Obama sez: Brothers need to pull up their pants

Not really about the election, but, pretty amusing. Obama does not support laws that criminalize sagging pants, but he thinks it’s not a good look on brothas. From The New York Times: “We should be focused on creating jobs, improving our schools, health care, dealing with the war in Iraq, and anybody, any public official, [...]

Girls to Sarah Palin: don’t undo what our mothers and grandmothers fought for.

Thanks to Tanya Tarr over at Not My Gal–who is, btw, DEFiNITELY my gal–for sharing this great ad with me. There is something to be said about how inclusive the Third Wave Feminism is to girls and young women. This ad proves it.

Michelle and Barack: have they changed the face of Black love?

I just recently saw the Huffington Post slideshow of the Obamas’ Greatest PDA Moments. It is what it sounds like—a collection of the best pictures of Michelle and Barack doing the couple thing: hugging, sometimes kissing in front of the kids. They are so totally cute, and it’s good to see two Black people really [...]

revival of the R&B teen queen

I know I’ve griped a lot about young girls and teens and how they’re growing up so fast these days….but tonight I wanted to talk about a girl named Karina Pasian, a 16 year old up-and-coming r&b singer. She has a song about precisely some of the themes I’ve brought up i this blog: the [...]