In light of my recent rant about sexism and racism in this election cycle and it being Black History month and all allow me to present “And Ain’t I a Woman” by Sojourner Truth! That man over there say a woman needs to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches and to […]
Election Rant: Sexism or Racism – Choose Your Devil
Warning Rant ahead! Right now, Americans are being very smug. Oh look at us. “We have a White woman and a Black man running for President of the United States”. “Oh look how far we have come”. “Racism is a thing of the past”. “Obama not only has the African-American vote, he is also drawing […]
The Don Imus Saga
Unless you live underneath a rock, or at least not in the United States, you have by now heard about the Don Imus saga. Don Imus, a sarcastic and often rude comedian who has his own TV/radio show Imus in the Morning, apparently took things a bit too far this past week. On April 4th, […]
The New Wave of Feminism?
I must be growing old. Is there a new wave of feminism in America? So I was watching TV and I saw an ad for the new Pussycat Dolls reality show – The Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll. For those who don’t know, the Pussycat Dolls are a 6 member scantily […]
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.