March 2008
24 posts
A mashup of 2007 hit songs. It’s kind of...
afrolicious →
Afrolicious earrings. Just my style!
via afrobella
Street Kings →
Whenever my homegirls get all excited about celebrities like Mos Def, Denzel, Brad P. or whoever, I’m all, “That’s okay, y’all. Common is my huuuusband.” And while this movie looks like a giant critique in patriarchy waiting to happen (guns and testosterone, oh my!), I will definitely be watching.
holla!
“Leadership. Leadership. Come on, leadership! It’s time for women to be on top as...”
– Rita Marley at Clutch Magazine
“Christmas makes sense. Baby Jesus. Yay! Easter makes sense. Resurrection....”
– http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/29484229
bloggies say what?
How does the weblog of a rhino reserve win for best African Blog? Trying. to. connect. the. dots.
Fail.
I don't wear this ugly tie anymore →
andreaallen:
“Some guy yelled from his car, Who did you get that tie from, Matlock? I laughed at the time because it sounded funny, but now that I think about it, I’m confused. Was Matlock known for his ugly ties? How could a TV lawyer win court cases wearing an ugly tie? Clearly this heckler has watched a lot of Matlock episodes, because who else would equate ugly ties with Andy Griffith? I...
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Why Organic?
squashed: Neurosophy wrote, “The word ‘organic’ is stupid. I am fairly sure that none of my foods, no matter how distustingly processed and re-processed, contain silicon or rocks.
“That said, possessing a desire to not eat potential carcinogens seems reasonable. Organic—much as I purchase it—seems to me like the new “fat free”. Capitalizing on hype and missing an important distinction.”
The...
flipmode →
This is also titled: “To all my brothers and sisters who sat in class and found that the readings were not enough.”
Anxious Black Woman writes:
“It had become painfully clear over the last couple of months that my students can read the literal text (e.g. James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time or a political cartoon about the presidential race or a print ad depicting...
carnival of socialism no. 19 →
via la chola
notable words:
“Capitalism cannot win the war on poverty. The notion that social reform and economic development under capitalism will someday overcome and eradicate poverty around the world is absurd. A system which creates vast and profound economic inequalities among people and nations, rewarding a tiny minority while leaving behind the vast majority, cannot, by...
protesting for ethical jewellry →
“Diamond giant De Beers sold its concession on the Bushmen’s land to Gem Diamonds in 2007. Gem Diamonds says the find contains more than $2.2 billion-worth of diamonds, and it plans to develop a mine as quickly as possible. Botswana’s High Court declared the evictions ‘unlawful’ in 2006. But the government is preventing the Bushmen from returning to their land in the Central Kalahari Game...
http://melissa.tumblr.com/ →
Well here we go.
Something different.
a different type of accessiblity
You know, I really like the internets. I love it. It has made high school and college life less sucky and I’ve learned a lot from it (‘sup, wikipedia!), so we go way back. but people on the internets really bother me. I know, duh, right? The people I want to see with their own blogs and with their own designing skillz just aren’t there. Take a look around tumblr, for...
other campaigns
everywhere, in every possible media there is the noise of the democratic campaign. we know nearly everything we ever wanted to know about how black people traditionally vote compared to how women vote compared to middle class voting patterns compared to the voting behaviors of a vegetable. i don’t mean to trivialize the campaigns or the efforts or people who are investing sweat, tears and...
top 50 bloggers don't cut it
so basically i thought it was crap that the most powerful blog in the world was the euro-centric writings of the huffington post. i subscribed to it for like a week and decided that i’ve heard better stories from folks on my block. for the list’s credit, there were blogs outside of the u.s. that made the cut, but damn, there are definitely other stories out there, other realities...
Watch“He’s the most singingest janitor I ever seen!”
marco:
Improv Everywhere: Food Court Musical. Excellent!
Tuition Relief Now!
Have you signed the petition? Help students in California public universities afford school by signing the petition to freeze tuition hikes for the next five years. If you’re not registered to vote in the state of California, you can help us out by contributing to the campaign.
What do we want? TUITION RELIEF! When do we want it? NOW!
“The question is not what things helped or hurt the candidates in the past, the...”
– http://squashed.tumblr.com/
“He said — and I’m going to paraphrase a little here: think about who...”
– An hour and a half with Barack Obama
I love Typography. →
This post is nearly orgasmic.
*dies a little*