A couple of updates on issues of concern. First, though I didn’t blog about it, I was aware of the whole Glamour magazine editor calls natural hairstyles “political” and “totally so dumb!” Okay, I’m paraphrasing. People were pissed, blogs were snarky, and there were even
Fall is upon us. That means new TV shows on the horizon and season premieres up the wazoo. Ah, when I was a child this was the only thing that lifted my mood after having to return to the evil that was school. Of course,
Over on RaceWire, Jonathan Adams posted the casting call for Beyonce’s new AMEX commercial. It’s worth reproducing here in full: Seeking, Principles: [BEYONCE’S ASSISTANT ] Female / Caucasian / 30-34 Real people types. Non commercial. She is smart, sharp and efficient. Rate: Sag Scale [
This is the same post I wrote for 9/11 last year. This year I find I have not much more to say, so I’m reposting it. There’s a 9/11 story that I heard once and never forgot. It’s anecdotal and may even be completely made
Enjoy your day off, Laborers. I am spending the day laboring. No holidays for freelancers who are trying to figure out how to make $500 fast, unfortunately. I was going to post about the Jenna 6 today, but that’s still in the works. Tomorrow, certainly.
Someone asked last week if there were any shows I felt did well on the gender or race front. Though they are few and far between, some exist. One of them is TNT’s The Closer, which I just love to watch. Unfortunately (or perhaps this
You’ve all seen American Apparel ads, haven’t you? The ones with the skimpy girls lolling about because they haven’t eaten in days and expended the last of their energy shaving their pits and pubes? The company owned by the guy with questionable morals and crappy
Don’t ask me why, but I love the original CSI. And even though the season finale made me go ‘meh’, I’m looking forward to this new season. Not just for the return of my favorite investigators, but because they’re adding a newbie to the cast
In comments, Dead Man Walking said: Another show that I believe has good minority characters is Stargate Atlantis. IMO, they are fair and balanced. Teyla and Ronin are good guys. Aiden is a rogue team member who became a bad guy. I don’t think that
Someone requested a post on Heroes and I had planned to do one way back at the season finale, just never got around to it. I am very excited about season 2 and hope that it’s even better than season 1. Though S1 was great,