I came home from a day of motherhood prep to find that one of my literary foremothers has passed away. Frequent visitors to this blog may know how connected I feel to Lucille Clifton. I loved her. And it feels like one of my own relatives has left this realm. I hope her spirit is Read More
For the single and sexless – because those terms can often be mutually exclusive – this weekend will probably be just like any other, mostly because you were smart enough to avoid being suckered into the Valentine’s Day industrial complex. This deserves praise, not wilting roses or calorie-heavy chocolate kisses. And this is your PostBourgie-approved Read More
Day 4 – and probably the final day – of J Dilla Appreciation Week. Word to Slum Village, Dilla’s former group and a criminally slept-on hip-hop collective based out of Detroit: It’s hard to put into words my appreciation for the music of Slum Village, particularly Dilla. I don’t want this post or this series Read More
*For those who are ridiculously late (like myself) and haven’t watched it yet, there are spoilers ahead. Consider yourself warned. Along with the Oscar buzz surrounding The Hurt Locker there has been another conversation taking place – civilian impressions of the film versus those of military personnel and veterans. A scathing review by Iraq War Read More
Zack Taylor was the first African American Power Ranger and the only black fighter in the original founding five. A confident opponent, Zack also enjoyed playing sports and dancing, “especially to a fresh beat bumping out his homeboy’s boombox” (per Wikipedia). He enjoyed dancing so much, in fact, that he often incorporated it into his Read More
x-posted from U.S. of J. The fact that the University of Virginia’s student newspaper would use the words “African magic” in a description of an op-ed should give you a few signs as to its quality (to say nothing of the op-ed itself): “June Bug,” our rented Toyota Spark, took us everywhere we wanted to go. Read More
This is dedicated to the 20-something I saw walking down the street in a fur coat and a pair of Converses two days ago. Why do people still wear these? Note: this has nothing to do with animal rights, though not killing animals to make fur coats is an added bonus. (Except squirrels. Nobody needs Read More
This is Day 3 of J Dilla Appreciation Week: “Mama’s Gun” and “Voodoo” happened in the same year – 2000. No wonder some of us thought the world was gonna end.
We ended last week with Sayid rising from the mostly-dead and asking, “What happened?” The first scene this week picks up where that one left off. Guess what? No one hazards a guess at the answer to Sayid’s question. Big surprise. Kate asks Sawyer how Sayid’s resurrection was possible. And Sawyer drops a classic: “He’s Read More
