A Work in Progress Trailer of “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth”
• March 10, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alice Walker, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, British Film Institute, Danny Glover, Film Documentary, LGBT, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Love, March 2012, Movies, Pratibha Parmar, Racism, Rebecca, Rebecca Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Walker
‘I Love My Hair’ from PBS’ Sesame Street (w/Update)
• October 17, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "I Love My Hair", "Sesame Street", African Americans, Articles and Interviews, Arts, Beauty, Beauty Standards, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Black Women, Blacks, Chantylla "Chauncey" Johnson, Chantylla Johnson, Children, Children's, Chris Rock, Color Purple, Growing Up, Hair, Katy Perry, Love, Madison WI, Muppet, Muppet Wiki, Nappy Hair, People of Color, Programs, Racism, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Singer, Television, The Color Purple, Weaves, Wigs
Trainwreck: Fantasia Barrino
• August 31, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gossip, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music Videos, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Race, Reality Shows, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "American Idol", "The Mo'Nique Show", "The National Enquirer", Adultery, Alicia Keys, Antwaun Cook, Aspirin, Bossip.com, Creepin', Creeping, Diane Barrino, Divorce, Evangelists, Fantasia Barrino, George Lopez, Jenice Armstrong, Jodeci, Joe Barrino, Laura Trice, Love, Mo'Nique, Mt. Zion Children's Choir, North Carolina, Okey-Dokey, Paula Cook, Pregnancy, Psychology, Radar Online, Rape, Rape Victim, Rapist, Secondary Victimization, Separation, Sleeping Pills, Swizz Beatz, T-Mobile Store, Tasia, The Color Purple, The Eighties, Therapy, TMZ.com, Zion Quari Barrino
Another Jeezus Take the Wheel Moment: Former Fugees Video Director Beat, Raped and Impregnated His Five Daughters to Achieve a “Pure” Family Line
• March 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Another Jeezus Take the Wheel Moment: Former Fugees Video Director Beat, Raped and Impregnated His Five Daughters to Achieve a “Pure” Family LinePosted in Arts, Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Film, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Music Videos, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Killing Me Softly", "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire", "Push", African Americans, Aswad Ayinde, Beverly Ayinde, Birth Certificates, Blacks, Brooklyn, Charles McGill, Children, Domestic Violence, Drama, East Orange New Jersey, Father, Father-Daughter Incest, Great Dane, Hip-Hop Wired, Incest, Marriage, Motherhood, MTV, MTV Award, New York, Paterson New Jersey, Rape, Serial Breeder, Sex, Still Births, The Color Purple, The Fugees, Wrong!
Sapphire Interviewed by Katie Couric About “Precious”
• November 15, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, HIV Positive, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Monster's Ball", "Precious", "Push", "The CBS Evening News", Abuse Pornography, Abuser, African Americans, Alice Walker, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Claireese Jones, Composite Depiction, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Gabourey Sidibe, Growing Up, Katie Couric, Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Mental Abuse, Motherhood, New York, New York City, Ntozake Shange, Precious Jones, Ramona Lofton, Rape, Sapphire, Self Image, Self-Expression, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sexual Abuse, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, Tyler Perry, WAOD, What About Our Daughters?
Gawd, I Miss Love
• March 14, 2009 • 5 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Love, Music, Womanism, Women
Tags: African American, Chris Brown, Common Sense, Drama, Education, Growing Up, Hypermasculinity, Joyce Hawkins, Polls, Punks, Rihanna, Ronald Fenty, Self Image, Sex, Teenagers, The Color Purple, Tina Davis
