By Black Scientist. So it’s no secret that there is a default of whiteness in normative culture. That is: unless otherwise noted, people are white. I think this default can be challenged in communities that are predominantly of color on an everyday level (telling stories with an anonymous “she”), but when we engage with the Read More
You’ve probably already seen the picture of President Barack Obama eating fried chicken with the caption, “Miscegenation Is a CRIME against American values… Repeal Loving v. Virginia,” that was hastily removed from the Republican National Committee’s Facebook page. In this case — along with the e-mails of watermelons in front of the White House and Read More
“Do The Right Thing” and “Malcolm X” are on the short list of my very favorite films. I fell asleep 30 minutes into “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” merely to escape the unholy rubbish unfolding before my eyes. And don’t even ask me what I think about “Meet the Browns.” But when it comes Read More
David Martin, the trial attorney for the executed Cameron Todd Willingham, said Willingham was guilty on Anderson Cooper’s 360 and dismissed as biased the science debunking the “science” that determined the fire was arson. While plenty of experts have called the arson investigators’ work mysticism and folklore, the fire investigator who found evidence of arson Read More
By 10:20, I was all set to declare this episode a dud, but by 10:35, I was biting my tongue. Hard.
*Fridays are overrated. Give me one good reason why they’re better than Saturdays. Anyway, a couple members of our PostBourgie family are celebrating birthdays this weekend – Belleisa and Quadmoniker. So let’s wish them champagne dreams and caviar wishes and the whole nine. Your soundtrack for the weekend and beyond, if you like: 1. Happy Read More
(x-posted from Brokey’s spot) So after finishing up my ridiculous moments in new jack swing post however many years ago, I seem to have become sensitive to all ridiculous moments in music. I noticed very recently that my subconscious has been compiling a working list of ridiculous moments in R&B, all of R&B, not just Read More
In graduate school, one alarmingly bad, blindingly obvious article about gay marriage convinced me that the New York Times Magazine, the one you get for free on Sundays, is actually bad for journalism. That the world’s pre-eminent journalistic institution can churn out, at times, such a poorly written and edited magazine has always troubled me, Read More
A new poll shows that a majority of the public supports a public option, and it’s time for lawmakers to listen. When Senators like Charles Grassley and Orrin Hatch inveigh against a government-provided insurance option, we all know on whose behalf they’re speaking. But the problem is some of their constituents believe the nonsense about Read More
Is Betty Draper an annoying character being played well by a really good actor, a well-written character being played by an annoying actor, or a really annoying character being played by a really annoying actor? I can’t seem to figure it out.
