I completely disagree with the brother's politics, but his achievement should be celebrated, there will be plenty of time to wild out over his future role as RNC chair. So, congratulations, Mr. Steele. This is a major achievement for black Republicans and another historical first for our people.
I guess Daddy Williams was right, Venus would be a champion, but Serena might just be the greatest. I ain't mad at either one of them. They have succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams!
I know he brought it all on himself, but damn. This boy produced some rap lines that really spoke to me. I hope he can get himself together.
The governor was right, this ending was predictable.
News reports are beginning to come in on the mother that recently gave birth to octuplets. If half of what they are reporting is true, this woman needs professional help and a fertility clinic doctor needs to be under investigation. Reporting suggests that this woman is single, living at home with her parents, and already has SIX children. If this woman already has six children, she needs to have her head examined for having more.
$22,725,475 in 14 years, that's an awful lot of tennis balls.
Did this female trio of Dummy LaMonts actually believe they were going to get away with this dumb ass mess? Lawd, help our young people!
I guess that ole black "Magic Negro" stuff didn't work out to well for Mr. Saltsman. And what in the hell kind of name is "Chip" anyway?
One bloated, pompous, fat, sexist slob spewing recycled GOP garbage in enough. Rush Limbaugh has cornered the market on that job. We don't need Dick Armey's mindless rants and pointless insults. His behavior on Hardball was out of line and completely outrageous. And I don't blame him, I blame Chris Matthews. Tweetybird loves to bring these jerks on his show and then unleash them on his female guests.
Matthews didn't even try to shut down Armey and he only got contrite when Bob Herbert came on the next segment and took Armey to task. I was also disappointed with Michelle Bernard because she sat there and said nothing. So much for sisterhood. Watch this crap for yourself.
This small independent film is getting some serious buzz. One of my regular readers dropped a line about it a little while ago and this is the first time I had a chance to squeeze it in. This film is only getting a limited release at this time, so please let me know if you get a chance to see it. It sounds really good.
Paris was buzzing about the return of 51-year-old former French supermodel Ines de la Fressange to the catwalk for Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. It's really neat that somebody finally recognizes that an extraordinary attractive woman doesn't suddenly become plain after age 40, but what set this excitement completely back was the description of Ines de la Fressange as "curvy" and "voluptuous" which is an absolute joke.
If this woman is so shapely with no hips, no butt, and no breasts, then what in the hell is Michelle Obama, overweight? Our first lady has plenty of curves, but I would not even describe her as voluptuous. No wonder women get so confused about healthy weight and body image.
I absolutely hate this commercial for what it clearly trying to say about women, their eating habits, and their self-control when it comes to healthy eating. As someone who has never indulged herself with scarfing down a full-loaded or 100 calorie Oreo Cakester, I was more than offended at the ideal that all kinds of women would suddenly lose their minds, chase down and turn over any kind of food truck.
Now I have been at plenty of sporting events and watched plenty of pot-bellied and overweight men guzzle down beer and gobble down hotdogs, pretzels, nachos, etc..... And I have had the lovely experience of watching with disgusted amazement while one of my male students slapped two Oreo Cakesters together and proceed to cram the entire mega-calories concoction into his mouth.
I would love to see men targeted for these "low calorie" treats that companies trick women into buying and pretending to enjoy. I have tried the 100-calorie Oreo thin crisps and the Chocolate Chip thin crisps and discovered both to be absolutely disgusting. Hard as hell and completely tasteless.
Coming completely out of nowhere, without any basis for his comments, Williams remarked about the First Lady that she was like "Stokely Carmichael-in-a-designer-dress thing." What in the hell does that mean? And where in the hell did that comment come from?
And Juan Williams wonders why black folks think he is a sell-out and Uncle Tom. And I'm with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Juan Williams doesn't know a damn thing about Michelle Obama or Stokely Carmichael. And this dude at The American Prospect hits the nail on the head with this piece on Williams.
And this is the same cat that was crying boo-boo kitty tears on Obama's inauguration day. What a Class "A" phony!
What if you had to pay an additional tax on your liquor like folks who smoke pay a tax on their cigarettes? A very interesting idea. And yes, this is an advertisement for the limited edition "44" Hennessy in celebration of President Obama's election. I know...I know...
Former model, Amnau Eele, who made the nonsensical comments about First Lady Michelle Obama not choosing to wear an African American designer during the inauguration festivities, is now claiming that she has received death threats in reaction to those comments.
Making her original comments even sillier is the fact the Eele admits that she represents black artists, not black fashion designers. So, this knucklehead stirs up a national drama with stupid comments about the first lady, in defense of a profession, she doesn't even represent. Did any black designers even ask this dummy to express those negative opinions about the first African American First Lady?
The problem with black folks like Roland Burris is that they never know when to quit when they are ahead of the game. They keep going and going until they remind everyone why they should have never be placed in the position they ended up in. Exhibit A in Mr. Burris' case.
This "designer" rug features a simulated, car-flattened, bloody fox on the carpet! Made of 100% wool, designed by studio OOOMS.
Here is the designer's description - "Do you know the feeling that you do not want to take a look at something, but you still do? The Road Kill carpet is a continues struggle between attraction and repulsion. It's a warm, soft, cuddly carpet that attracts you to take a nap on it. But at the same time its a repulsive image of a car-flattened, bloody fox."
I don't think I would even put this thing out as a mud mat in my garage.
I could forgive Ted Haggard his lying and cheating hypocritical ways, if he would just go away and rebuild his life in private somewhere. It truly gets on my nerves that he insists on trying to force his way back into the public spotlight, while he continues to lie about his problems. He is delusional and dishonest. And he continues to drag his family into a even deeper embarrassing mess. How many more "inappropriate" relationships are out there? And it really stinks that his former church knew about this second relationship and lied about it to the public.
Now this is the mess we as black folks can't pull on the Obamas. First, Michelle Obama has the right to wear whatever the hell she wants, designed by whoever the hell she wants. If the first lady can't do that, then what in the hell is the point of being first lady. Second, how does the Black Artists Association know she didn't look at the work of black designers and didn't find something she liked? 
Third, just cause the first lady is black, does not mean she has to become a billboard for black fashion. And what in the hell exactly made her fashion picks "Kumbaya"? It seems to me she picked clothes she liked and felt beautiful in. And that clearly showed throughout the entire day and evening. First Lady Michelle Obama has 4 years, possibly 8 long years to pick out the latest fashions to wear for the nation, she doesn't need black designers squawking in her first week on the job.
My advice to black designers is to stop flapping your lips and start working those pencils and sketch pads. Step your game up and come with some tight designs and I'm sure the first lady will be interested. The Obamas don't strike me as folks that can be pushed around, so if you want to make sure Michelle Obama NEVER wears your stuff, keep bashing her.
I'm not really mad at Ms. Steffans, if folks will let you make a serious dollar portraying yourself in the most demeaning way possible, then go for it. She clearly doesn't give a damn what people think of her. And don't be fooled, she is most definitely getting paid. Also, you can scream and shout about her fifteen minutes of fame being up, but this sista is clocking some serious overtime in the fame sweepstakes. Further, let me be clear, I'm not hating the player here, I'm hating the game.
With all that said, it kills me that black folks will buy this crap. This "book" sounds just as terrible as the publication of our other nation-wide media black female embarrassment, Omarosa's The Bitch Switch. Omarosa's book was DOA on arrival at bookstores, but the point is she got a book deal in the first place. She had nothing of value to say and she isn't a writer. How many serious black writers don't get offers because book publishers are more interested in capitalizing on the infamy of a Omarosa or a Superhead-type instead of well-written novel by an unknown black author?
Now, Ms. Steffans last book didn't sell anywhere near the numbers of her first book, so maybe the first signs that the black reading public is getting tired of her sexual antics on paper are beginning to show. And I don't mind the idea of a "sex" or "keep your man" manual directed at black women, white women have plenty of books like this.
Yet, I would want the author of this kind of book to actually have a long history with a man of her own, not a long history of cultivating the men of other women for temporary sexual liaisons. Black women might need advice on finding love and maintaining a healthy relationship, but I strongly doubt Ms. Steffans is the one to be able to provide that information considering her own very public love-life history.
And why does the tag line to her book sound like something else other than "How to find, seduce, & keep the man you want." I can't shake the feeling that her publishers made her remove the additional line, "to kill, cook, and eat for Sunday dinner." And I guess calling this book the Black Widow Manual would not help it sell very well either, but she looks like a very attractive black widow spider ready to suck all your life-blood on that book cover.
I would strongly suggest a national boycott of any book publisher that gives this brainless woman that kind of money. Palin does not have a compelling life story like Barack Obama, she is not a national crusader for women, and she lost the election. Further, this book is only of interest if she tells the truth about herself (which she ain't gonna do) or tells the behind the scenes truth about the election (which she really ain't gonna do), so what story does she have to tell? And you can only fill so many pages with different recipes for moose.
Who wants to read a few hundred ghost-written pages bashing bloggers and the mainstream media for being mean to her and her family or her bullshit excuses and lies for not being qualified for the vice-presidency? Not to mention the retread lies on trooper-gate, designer clothing, hair, and make-up-gate, the bridge to nowhere, banning books at the library, charging Alaska for working from home, and her now baby mama teenage daughter.
She can't even write an uplifting book about bringing the nation together because it was her words and antics on the campaign trail that divided the nation. Is she only going to sell this book to "real" Americans? Is she going to bash the current sitting President, the same man she accused of "pallin' around with terrorists?" Any praising of President Obama from her would sound phony as hell. And is she really going to bash anyone in the Republican party when she clearly has future political ambitions? I don't think so. And she already published the tired "Sarah" bio a few years ago.
There is no book to write. I have a "novel" idea, why doesn't she go do the job she's currently being paid for, Governor of Alaska.
This was a very hard book to read and I imagine is going to be a hard movie to watch, but the buzz on this film is major for the cast as well as the director. Winning the major awards at Sundance will guarantee that this film gets a pretty decent roll-out and release. Push will need a serious marketing campaign to gain a wide audience.
And Mo'Nique apparently kills in her role, generating early Oscar talk for the comedienne. I'll kept folks updated as to when the release date of Push gets announced.
Read the article here and please come back here with your comments or questions. I would very interested to know if any black women feel this "research" reflects their beliefs or experiences.
I am a sincere believer that black folks would be happier and involved in more fulfilling and healthy relationships if we as a people had more HONEST and OPEN conversations about sex and sexuality.
Serious responses only, please keep juvenile comments to yourself.
It's stuff like this that helps explain why one of the top killers of black folks is heart disease. Just when black folks start taking a sigh of relief that white folks are getting it, one of their crew comes up with some bullshit like this. How in the hell did this dude even BEGIN to think this was a good idea? And then some white folks add insult to injury by calling this crap free speech. 
I would love to see a black-owned bakery produce something like this directed at white folks. How about a "Completely Clueless White Face" cookie featuring two vanilla flavored lady fingers with marshmallow fluff cream filling, dipped in white chocolate and a gummy dunce cap on top? I wonder how much talk about "free speech" would we get then?
I'm completely indifferent about the dolls, but I have been bracing myself for the coming exploitation of the first family's marketability. First Lady Michelle Obama better get ready also, because I have a feeling folks are just getting started. I think black folk are going to have to be like the GOP on the numerous issues that are going to come up about the first family, we are going to have to pick and chose what we get upset about.
Check out what my blogging sista, Tami of What Tami Says has to say on this issue.
I'm torn. I think it's a very interesting poem, but it didn't move me. There is some beautiful language here. I think folks should take their time deciding about this poem, I think that it's a piece that needs a long reflection and consideration. What do you think?
I'm not a fan of online universities and I'm definitely not a fan of the University of Phoenix. I think online education can be an important tool, but these programs are always doing something they should not. If it's not shady business with the student loans, then their graduation rates are suspect. I wonder about the quality of the courses and instructors.
And I would love to know how their students are doing after attending these schools and after earning those online degrees they offer - are they getting jobs, advanced degrees, and do they believe they got a quality education? People commit large sums of money and time toward their education, they should get the best their institution has to offer.
The remake of My Bloody Valentine was absolutely horrible, even in 3-D. Gory for no good reason, pointless nudity, dumb-ass story that was completely predictable. Completely inferior to the original cult hit. I missed the entire Afterdark Horrorfest because wack-ass Indiana refused to carry the films, so I am in serious horror movie withdrawal.
The original Friday the 13th which I saw on Friday the 13th, many, many, many years ago is a personal favorite that really scared me at the time. I don't expect to be scared at this point, but I have hopes of a decent telling of a well-worn horror tale. It will be fun to see this film on Friday the 13th.
I wasn't feeling it, but I think the Queen of Soul can wear whatever the hell she wants. Despite my misgivings, apparently a whole bunch of other people were loving her hat. The Queen of Soul still setting trends after all these years. I can't believe some people were hating on her singing. I enjoyed her interpretation. Sigh..........
This movie might be good, but damn, is this all we have going in black Hollywood? I'm just saying. And ain't this a step backward for Tyler Perry?
Ya'll think Ms. Hillary gonna forget about the two GOP senators that voted against her confirmation and the dude that held up her confirmation, then voted for her anyway? I doubt it.
Let's hope Caroline Kennedy waves goodbye to any future ambitions for public office. Her first venture into politics has turned into a hot mess. And Governor Patterson is coming off looking like a first class goofball. Make a decision brotha, today! Stop letting this mess drag on. And don't pick Andrew Cuomo either!
Chief Justice Roberts channels the Dummy Lamontness of the man that appointed him, his former boss, George W. Bush. Thanks for all your help there, Chief Justice Roberts.
No disrespect intended, but this is a special message to my black folks - where ever they maybe today - when the first black man is sworn in as President of the United States.
Don't just enjoy today, savor it! Let this moment be your moment, don't let anything or anyone stand in the way of you finding your place in this historic moment. Let today be a bounty of spiritual richness, prideful passion, joyful noise and soulful praise. It doesn't matter if you are with a group or by yourself. Have fun! If you laugh, do it loudly and if you cry, do it without shame. Wear your Obama memorabilia and smile your biggest smile. Yesterday's troubles are still with you today, but don't let those worries triumph over today's victory celebration. 
Take the time to reflect, not just looking backward, but looking forward. What do you want? What are you willing to commit to and fight for? Obama's election should not be just about what we expect him to do for our country, but what we are willing to help him achieve and accomplish for our nation and our people. If you were looking for a starting point to change your life's direction, I can't imagine a better day than today to start. 
Don't just be a spectator, an observer today, make-up your mind that today, you will be an active participant in changing the black community for the better. No more excuses. A black president makes the issues that we must overcome no less difficult, but it should make you believe that we can overcome the problems we face each day. Let's make "Yes We Can" more than a political slogan, let's make President Barack Obama more than a "first", let's make our pride on this day stretch until we achieve all our dreams for ourselves and our people.
It will be easy to be proud as a black American today, it will be easy to be proud of President Barack Obama today, we all need to vow today that we will be proud of each other when the journey for ourselves and for our President becomes difficult and seemingly impossible to overcome. Let's be proud then, when we need each other the most.
Happy inauguration day! My people! It's been a long time coming.
Be safe, be blessed, and be joyful!
Professor Tracey
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