Bites of heaven What was it that attracted me to this plastic container of sweet and salty yummy-ness at Trader Joe’s? I’m sure it was just that. The sea salt (French s’il vous plait). The delicate petite bites. The simple fact of it being a chocolate fudge brownie. And as in a trance into my […]
Happiness is a State of Mind
I haven’t blogged in a while because each time I come here all I want to do is spill negativity – frustrations with life, frustrations with the job, annoyance at my lot with life. I AM UNHAPPY. There I said it. It really isn’t a secret nor is it a revelation. I’ve probably been unhappy […]
Can men write good romances?
A while ago, one of my book reading groups, both consisting solely of women, came to a discussion of how disappointed we were with the male authors we had chosen to read. From Trey Ellis’ Bedtime Stories: Adventures in the Land of Single Fatherhood, to Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man […]
Confessions of a mango addict
Hello, I’m KChie, and I suffer from an incurable case of mango lust. After years of buying fresh mangoes in the supermarkets and ethnic stores in order to delight in that rare mango that actually tastes like a ripe juicy mango worthy of being called a mango, I’ve been driven to delighting in the dried […]
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
There is a new volume of Brothers Grimm fairy tales published by Taschen. It only contains 27 of the most beloved stories but what sets it apart is the artwork, collected from illustrators from various countries working between the 1820s and the 1950s. I’m likely not to get it because when I do obtain a […]
Taming our sexuality
The other day, I read an article on the havoc women’s eyes create. Specifically, there is a law being propositioned in Saudi Arabia by the “Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” that will require women with “sexy eyes” to cover them up. It seems by “sexy eyes” they mean “eyes”. Mind […]
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
This is a novel written in 1975 by an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, and physician (psychiatrist), Nawal El Saadawi. It was as working as a physician that Saadawi observed the inequalities faced by women and connected them to their physical and psychological ill-health. Her activism against female oppression has often landed her in jail and […]
What a cruel male dominated culture
Cartoon making the rounds on Facebook Interviewer: What would you say to a woman in this country who assumes she is no longer oppressed, who believes women’s liberation has been achieved. Nawal El Saadawi: Well I would think she is blind. Like many people who are blind to gender problems, to class problems, to international […]
Thoughts on Quadafi
It’s taken a while but I’ve gotten to the stage of checking my Twitterfeed first thing in the morning. Yes, my ban on news stories is long over. So it came to pass that on Thursday October 20th, 2011 I was fully awoken by what normally just arouses my mind. What? Quadafi captured and possibly […]
Tears in Berlin
As mentioned several times again, my recent trip to Europe with my sisters was prompted by a Facebook connection of my sister with a former classmate and nostalgia over the best part of our life growing up in communist East Berlin in the 1980s. In the 20 years or so since we left, we have […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.