Fam: I got the scoop on some dope events going down in my old stomping grounds and where my head (currently) rest at. If you are free, please go support some awesome creative-activist-community minded folks! THE BOOTLEG FESTIVAL: MIXTAPES, FILMS & HIP-HOP’S UNDERGROUND ECONOMYSEPTEMBER 16-19, 2009, WASHINGTON, D.C.4 DAYS. OVER 20 FILMS. 9 VENUES. 5 [...]
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Something Wicked This Way Comes Pt. 1
(The winner of the nuNAAT contest will be announced tomorrow. Blame it on the Henny…not mine, but Kanye’s. I was too busy Twittering my arse off and laughing to fairly judge all submissions last night!) Two things happened this weekend that normally, I would have missed due to my no cable povertypolicy: Serena’s loss at [...]
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The Manifesto Redux
Usually, the last day of the work week is lighthearted “Five For Friday” fun; however, there has been an influx of new readers from the Twitter and the super dope response to the Tyler Perry letter. So it seems as good a time as any to revisit the Sister Toldja Manifesto from sometime back and [...]
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Get With This/Beautiful Contest: nuNAAT Cream
The humidity of summer is dreadful for my hair. Perfectly styled curls turn to large cotton balls after a few minutes in the sun. The fall offers brief solace, only to be followed by freezing temperatures and the accompanying hair breakage and drying of winter. Enter nuNAAT, a beauty company from Brazil (known for it’s [...]
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My spirit is young, my tastes…not so much, not when it comes to music. Granted, I had my fleeting obsessions with New Kids On The Block, Kriss Kross and Immature respectively. But even as a teenybopper, I had comparatively discerning tastes in music. I’m still listening to a lot of the Soul stuff from my [...]
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Eye To Eye
*The spirit and the title of this post were inspired by a new friend and reader, Sister (As To Yet Be Named But She Is Funny As HELL). Don’t be a stranger, lady! Have you seen Queen Latifah’s last Jenny Craig commercial? Instead of telling her new dress size, she declares that with her recent [...]
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Cain Aint Able, Nor Is He A Victim
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Nuttin’ But Love: RIP Heavy D
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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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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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Culture Matters
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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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Happy Black Girl Day: December 2010 Edition
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A Long Dark Song
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More Than A River In Egypt, Part 1
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A Complex Ain’t Simple
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Click And Read
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Why Kwanzaa?
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YOU Can’t Tell Me Nothing
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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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Revenge, Retaliation and Get Back
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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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Get With This: Your Degrees Won’t Keep You Warm At Night
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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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Big Girls Do Cry, Apparently
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Five For Friday: Good Old Internet
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Patriot Games: Mendenhall’s Poor Choice To Act American
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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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The Hurt Tape
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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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Amy Winehouse’s Tragic “Comeback” Show
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Embarrassed Of Being Embarrassed
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Keep Feminism’s Name Out Your Mouth
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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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Cheating Hearts and Cyber Thugs
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Quiet Storm
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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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Take Your Time
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