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That Photo From Facebook: Let’s Call Her The Woman Who Doesn’t Wear a Size 4

• June 11, 2013 • Comments Off

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

Iman “Not a Great Beauty” Either, Especially Without Her Make-Up

• 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

Tea Time with Wendy Williams and Aretha Franklin

• 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

UPDATE: The Craigslist Congressman Resigns–It Was a Sista Who Turned Him In

• February 9, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Women for Men", Abyssus Abyssum Invocat, Age, Chris Lee, Christopher Lee, Craigslist, Danielle Belton, Facebook, Gawker Media, Gmail, Lying, Member of Congress, New York, Republicans, Republicans Behaving Badly, Single Black Woman, The Black Snob, The Craigslist Congressman, The Swirl

Hey, “Vanity Fair”! This Is How You Do a Hollywood Issue

• December 15, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, People of Color
Tags: "Shadow and Act", "Vanity Fair", Actors and Actresses, African Americans, Age, Angela Lansbury, Anne Meara, Beauty, Black Women, Blacks, Breck Girls, Carl Reiner, Color, Gena Rowlands, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, Hollywood Reporter, James Earl Jones, Jerry Stiller, Larry Hagman, Legends, Oscars, PC, Phyllis Diller, Politically Correct, Racism, Racism by Omission, Sex, Sidney Poitier, Youth

Afro-Cuban Santéria Priests Predict World Will See Turmoil in 2010; But Whose World?

• January 3, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Cuba, Health, History, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Rest of the World
Tags: 2010, African Religion, Afro-Cuban, Age, Baba Eyiobe, Babalawos, Betrayal, Brujo Major, Carlos Lage Davila, Catholicism, Coups d'Etat, Cuba, Cuban Americans, Elderly, Exile, Exiles, Felipe Perez Roque, Fidel Castro, Forecasts, Foreign Minister, Former Slaves, Lazaro Cuesta, Miami, Obatala, Oya, Predictions, Priests, Raul Castro, Ricardo Alarcon, Santéria, Social Unrest, Successors, Tarot, The Mainstream Media, The Young, Victor Betancourt, Witches, Youth

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‘My Aching Heart Is Shattered Into Little Pieces’ June 24, 2022
A year ago, Champlain Towers South collapsed in Surfside, Fla. The lives of those who lost loved ones and homes have never been the same.
States Rush to Revamp Laws After Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling June 25, 2022
After some restrictions on gun permits were deemed unconstitutional, legislators announced plans to craft new laws that honor the ruling while still creating limits.
‘Ghost Flights’? The Facts Behind Transporting Migrant Children June 24, 2022
Government flights carrying undocumented children from the border to federally licensed shelters around the country are being criticized by conservative politicians in an election year.
Never Mind Your Wallet. Armed Robbers Want Your French Bulldog. June 23, 2022
The popular breed has become one of the most expensive in the United States. Some owners have started carrying guns for protection.
Yellowstone Flooding Is a Sign of What’s to Come for National Parks June 16, 2022
Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
A Decade After DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students Rises June 16, 2022
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone June 16, 2022
Flooding and mudslides from recent storms have collapsed bridges and washed away roads in the national park.
Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Elect Bart Barber as President June 15, 2022
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a bellwether for conservative Christianity, chose a rural Texas pastor and approved actions to address its sex abuse crisis.

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Eighteen killed as throng of migrants storms Spain’s Melilla border from Morocco June 25, 2022
Some fell from tall barrier separating sides while about 500 entered border zone after cutting fenceEighteen people have died after a mass attempt by a huge crowd of African migrants to cross from Morocco into Spain’s enclave of Melilla.About 2,000 migrants approached Melilla at dawn on Friday and more than 500 managed to enter a border control area after cu […]
Rwanda making preparations to take children removed from UK June 24, 2022
Hostel in Kigali building football pitches and providing outdoor toys for any children flown to the countryA hostel that has been leased by the Rwandan government to house asylum seekers from the UK is making preparations to accept children.The Hope hostel in Kigali is building outdoor facilities that will include football pitches, basketball courts and outd […]
Charles tells Commonwealth leaders dropping Queen is ‘for each to decide’ June 24, 2022
Prince of Wales says at summit any move by members to become a republic can be ‘without rancour’The Prince of Wales has told Commonwealth leaders that keeping the Queen as head of state or becoming a republic is “a matter for each member country to decide”.Charles made the comments during the opening ceremony of a summit of Commonwealth prime ministers and p […]
Ukrainians who come to UK illegally could be sent to Rwanda, Johnson says June 23, 2022
PM had previously said deportations were ‘simply not going to happen’ but now admits in theory they couldUkrainian refugees face being sent to Rwanda if they travel to the UK without authorisation, Boris Johnson has said in an escalation of government plans to deport those who travel across the Channel seeking sanctuary.During a visit to the Rwandan capital, […]
Tanzania charges 20 Maasai with murder after police officer dies during protests June 23, 2022
Lawyers say government is attempting to intimidate pastoralists as thousands flee to Kenya amid escalating row over evictionsTwenty Maasai pastoralists from northern Tanzania have been charged with the murder of a police officer during protests over government plans to use their ancestral land for conservation and a luxury hunting reserve.The officer was all […]
Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul prepare for Mediterranean tsunami June 23, 2022
Risk of significant tsunami within next 30 years is nearly 100%, Unesco says, as it urges coastal cities to become ‘tsunami-ready’A tsunami could soon hit major cities on or near the Mediterranean Sea including Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul, with a nearly 100% chance of a wave reaching more than a metre high in the next 30 years, according to Unesco.The […]
Banks and UK supermarkets accused of backing deforestation in Brazil June 24, 2022
By funding and stocking products from Brazilian meat giant JBS, firms have also supported land-grabbing, investigation claims Continue reading...
Bruno Pereira buried in his home state after ceremony led by Indigenous tribes June 24, 2022
Funeral held in Pernambuco of Indigenous expert who was killed in Amazon region with journalist Dom PhillipsThe murdered Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira has been buried in his home state of Pernambuco in Brazil after a small ceremony attended by family members and local tribes.Dozens of Indigenous people from the Xukuru tribe paraded around his coffin chan […]

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Roe v Wade: Abortion clinics start to close after Supreme Court ruling June 25, 2022
After the Supreme Court removed the constitutional right to abortion, some states have outlawed it.
Roe v Wade: Why this is a seismic day in America June 24, 2022
The divide in America has become even deeper after this Supreme Court ruling, writes Sarah Smith.
Afghanistan earthquake: Survivors count horrific cost June 24, 2022
Near the epicentre of the quake that struck Afghanistan this week, houses lie in ruins.
USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered June 24, 2022
The US Navy ship "Sammy B" sank off the Philippines in a ferocious WWII battle with the Japanese.
Pompeii: Ancient pregnant tortoise surprises archaeologists June 24, 2022
The reptile's 2,000-year-old remains are discovered by archaeologists buried in volcanic ash and rock.
Ukraine war: Kyiv orders forces to withdraw from Severodonetsk June 24, 2022
Severodonetsk is the current focus of Russia as it tries to take control of eastern Ukraine.
Billie Eilish protests US abortion ruling at Glastonbury June 25, 2022
The 20-year-old calls the decision to end the constitutional right to abortion a "dark day".
Oslo shooting: Two killed in nightlife district attack June 25, 2022
Fourteen people are wounded in the attack, some seriously, and a suspect has been arrested