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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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‘We’re in a Dark Place’: Children Returned to Troubled Texas Border Facility June 26, 2019
The Trump administration says it is transferring the children back to a shelter in Clint, Tex., that had seen hundreds of children held in overcrowded and filthy conditions.
A Photo Captures the Pathos of Migrants Who Risked It All June 26, 2019
A Mexican newspaper published a heartbreaking image of a man and his young daughter who died while trying to cross the Rio Grande.
Reopened Legal Challenge to Census Citizenship Question Throws Case Into Chaos June 25, 2019
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the question’s inclusion on the 2020 census this week. But recently discovered files have compelled lower courts to re-examine the case.
‘Lock the S.O.B.s Up’: Joe Biden and the Era of Mass Incarceration June 25, 2019
He now plays down his role overhauling crime laws with segregationist senators in the ’80s and ’90s. That portrayal today is at odds with his actions and rhetoric back then.
Queer People of Color Led the L.G.B.T.Q. Charge, but Were Denied the Rewards June 22, 2019
Transgender people, drag queens and minorities played outsized roles at early milestones of the gay rights movement, but they haven’t received the benefits of the revolution they sparked.
San Francisco Bans Sale of Juul and Other E-Cigarettes June 26, 2019
The bill was praised by health groups but has many critics, including those who worry that a blanket ban on e-cigarettes could harm the wider goals of anti-tobacco efforts.
Duncan Hunter Used Campaign Money for Multiple Affairs, Prosecutors Say June 25, 2019
The new allegations lay out evidence that the congressman used campaign cash to fund a series of extramarital affairs.
California Today: Revisiting ‘The Hills’ in 2019 June 25, 2019
Tuesday: Evaluating the reboot of a pioneering Los Angeles reality show; using tech to fight fires; and the power of a theme song.

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Pacific nations are 'victims' of Australian and New Zealand appetite for drugs, experts say June 25, 2019
Australia urged to take action to stop cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking from Latin America through Pacific regionAustralia and New Zealand have been urged to do more to fight the drug trade across the Pacific and take responsibility for the fact that the demand for drugs in cities such as Sydney and Auckland was having devastating effects on small Pac […]
Robert Mueller to testify before House committees in July June 26, 2019
Special counsel agrees to testify in open session on 17 July, chairmen of judiciary and intelligence committees sayThe special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress next month.Mueller agreed to testify before the House judiciary and House permanent select committee on intelligence in an open session on 17 July, the chairmen of the comm […]
Europe heatwave: record high of 45C expected in France June 25, 2019
Temperature records expected to be broken as minister warns heatwaves could become normNational highest-ever temperature records, typically set in late July or August, are likely to be broken across Europe this week as a potentially deadly early summer heatwave sweeps across the continent.Meteorologists expect previous June highs to be approached and possibl […]
'They wanted the American dream': reporter reveals story behind tragic photo June 26, 2019
Julia Le Duc gives details of the father and his toddler daughter who died trying to cross the Rio Grande Warning: graphic imagesJulia Le Duc is a reporter for La Jornada in Matamoros, the Mexican city directly across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas.Her shocking photographs showing the bodies of Salvadoran migrant Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and hi […]
Synthetic opioid use booms worldwide amid Africa 'crisis', UN says June 26, 2019
Death in US are still rising due to fentanyl addiction, but report highlights alarming take-up of painkiller tramadol in Africa Synthetic opioid use is booming around the world, acccording to a United Nations report that showed deaths in the United States from overdoses are still rising and a “crisis” of tramadol use is emerging in parts of Africa.The estima […]
Brexit: Johnson says Britain will leave EU on 31 October 'do or die' June 25, 2019
Tory leadership frontrunner hardens position as Eurosceptics extend influence on faltering campaign Today’s political developments - live updatesBoris Johnson has hardened his position on leaving the EU “do or die” by the end of October, as hardline Eurosceptics extended their influence on his faltering campaign to be prime minister.The frontrunner toughened […]
Trump threatens ‘obliteration’ after Iran suggests he has a ‘mental disorder’ June 25, 2019
Hassan Rouhani and US president traded insults similar to 2017 clashes between US and North Korea while ramping up sanctions The Iranian and US presidents have traded insults, with Hassan Rouhani suggesting that Donald Trump suffered from a “mental disorder” and Trump once more threatening Iran with “obliteration”.The very personal exchange was reminiscent o […]
Denmark's youngest prime minister leads new leftist government June 25, 2019
Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democratic party forms minority governmentDenmark has became the third Nordic country this year to form a leftist government after the Social Democratic party leader, Mette Frederiksen, finalised terms for a one-party minority government. Aged 41, she becomes the country’s youngest ever prime minister.“It is with great pleasure I c […]

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US-Iran crisis: Trump lashes out at 'ignorant and insulting' statement June 25, 2019
The US president tweeted after his Iranian counterpart responded to sanctions unveiled on Monday.
San Francisco becomes first US city to ban e-cigarettes June 25, 2019
The US city, home to market leader Juul, is the first to ban sales in-store and from online retailers.
'World's best restaurant' is France's Mirazur June 25, 2019
It won in a competition by the World's 50 Best Restaurants, but some experts question the methodology.
Beauty queen 'raped by Gambia's ex-President Jammeh' June 25, 2019
Three women tell HRW how they were assaulted by the now exiled leader - allegations his party deny.
Westerners 'fuelling Philippine child sex video rise' June 26, 2019
Philippine children are being forced into online sex abuse videos by family, paid for by people in the West.
Lula: Brazil court rejects request to free ex-president pending appeal June 26, 2019
Judges dismissed a request to free the ex-president and delayed a decision on his latest appeal.
Fertility doctor loses licence after using his own sperm June 25, 2019
One woman said he felt "contaminated" to discover that Dr Norman Barwin was her father.
Australia fire: Three children killed in house blaze June 26, 2019
Two girls and a boy died in the blaze in a popular tourism region north of Sydney, police say.