of Color, Sexuality, Television, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Torture, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Women
Tags: "Thriller", African Americans, Black Men, Black People, Black Women, Blacks, Common Sense, Cyrus Beene, Daws Butler, Drama, Facebook, Fitzgerald Grant, Huck, Interracial Love, Interracial Sex, Jake Ballard, Kerry Washington, LGBT, Marriage, Murder, Olivia Pope, Quinn, Romance, Scandal, Sex, Shonda Rhimes, Tony Goldwyn, United States
• August 1, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, History, Race, Women
Tags: Aevin Dugas, African Americans, Afro, Afros, Angela Davis, Black Women, Blacks, Brazil, Facebook, Guinness World Records, Hair, Love, Marsha Warfield, Napoleonville Louisiana, Powerpuff Girls, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, United States, World's Biggest Afro
• June 28, 2013 •
11 Comments
Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Education, Fashion, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rachel "DiDi" Jeantel, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Womanism, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, California, Children, Common Sense, Continuation Schools, Don West, English Language, Florida, Growing Up, Haiti, Latinos, Lawyer, Miami, Murder, Rachel, Rachel Jeantel, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Trayvon, Trayvon Martin, United States, Zimmerman
• June 11, 2013 •
Comments Off on That Photo From Facebook: Let’s Call Her The Woman Who Doesn’t Wear a Size 4
Posted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Facebook, Fashion, Food, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: Age, BBW, Beauty, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Clothing, Facebook, Health, Plus Size Model, Queen Size, Queen Size Wmen, Shopping, Size 4, Sizes 14W-34W, Twitter, Women
• June 10, 2013 •
Comments Off on Cicely is Queen: Four African American Actors Get Top Honors at The Tonys…as Neil Patrick Harris Drops the N Word
Posted in African American History, Arts, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Cicely Tyson, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Love, Patina Miller, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Lucky Guy", "Pippin", "The Trip to Bountiful", African American, African Americans, Billy Porter, Black Women, Blacks, Cicely, Cicely Tyson, Courtney B. Vance, Cyndi Lauper, Dramas, Game of Thrones, Kinky Boots, Love, Mike Tyson, Musicals, Neil Patrick Harris, Nora Ephron, Patina Miller, Tony, Tony Award, Tonys, Trip to Bountiful
• April 27, 2013 •
Comments Off on Live Stream of The 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner with President Obama and Conan O’Brien
Posted in Acting, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Food, Gossip, History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Conan O'Brien, Dinner, FLOTUS, Gayle King, Geraldo Rivera, James Brolin, Kerry Washington, Kevin Spacey, Live Streaming, Meryl Streep, POTUS, President Barack Obama, President Obama, President of the United States, Scandal, The Media, Tony Goldwyn, White House, White House Correspondent, White House Correspondents Association
• April 2, 2013 •
2 Comments
Posted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, History, Love, National Issues, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, California, California Proposition 8, Coming Out, Cookie Johnson, Earvin Johnson, Earvin Johnson III, LGBT, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Lakers, Love, Magic, Magic Johnson, Marriage, New York University, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sunset Strip, Tisch School of the Arts, TMZ, United States
• March 7, 2013 •
Comments Off on Tina Turner is Becoming a Swiss Citizen for Love, Not for Evading American Taxes
Posted in African American History, American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Switzerland, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tina Turner, Travel, Women
Tags: American Citizenship, Armani, Capitol Records, Carl Jung, Chateau Algonquin, Craig Hill, Eduardo Saverin, EMI, EMI Germany, Erwin Bach, Europe, French Riviera, German, Germany, Ike Turner, Küsnacht, Kuesnacht, Long Term Relationship, Love, Millionaires, Nina Simone, Papparazzi, Phil Spector, Ronnie Turner, Soka Gakkai International - Switzerland, Swiss Bank Accounts, Switzerland, Taxes, Tina, Tina Turner, U.S. Citizenship, United States, Zurich
• February 2, 2013 •
Comments Off on The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2012
Posted in Africans, Arabs, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Drama, European History, Fashion, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Love, Nigeria, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Gone Too Far", "Off the Endz", Albany Theatre, Berbers, Blacks, Bola Agbaje, Britain, Christian Louis de Massy, Death of Stephen Lawrence, Doreen Lawrence, Drama, Eurovision Song Contest, Guadeloupe, Immigrants, Laurence Olivier Award, London, Loreen, Lorine Zeinab Nora Talhaoui, Metropolitan Police, Monaco, Morrocco, Murder, Nigeria, Order of the British Empire, Playwright, Racism, Royal Court Theatre, Sweden
• September 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on The Democratic Convention, September 4, 2012: The First Lady Hits It Way Out of The Park
Posted in Abortion, Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Bill Maher, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Facebook, Fashion, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Immigration, Labor Relations, Love, Michelle Obama, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Social Security, Television, The Clintons, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Voter Suppression, Women
Tags: 2012 Presidential Campaign, 2012 Presidential Election, African Americans, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Maher, Black Women, Blacks, Charlotte North Carolina, Children, Concrete Loop, Democratic National Convention, Facebook, Hillary Clinton, Love, Malia, Malia Obama, Marriage, Michelle Obama, Motherhood, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Sasha, Sasha Obama, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Big Dog, The First Lady, United States, White House
• July 22, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some Sunday Love: Hazel Scott with a Medley of Gershwin and “Taking a Chance on Love”
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Adam Clayton Powell, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cafe Society, Diahann Carroll, Eartha Kitt, France, Growing Up, Hazel Scott, Lena Horne, Leslie Uggams, Love, Mike Douglas Show, People, Rhapsody in Blue, The Great American Songbook, The Sixties, United States
• April 29, 2012 •
Comments Off on The President and The First Lady at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Saturday, April 28, 2012
Posted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Fashion, Food, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Republicans in Name Only, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Billy Crystal, Black Women, Dinner, First Lady Michelle Obama, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Republican, Seth Meyers, United States, Washington DC, White House Correspondents Association
• February 26, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some Sunday Love: “Pinky,” Elton John, 1974
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Elton John, Fashion, Japan, Love, Music, Sexuality, Wisconsin
Tags: "Caribou", Bernie Taupin, Clydie King, Daryl Dragon, Davey Johnstone, Dusty Springfield, Elton, Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Gus Dudgeon, Nederland CO, Nigel Olssen, The Seventies, Toni Tennille, United States
• November 2, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Nuyorican Soul, People of Color, Puerto Ricans, Rotary Connection, Spirituality, The Economy, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Spirituality, Black Women, Blacks, Chess Records, Donyale Luna, Jimi Hendrix, Jocelyn Brown, Love, Madison WI, Minnie Riperton, Music, Naomi Sims, New York City, Nikki Giovanni, Nuyorican, Puerto Rico, Racism, Richard Rudolph, Rotary Connection, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shopping, Spirituality, Sun, The Seventies, United States, YouTube
• August 15, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in Africans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Gossip, Love, Monaco, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, South Africa, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Daily Mail", "The Daily Telegraph", "The Independent", Adoption, Alexandre Coste, Banishment, Charlene Wittstock, Divorce, Ex-Lovers, France, Gareth Wittstock, Heirs, Hereditary Princess Caroline of Monaco, Hereditary Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Illegitimate Child, Mansions, Mistress, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nicole Coste, On Approval, Paris Match, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince Ernst of Hanover, Princess Grace of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, South Africa, South African, Stefano Casiraghi, Succession, The Grimaldis, The Ocean Necklace, The Red Cross Ball, Togo, Van Cleef & Arpels, Villas, Vineyards
• July 13, 2011 •
Comments Off on News From That Other Royal Family, The Grimaldis of Monaco: The Almost Runaway Bride and The Groom Just Going Through The Motions
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, European History, Fashion, Love, Monaco, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Albert II Prince of Monaco, Alexandre Coste, Andrea Casiraghi, Annulment, Catherine Middleton, Charlene Wittstock, Competitive Swimmer, Diana Princess of Wales, Duke of Cambridge, Fashions, Grace Kelly, House of Grimaldi, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, Jazmin Grace Rotolo, Marriage Ended Before It Starts, Marriage Vows, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nicole Coste, Olympic, Paris, Passport Confiscated, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince William, Prince William of Wales, Princess Caroline, Principality of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, South Africa, Tamara Rotolo, The Grimaldis, The Windsors, United States, Zimbabwe formerly Rhodesia
• July 13, 2011 •
Comments Off on FOUND: Actress-Model Mia Amber Davis Died From a Blood Clot in Her Lungs
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Acting, African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Health, Love, Sexuality, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Actress, African American Women, Big Beautiful Women, Black Women, Blacks, Blood Clot, Clots, E!Online, Knee Surgery, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Love, Lung, Lungs, Mia Amber Davis, Michael Yard, Plus Size Model, Plus Size Women, Post-Surgery, Road Trip, Surgery, Thrombo-embolism, Thrombus, TMZ.com
• May 10, 2011 •
Comments Off on Aretha Is Back
Posted in African American History, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Fashion, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Music, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Respect", "Sunday Morning", Anthony Mason, Carolyn Franklin, CBS, Civil Rights, Dennis Edwards, Detroit, Good Friday, James Brown, Lady Soul, Michigan, Mystery, Privacy, Queen of Soul, Reticence, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Sam Cooke, Singer, Songwriter, Ted White, West Detroit
• March 26, 2011 •
7 Comments
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, En Vogue, Fashion, Jody Watley, Love, Music, Music Videos, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "(My Lovin') Never Gonna Get It", "Funky Divas", African Americans, Alameda County, American Music Award, Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore, Billboard (magazine), California, Children, Dawn Robinson, EnVogue, Foster & McElroy, Girl Group, Jody Watley, Love, MTV Video Music Awards, Music, New York, Oakland, Oakland CA, Rufftown Records, The Nineties, United States
• March 24, 2011 •
Comments Off on Serena Williams Shows What She’s Got in An “Unauthorized” Top Spin 4 Ad (w/Update)
Posted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Fashion, Sexuality, Sports, Venus and Serena Williams, Women
Tags: 2K Sports, Anna Kournikova, Ass-ets, Clot, Lung, Maria Sharapova, Marketing, Reverse Psychology, Rileah Vanderbilt, Serena Williams, Tennis, Top Spin 4, Viral, YouTube
• March 8, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in Africans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Gossip, Michelle Obama, People of Color, Women
Tags: "The National Enquirer", African Americans, Age, Ambush, Ambushed, Attractiveness, Beauty, Black Women, Bossip, David Bowie, Fashion, Fashion Model, Fashion Sense, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS, Iman, Looksism, Michelle Obama, New York, Older Black Women, Older Women, Self Image, Supermodel, The First Lady, United States
• March 3, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Fashion, Food, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Television, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Wendy Williams, Women
Tags: "Dancing with the Stars", African American Cooking, African American Cuisine, African American Women, African Americans, Age, Alec Mapa, Aretha Franklin, Birmingham MI, Channel 3-2, DWTS, Fantasia Barrino, Gastric Bypass Surgery, Grammy Award, Late Night Eating, Loni Love, Madison WI, Miss Re, Natural Food, Pork, Queen of All Media, Rapid Weight Loss, Salt, The Pig, The Queen of All Media, The Queen of Soul, The Townsend Hotel, TV-W, Weight Loss, Wendy Williams, Wendy Williams Show, Wild Animal Print Clothes
• February 23, 2011 •
3 Comments
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Music, Music Videos, New Orleans, Nonfiction/Essays, People of Color, Race, Religion, Television, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "At Last", "Crazy in Love", "The James Brown of Nigeria", Beyoncé Knowles, Beyonce, Black Creoles, Black Panthers, Blacking Up, Cosmetic Alteration, Entertainer, Etta James, Fela Kuti, Jay Z, L'Officiel, L'Oréal, Michael Jackson, Nigeria, Nigerian Nationalism, Pallor, Passing, Pink, Popularity, Sammy Sosa, Singer, Skin Whitening, Skin-Lightening Treatments, The Black Panthers, Vitiligo, Whitening Up, Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Yoruba, Yoruba Religion
• February 14, 2011 •
Comments Off on More Grammy Highlights: Wins for Carolina Chocolate Drops, Esperanza Spalding, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples and Fantasia Barrino
Posted in Barbra Streisand, Buddy Guy, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Esperanza Spalding, Fantasia Barrino, Fashion, Health, Herbie Hancock, Love, Mavis Staples, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, People of Color, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Chamber Music Society", "Reencontro", 53rd Grammy Awards, African Americans, Barbra Streisand, Black Women, Blacks, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Drake, Esperanza Spalding, Fantasia Barrino, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Growing Up, Herbie Hancock, Indie, Jeff Tweedy, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Mavis Staples, Questlove, Twitter, United States, Wilco
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