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It made the cover of the New York Times. Ray Rice will not be indefinitely suspended by the NFL because he could not be punished for the same offense twice. That offense, being, punching his wife in the face, and knocking her unconscious. What’s the big deal? I mean really, what is the big deal? Is […]

I was really struck by Elizabeth Plank’s remark that the public shouldn’t attack celebrities who identify themselves as “feminists.” (http://mic.com/articles/100676/aziz-ansari-just-came-out-as-a-feminist-with-one-perfectly-simple-analogy). Why? Because I critique mainstream celebrities all them time, and I’m not going to stop. For someone like, ummm Beyonce, to never post a pic of the way she looks when she actually just woke […]

  I was so pleased when my dear friend invited me to see “Through The Lens Darkly”, (http://throughalensdarkly.wordpress.com/) a documentary that explores a history of African American photographers and “image making capacity.” The phrase, image making capacity, used frequently throughout the film, describes the way people present their models in planned portraits or photos. Of […]

No one could hear or see “Anaconda” without commenting. It’s taken me a minute to put my thoughts to words, but Diana Veiga’s post in Clutch Magazine hit the nail on the head – Minaj could use her influence to create a message and culture of unity, but with Anaconda she has done just the […]

  “Did I tell you I love Barbara? In the parks they love Barbara…“ My top 5 dead or alive never fail to fill in the gaps academia has bemoaned for decades… a discussion on “love.” Cornel West and bell hooks, writers of the ivy league, professors of the elite, and all around well respected […]

“Enumerated” means an itemized list. I always grit my teeth, scrunch up my nose, ruffle my eyebrows when Jadakiss lists illegal substances, documents related to the prison industrial complex, or just generally hard ish. “Aries, haze, diesel, sour.” Jadakiss boils it all down to just a few words that he doesn’t even have to connect […]