Funny how money change a situation… I’m deeply disturbed by how any criticism of a celebrity is so quickly labeled “hating”. I WOULD quote Common’s much-repeated line about hating, but I don’t mess with him no more and I will ONLY refer to him as “That Nigga From Chicago I Used To Like” until he [...]
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We haven’t had much of a summer in New York this year. It’s been like a spring-fall. Spall, if you will. However, it’s no surprise that as usual, it’s Winter in Negronia. Economy is still a mess, jobs are few and far between, Michael’s still dead and CNN has released “Black In America 2: Who [...]
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Love In The Age Of Hate
Ok, before I get in to today’s blog, I HAVE to post this picture. Someone uploaded some old staff pics from my college radio station. Here is the photo that promoted the show I had when I was a freshman, “Soul Eclectic 101″ (BWAHAHAHA at my Love Jones-edness): And this is how I look now [...]
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Through The Backfire
It’s my birthday, so you know I want to wriiiiite. Can I tell you how bad my plan to turn 24 again has turned out? Whilst I have actually convinced a number of people that I am actually 24 today, a number of them have made comments about how lucky I am to be under [...]
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Can You See Me?
I’m trying the mobile blog thing again! This is my sorry for 2009 if it doesn’t work. I’m reporting live and direct from the slums of Interfaith Medical Center, hoping to get this stupid cast off. Shackles of my feet so I can dance, dangit! This woman’s perfume is offending my olfactory spirit and all [...]
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Forgive me for my absence this week. Did y’all know I fell and busted myself and I’m on a cane with a cast? Well, I am. Anyway, there is a dope event going down TOMMORROW night here in Brooklyn. Please check it out and show your love! Live From Planet Earth, Brooklyn: “Rest In Beats”Saturday, [...]
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To Have and To Hold Down- Pt. 1
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She Never Asked For It
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Free Herself
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Negronia vs. The Gay
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Death of the Cool
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You, Me And She
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Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
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Tommorrow: Emergency Happy Black Girl Day!
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Dear Mama
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After The Chocolate
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That Ain’t It: Keri Hilson
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New Year: New Me, New You
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I Hate You. Come Closer.
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I Went On An Adventure!
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Killer Curves
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Thirsty? Drink Sprite… Cause He’s Taken
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Stupid Is The New Rap
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The Extended Adolescence of (Some) American Men
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Our Bodies, Our Rights…OUR Fight
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Bougie? I’ll Be That
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Happy Black Girl Day: March 2011 Edition
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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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Sick Of Rap, Part 314
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Cruel Summer
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Grown’s Gone And Got Me
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Getting Down On Five For Friday
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Ready To Lie
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Becky’s Got A Baby
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Rap Embraces ‘The Gay’ For Pay? I’m Unimpressed
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Happy Black Girl Day: April 2011 Edition
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Election Season Blues
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Tuesday Bluesday
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Kidnapped Black Teen Fails To Capture Media Attention
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New Film Ties Civil Rights Movement and The Marriage Equality Fight
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Crazy Like Fox
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Five For Friday: Good Old Internet
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The Negronia Meme
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Hot Links, No Swine
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Web Of Hate
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Getting Down On Monday
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The Beau and The Beautiful (Struggler)
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Friday Roundup!
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This Is The End
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A Room Of Your Own?
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Lessons In Consequence: Tolerance, Acceptance or Resignation?
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Amy Winehouse’s Tragic “Comeback” Show
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Lies My Mother Told Me
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Eternal Gloom Of The Cluttered Mind
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No Birthday Today
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Shook By The Inevitable
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Why Shouldn’t Rape Victims Get Paid?
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The Pressure To Reproduce
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What’s Up With The Love?
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America Loves ‘The Help’, Needs Some Help
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Come On Down To Avenue A
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One Year In: What I’ve Learned
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Home Again
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