All Female and Nearly All Black: Democratic Georgia State Senators Walk Out Protesting a War on Women
• March 11, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in Abortion, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: Abortion, Access, African Americans, Barry Goldwater, Birth Control, Black Women, Blacks, Democratic Party (United States), Georgia Senate, Georgia State Senate, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Republican, Richard Nixon, Women of Color, Womens Rights, Young Black Women
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
The Story Behind The ‘I Love My Hair’ Sesame Street Video
• October 19, 2010 • Comments Off on The Story Behind The ‘I Love My Hair’ Sesame Street VideoPosted in African American History, Africans, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "I Love My Hair", "I Whip My Hair", "Sesame Street", "The Bluest Eye", "The Spook Show", ABC News, African American, Angelina Jolie, Anything Muppet, Barbie Dolls, Biracial, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Muppet Girl, Black Women, Blacks, Blonde, Blue Contact Lenses, Children, Culture, Deep, Girls of Color, Growing Up, Joey Mazzarino, Latinas, Latinos, Love, Mash-up, NBC News, Racism, Segi Mazzarino, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Straight, Television, The Media, Toni Morrison, Towel, Viral, W, Whoopi Goldberg, Willow Smith, Women of Color, Zahara Jolie-Pitt
The Grandchildren of Lena Horne
• May 12, 2010 • 14 CommentsPosted in Acting, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Rachel Got Married", "Stormy Weather", "Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne", African Americans, Alex Weinstein, Amy Lumet, Black Women, Blacks, Bobby Cannavale, Breast Enhancement, Breastesses, Children, Cindy McCain, Civil Rights, Community Volunteer, Con Artist, Craziness, Culinary Arts, Drama, Drugs, Family, Florida, French Culinary Institute, Gail Lumet Buckley, Growing Up, Guardian, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Jacob Cannavale, Jenny Lumet, John McCain, Latinos, Lena Horne, Lena Jones, Lena Mary Horne, Lifetime Achievement Award, London, Los Angeles CA, Louis Jordan Jones, Manhattan Country School, Multiracial, National Enquirer, Native American, Needy, New York City, Oscars, P.J. O'Rourke, Party Girl, Pastry Chef-Instructor, People of Color, Playboy, Race, Rachel Uchitel, Racism, Samadhi Jones, Sasha Weinstein, Screenwriter, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sidney Lumet, Singer, Socialite, Sound Editor, Spitting Image, Striving, Teddy Jones, The Eighties, The French Culinary Institute, The Marines, The Nineties, The Oscars, The Seventies, The Sixties, Thomas Jones, Tony Peck, William Jones, Women of Color, Writer, Youth