S.O.S., Different Year
Happy New Year, all. Took me only 5 days to get angry about something; a new record for me! Well, more annoyed than anything else. Who can really afford to get angry about all the stupid crap we see in the media? Us WoC gotta
Category Archives: Media
Another News & Notes Roundtable
Quick heads up that I was on the blogger’s roundtable for News & Notes yesterday. We didn’t get a chance to talk about the BlackBird browser, but we did talk about shoe throwing, weight gain, and smoking presidents (elect).
NPR Cancels News & Notes
The economic crisis is affecting NPR, naturally, and one of their responses has been to cancel two of their shows, News & Notes included. I believe the story is that the show doesn’t bring in enough money in donations and has low ratings. I would
M. Night, say it isn’t so!
I don’t post much about TV stuff because I don’t watch a lot of TV. But when I do, because my tastes have always been eclectic and a little weird, I tend to watch weird eclectic stuff. Thus was born my love of Avatar: The
BlackBird Browser — Because The Internet Isn’t Black Enough
I know I put this in the BlackLights yesterday, but I’m still so appalled by it that I think it deserves its own post. In case you didn’t see it, there’s a new browser out called BlackBird, aimed at the Black community. It’s essentially Firefox
Ignorant Parents In Danger Of Raising Ignorant Children
So here’s the story as I understand it. Every year at this elementary school they celebrate Thanksgiving by having the kids dress up as pilgrims and “indians”. Parents, mainly those of Native descent, have begun to object to this for several reasons. 1. It’s a
Black Is The New Doctor
This may all come to nothing, but it’s being widely reported that Patterson Joseph has been asked to play the lead in Doctor Who and he’s either thinking hard or has accepted the role. For those of you who don’t know Doctor Who, it’s an
Mirror Universe
You would think that any headline reading: John McCain ‘endorsed by al-Qaeda supporters’ Would actually be from the Onion. Or something the McCain campaign would say about Obama. But no. In a message broadcast on the password-protected al-Hesbah site, the group said they would also
News & Notes Monday
I’m going to be on NPR’s News & Notes again Monday as part of the blogger’s roundtable. One of the things we’re going to discuss is the incident Nora mentioned in the previous post. I’ll try to keep the disgust from my voice. Also: I’m
The Attempted Lynching of Barack Obama, pt. 1
I started hearing about this a few days ago: a series of incidents in which Obama supporters — usually black — violently attacked McCain supporters — usually white. The most prominent of them was an incident in which a woman claimed that a 6’4″ black