Blogging Scandal: ‘Defiance’, Season 2, Episode 7.
Olivia’s #SenateBoo is obviously a placeholder and a plot contrivance. The show doesn’t take him seriously as a suitor for Olivia and neither should we.
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75 Things That Suck About Being Unemployed.
Today marks ten months since I was laid off from my last job.
Here Is a Picture Of Jesse Jackson Playing Basketball With Marvin Gaye.
This is the kind of thing that needs to be taught in history classes.
Blogging The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Episode 4: Unmoved.
Per the episode’s title, a good chunk of this episode was about Kim’s moving drama. Kinda boring, if you ask me.
An Honest Dialogue On Race.
[View the story “#Whitewashing” on Storify]
Blogging The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Episode 3: Call Me Miss USA.
Last night, I quickly pondered watching the American Music Awards rather than Real Housewives of Atlanta, but then I realized that Kenya’s estrogen-drunk antics are more riveting than the award show and I turned. And what luck! Last night we were introduced to Porsha, the newest housewife, got another glimpse of Sweetie in her Juneteenth wig, and got a chance to run to the kitchen for snacks during Kim’s segment.
Hard to Believe Racism Still Exists?
Uh, sure? Hard to believe that this kind of behaviour still exists. America, you need to do something about your racists. hellothereracists.tumblr.com — Matt Gemmell (@mattgemmell) November 15, 2012 In all seriousness, I find it both adorable and baffling when white people discover the reality of racial prejudice. Adorable, because, c’mon—it’s not hard to Read More
When Afrocentric Art Goes Wrong.
Friend of the Blog Veronica Marché-Miller sends us this greeting card she came across in her drugstore. Sometimes you want to tell your little space pharoah just how special he is before the ascension to bare-chested cosmic godhood — they really do grow up so fast! — but you just don’t have the words. [Previously: Read More
Doing Antiracism Wrong, Ctd.
Emily Bazelon is also uneasy about the outing of racist teenage tweeters: Scrolling through this collection, I’m so grossed out by the tweets that it’s hard to remember why I think this Tumblr is such a bad idea. OK, right: As my colleague Laura Anderson reminded me in an email thread, “I don’t think strangers Read More
T.J. Holmes and B.E.T.’s Latest Foray Into Topicality.
After posting poor ratings numbers, B.E.T. announced earlier this week that it was “expanding” T.J. Holmes’ half-hour, late-night talk show, Don’t Sleep with T.J. Holmes, into a once-a-week, hour-long affair because of “viewer demand.”
