V for Victory: The Policing Continues As Perez Says He's Sorry!

Well color me…surprised. Perez Hilton has offered a (rather tepid and fake as a $200 Fendi bag) apology. I have a funny feeling somebody read my blog post from Tuesday on how Gay Rights Groups need to reciprocate in racism accountability and as you review the following you will find out why. Let’s deconstruct [...]

If These Gay Rights Groups Don’t Come Down On Perez Hilton They’re Done!

I think I should have titled this “I’m Done With the Gay Rights Industrial Complex”.  Yeah this is supposed to be about the big bad blogger who uses his 1st amendment rights to bash other people for laughs and profits. This is supposed to be about our discussing how it’s wrong for people to get [...]

Give Janet Jackson Her Due

I’d like to have a conversation about our failure to properly recognize the musical and cultural contributions of some of our most talented and innovative recording artists. It is no coincidence that they are usually female….and African-American. Quick: name a current female MC or rap artist who’s currently in the Top Ten…Twenty….Thirty?. [...]

Weekly Wrap-Up

I’m condensing multiple posts into a one and giving some other blog hosts a shout-out. Please read them! Did anybody use GeoCities? Nope me either. Another one bites the dust.  Speaking of biting the dust, wearing a cheap cotton painter’s mask won’t protect you from the swine flu. Is this latest outbreak an accident or [...]

You’re So Lame Award of Shame – Asher Roth & Larry Summers

I was deciding between Jackie Chan and some others but then this just came in: Larry Summers fell asleep during a VERY IMPORTANT meeting between the President and members of the Banking Industrial Complex as they have to justify gross overcharges in credit card fees. I guess he hadn’t had his Wheaties. This is a [...]

Hipster Racism Strikes Again

Happy Monday! You might be thinking, gah there she goes again with the heavy hitting (depressing) stories about racism and I haven’t even had my coffee yet. Oh well….grab a muffin and dig in! The writers at the very excellent blog Racialicious began using that term to describe amongst other things, “ideas, speech, and action meant [...]