blankink: Dinosaurs on Noah’sArk ? The peculiar spectacle of Terry Schiavo? Book bans targeted at gay authors? Charles Pierce grew weary of this nonsense long ago, well before Sarah Palin was claiming foreign policy experience from Juneau and Glenn Beck descended into full-blown delirium. In his irreverent and smart essay for Esquire in October 2005, Read More
Here at PostBourgie, slb’s written about the Emmy-winning Tyra show. And I’ve written about nappy hair. So, when the Tyra show does an episode on nappy hair, it’s only natural that we post about that, too. The online black hair communities have been in heated discussion about the episode since before it aired on May Read More
I have a few distinct reactions to this: 1) This is why I don’t watch television news. TWO minutes of a 22-minute broadcast devoted to this. They do a 2-minute run down of the headlines. Then let’s say another six minutes devoted to weather. Sports, two minutes. 2) Aside from her nonchalance about the domestic Read More
