Category: Black Write Now
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Do What Scares You
I did it, the scariest thing ever. I read my Madonna and Me essay last night in front of strangers. Public speaking is NOT something I enjoy, but I challenged myself with the notion that if I want to do this, be a writer, then this speaking in front of people thing may be in […]
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I shook Soledad O’Brien’s hand yesterday and had no clue who she was. #embarrassed
Have you ever seen the Black in America series? Me too, I love it. Soledad O’Brian, a CNN news anchor, journalist, and host of Black in America, has been a positive and unyielding voice on race and culture in this country and I always enjoy watching her on CNN, which is why I’m upset with […]
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For Trayvon;For us All. #millionhoodies #Vigils4Trayvon
This is my best friend Lovett. He is an educated, professional, creative black man who wears hoodies-even when it’s not raining. Lovett just had a baby boy; a beautiful brown skinned child who will one day be a teenager who wears hoodies. Wearing a hoodie shouldn’t make you a suspect. Being black shouldn’t make your life […]
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My “Madonna & Me” essay Madonna is Down with the Swirl is up at TheFrisky.com!
It’s been an exciting few weeks! Madonna & Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop is out in bookstores and online. And the lovely ladies at TheFrisky.com published the essay I contributed, Madonna is Down with the Swirl, about how Madonna supported interracial relationships and gave courage to a young biracial girl, me. First […]
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Richard and Mildred Loving exiled from Virginia for their interracial marriage in 1958. #HBODocumentary #theLovingstory
“God created the races and placed them on separate continents to show that he didn’t want the races to mix.”—everyman. Virginia, 1958. “I love my wife, and it’s just unfair that I can’t live with her.”-Richard Loving during court proceedings. The courts pressured the Lovings to live apart. They fought to stay together. Click here […]
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Wearing Poom Poom shorts everyday-even in Winter-will get you a Valentine. #Vday
Only one girl in my office got flowers today…she wears Poom Poom shorts everyday. Errryday! During the summer she has bare legs; during the winter there are tights. Regardless, her ass cheeks are constantly visible. I’m pretty sure this is why she got flowers. Don’t know what Poom Pooms are? Here is Rihanna rocking her […]
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Another amazing mural on the L.E.S. #L.E.S #Art
Anyone seen the ever-changing wall at the corner of Bowery & Houston lately? Love.
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You want Jason Moma naked? #needit #dirtyminds
According to my annual blog report, “Jason Moma Naked” was one of the most searched phrases that got my blog some hits in 2011. Sadly, I had no naked pics of Jason Moma. Sorry kids. Meanwhile, if I’d had those pics, I probably would have kept them to myself for masturbation purposes. But I like […]
Tamara Lynch 