Q-Tip Plans to Release 25th Anniversary Edition Of ‘The Low End Theory’
Q-Tip chats with BBC about new music, forthcoming TV series and 25th anniversary edition of the Low End Theory.
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What Would A Man Do? Episodes 6 & 7: Hollering 101
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 […]
Watch This: “Plus Size In Chicago” [Documentary Clip]
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 New Disney Princesses Make For Less Jaded Women
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 […]
Blaxploitation Friday: ‘Claudine’
1974 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 […]
Sesame Street Teaches Little Brown Girls To Love Their Hair
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! Spotted at Essence
Does The Public Enjoy Attacking Celebrities?
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: Starr and Spokes Models
Commercial Douchery: Creepy Doll Possessed By Spirits?
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 […]
The Femcee Files: Cdot The Catalyst Examines Nicki Minaj, Defines Herself
Cdot The Catalyst is a dope lyricist who I’ve been chatting with on Twitter and iChat since last year. She’s cool, uber smart, talented, and well, definitely under exposed. We’ve had so many great talks and I love her irreverence and snark so much that I wanted her to submit this piece explaining her identity […]
Mics Do Sound Nice But Some Still Don’t Hear It
BET premiered My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip-Hop last night and it was good, really good. I was actually surprised at how good it was. The filmmakers did a superb job conveying the tremendous impact of those of the xx variety on the culture. I didn’t learn anything new but it […]
Blogger Sessions: GangStarr Girl Chats With iHeartDilla.com Part 2
This is the last installment of my chat with Jessica Estevez of iHeartDilla.com. Here we talk about so-called tastemakers taking payola to promote artists, women in hip-hop and how Jessica got into J Dilla. Make sure you check her out at www.BlackWeblogAwards.com and vote for her for “Best Music Blog.” Tomorrow is the last day […]
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