I’m showing link love to this particular website for a couple of reasons. The one I’ll share is that I like the cause. It’s a group of high school kids who decided to use the internet for constructive activities, as opposed to spreading hate and cyber bullying on message boards, which is clearly an epidemic. This group of young men founded a website entitled, the Cypher League, where the share their love of music by featuring artists and occasionally sharing their thoughts about what’s going on in hip-hop.
The bloggers behind the Cypher League are students who get nothing but As and Bs, they’re heavily involved in constructive activities and they’re generally headed down positive paths in life. Plus, people in this age group tend to be up on what’s next, so if you want to really keep your ear to the ground, then check them out from time to time.
I find it strange that there’s still a stigma about dating online, considering that a lot of people have done it (and still do). Even some of our favorite celebrities have been busted sending lusty dm’s on Twitter or out right sexting naked pictures of themselves, then denying it later. However, Ashton Kutcher has decided to be realer than most and put himself–along with a few other interesting personalities—out on the line.
Yep, there is no shame in his game! He signed up with World Wide Lovers to find his next Mrs. Kutcher (or Mrs. Right Now, perhaps). I know some of you are probably judging, especially considering that Ashton Kutcher doesn’t have a problem pulling fly ladies in real life. But statistics do show that one in five people have found love online so why not? YOLO, right!
Admittedly, I’ve dated a couple of characters men that I met online and they were all, uh…interesting experiences. Luckily, I’m married now and I don’t have to go through that anymore. Even luckier for you is that I’m one less potential match vying for Ashton Kutcher’s heart. Anyway, watch his introduction video and keep reading for more information about how you can get the hook up, no pun intended.
One of the men I dated from the internets was actually a bit like “Nigel” (at 0:12). Thank goodness that didn’t work out. But hey, if this site is good enough for Ashton Kutcher then who knows who else you might find. What are you waiting for? Get to searching!
Andrea Lewis is a talented singer/songwriter/actress (but not necessarily in that order) out of Toronto who is definitely on the rise. You may have seen her on Degrassi: The Next Generation (yes, with Drake) but she has also appeared in Down in the Delta,The Natalie Cole Story and more.
These days, Andrea has been working more on her music. She currently has an album out entitled, 5 4 3 2 1, that is funky, soulful and fresh. She has been touring the world and basically just having fun while living out her dreams. She also has a sketch comedy website entitled Those Girls Are Wild, where she shows that pretty girls don’t have to be prissy, prim, proper and uptight all the time, and that it’s ok to be down to Earth and have fun (life is better that way).
Speaking of fun and being down to Earth, she took some time out of her busy schedule on a trip to New York (back in February) to meet up with me in Brooklyn! We met up at a cool Mediterranean spot called Miriam. I kicked it with Andrea and some of her friends from T-Dot and let me just say, we had a ball. But anyway, watch the video after the jump and get to know her for yourself.
Check out this new webseries, What Would A Man Do. The premise is that a group of women chat about relationship issues but they enlist the insight of men, instead of shooting in the dark. Right now they’re up to episode 7 so I guess you can say that I’m late posting. But anyway, check out episodes 6 and 7 below, where the ladies discuss the art of hollering. What’s the right approach? Should women go after men?
Episode 6 (Featuring Low Key of YouHeardThatNew.com)
My former intern, Amanda Koger, is working on a documentary about what it’s like to be plus size in Chicago. What you are about to watch is a seven minute piece that examines some of the stereotypes that are placed on overweight people.
“I wanted to focus on the lives of women because they are the ones who are looked upon as these sexual beings but once their image doesn’t line up with the media’s view of sexy then they are tossed aside,” says Koger. This video is just a starter to a larger project that she is working on.
Children’s fairytales of yore are the stuff that jaded adults are made of, especially women. As children we’re fed that beautiful princess being rescued by Prince Charming and living happily ever after garbage and then we grow up and get slapped repeatedly by harsh reality checks, but I digress. I didn’t mean for that to sound as cynical as it did because the point of this post is to big up the latest Disney Princesses I’ve encountered…
I decided to bring this series back. I’m starting over from the beginning.
Here’s the backstory: I transferred my blog from Blogspot to WordPress earlier this year and for some reason my blogger posts don’t want to budge automatically. What I mean by that is, on my WordPress backend, there’s a function that allows you to transfer blogs seamlessly but it’s not working for my blog. I can’t figure it out and neither can any of the tech savvy web designers that I’ve asked so the only other option is to transfer them manually. I featured about 80 movies so manual just isn’t going to happen. Besides, there are some things I’d do differently and I never get enough of all things Blaxploitation and neither can you ( I was surprised by how much love this series got) so here’s the post the started it all…
They get so many props for this. Check out this cute Afro’d puppet singing about why she loves her natural hair and the various cool styles like twists, braids, puffs, etc that she can put it in.
I love you even more Sesame Street writers and producers. Great job!
I’m live at the Joy Daily Show and we’re discussing Bishop Long and the public attacking celebrities. Does the public enjoy attacking public figures? What gives? Watch as we get to the bottom of this and RETWEET!!!!! Get involved send me your comments and concerns: @GangStarrGirl.
This is the creepiest doll commercial ever (it’s from the 60s). Basically, it’s a doll that has human characteristics, like hair that actually “grows.” According to the commercial voice over guy, these homosapien-like qualities were made possible by a voodoo witch doctor named Captain Oogie who can transfer human souls into dolls. Lastly, the dolls are technically human children and should not be subjected to normal doll treatment for ethical reasons. It gets worse, just watch until the end (and promptly get the chills).
I have a confession. [Insert Stewie Griffin voice here] God help me if you tell anybody, I shall rip off your eye lids off and sprinkle lemon juice on your retinas! But yeah, the secret is…
