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(crossposted in personal journal)

...SUMMERTIME!!!



Because Im bored at work, and I dont have anything better to do than pick an e-fight with black_reign

Since we're getting all this rain.......

Lemme get my head up in this shot.

Am I overreacting? Should I just leave it alone? What do you guys think about racial stereotyping over the internet? It is wtf_inc, but I would never allow blatant stereotyping to occur IRL, why should I allow it to occur online?

Thoughts?

Those heinous Beyonce/Dereon Osh-Kosh B'whore outfits made me start wondering when it was that I started caring what I wore. My own two daughters kinda-sorta care, but at 7 and almost 11 they still mostly just want clothes to be comfortable and involve pink or yellow at some point during the week, otherwise they're good with me (and my VERY generous mom-in-law) picking everything out. And I can't remember even thinking much about clothes before, oh...5th grade? Maybe even later, closer to junior high...I know I *had* to have this red on white Miami Mice sweatshirt for the first day of 7th grade and I needed red Candies heels to go with it (lord)...

When did you start to really care what you wore?

[Possibly on response to Clinton's "white voter" remarks this week, Ferraro's comments earlier in the year, (etc. etc., etc.), the fact that I supported her carpet-bagging behind with my vote when I lived in NY & now have to witness the absolute lows that her campaign will stoop to. And to any Hillary supporters here, I hope we call all work it out in November.]

I'm not a fan of "Survivor," but I know a little bit about most of the reality-game shows. I caught the final few minutes of last night's Survivor episode and it gave a me thought or two about the Clinton campaign: Hillary Clinton's Survivor World.

*Idea that all white people will get together and vote off the black "contestant"
*Idea that all women will get together and vote off the male "contestant"

**possible fundraising idea for Hilary - 1-900-HILLARY. Charge, by either chance or caller choice, $25/$250/$2300 per call to VOTE for Hillary - Heck call it a phone-in national primary. Declare victory because Obama didn't get any votes on the line.

*** prepare to be called The Biggest Loser.

 

In honor of Speed Racer coming out in theaters today...







Poll #1185187 speed
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Pick your "speed"

Does this mean that things would be decisioned by people that will have less education than my son? Maybe it is time to move...
"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."

"There's a pattern emerging here," she said.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-07-clintoninterview_N.htm

What's worse - Physical or Mental cheating?

Darius Rucker, lead singer of the 1990s Hootie and the Blowfish band -- to be forever known as and called "Hootie," despite it never being the band's intention that the name be used to refer to its four members in any way, shape, or form! -- will be releasing his solo country album later on this year, in the fall. The first single, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It," has already been released to country radio. If reaction in Chicago is any indication, it's poised to be a runaway success. The Chicago country radio station, WUSN, holds a new music challenge every weeknight at 7:00 pm CT, playing two new country songs and asking listeners to call in and vote for which song they like best. The winner is played again the next night, against a new challenger. As of May 8, Rucker's single has won five nights in a row--!

Tonight's challenge was especially notable in that African American male Rucker faced off against the new single by new African American female country singer, Rissi Palmer (this may have been the first time the new music challenge was so diverse!). Neither singer is hurting for talent, but Palmer's record company has made a curious choice for a single--a country version of "No Air," presently an international chart-topping pop single for 2007 American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks. Despite the difference in format and playlists, it's far more likely that Palmer's version will get lost in the shuffle.

Meanwhile, below, watch Rucker behind-the-scenes working on his album.

there's a thirteen year-old girl in the inner city who has idiots for parents. her parents discourage her efforts to get an educate... i'm trying to think of a book to recommend for her, but i'm a little stumped. so far, the only books i can think of are:

the skin i'm in by sharon g. flake
the hip hop generation by bakari kiwana

i need some help. any suggestions will be GREATLY appreciated.

High heels, on a 4 year old?!

One of the foremost principles of our party is that citizens be allowed to vote and that those votes be counted. That principle is not currently being applied to the nearly 2.5 million people who voted in primaries in Florida and Michigan. Whoever emerges as the Democratic nominee will be hamstrung in the general election if a fair and quick resolution is not reached that ensures that the voices of these voters are heard. Our commitment now to this goal could be the difference between winning and losing in November.

Okay...i thought i wanted her to stay in until after west virginia(you know..one of the two states barack can't win in the fall) b/c she basically demonized(sp?) barack to the point where if white people don't come out at all to vote(i.e. her name not on the ballot) the media would take it as a sign that he can't win the white vote and run that story til november. She needs to stay in until after that primary, but she needs to STFU!!!

The time has come
We don't care how.
But Hillary Rodham Clinton
Will you please GO NOW!

Your campaign is becoming
An endless charade,
So get off the trail,
Burn out now, don't just fade.

The rest:
http://www.againsthillary.com/2008/03/13/the-time-has-come-hillary-rodham-clinton-please-go-now/

Webb becomes Virginia’s first openly gay African-American elected official




Last night, while most political onlookers were watching the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Indiana and North Carolina, a Virginia resident quietly made history as he became the state’s first openly gay African-American elected to public office.

In his first bid for elected office, Lawrence Webb won a seat on the Falls Church City Council by a margin of 39 votes. He joins two other candidates on the City Council: Nader Baroukh and Robin S. Gardner.

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http://www.gaypolitics.com/?p=459

BELLEVUE, Ohio -- Police said an Ohio man has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a picnic table.

Police arrested Arthur Price Jr. after an anonymous tipster dropped off three DVDs that reportedly showed Price in the act.

According to NBC Toledo, Ohio, affiliate WNWO-TV, the videos show Price tilting the metal round picnic table on its side and then laying up against it to have sexual intercourse with the table. Afterward, he can then be seen cleaning the table and the deck.

During questioning, he reportedly admitted to having sex with the table. Police said he also admitted to bringing the table inside his home for sex.

Price faces four counts of public indecency. He was freed after posting $20,000 bond, authorities said.

In my ongoing crusade to end the world of urban literature/hip-hop lit/street lit/complete bullshit through sheer public humiliation, I bring you this sordid development: There is a company putting out a young adult line of shitty urban books.

The pro here is that suggesting Young Diamond Books - the publisher that has charged itself with the lofty goal of putting stories about hustlers and their ridiculously stupid girlfriends into the hands of already emotionally and ethically suspect youth - with putting out a "line" of ignorant-ass titles is overly-generous. They've only put one book out, Ride Wit' Me, and it came out in 2006. Guess the ground-breakign genre shift didn't take.

It is this book that is the case in point, and where I'd like to start the groin kicking.

The book looks like other shit lit books that litter the shelves - a half-naked and headless woman on the cover, standing in front of the flavor of the year car that's all the rage in nightclub parking lots the world over, itself situated before a non-specific urban skyline.* A couple of ringing endorsements from other shit lit authors later, and we're into it proper.

After reading this thesis statement from the Young Diamond Books website:

Young Diamonds Books is the premiere urban publishing company targeted to young adults. It is the first publishing house that will introduce street literature or “hip-hop” lit as it has been dubbed by the media, with no explicit language, violence or graphic sexual content. This has been called a groundbreaking product for our youth by educators, clergy and parents.

...imagine my surprise upon finding a sex scene in which the narrator - Mercedes - loses her virginity to her wannabe-hustler boyfriend, Dalvin. And I don't mean some kind of After-School Special sex scene that's implied by some heavy necking and then a commercial break; I mean a scene laced with the phrase "popped my cherry" and, as I recall, "moistened his manhood." You know, as he penetrates her on a bed of rose petals by candlelight.

The fuck?!

I read the passage aloud to my co-workers and everyone was astonished that we had that shelved under "young Adult". Sure, the company called it that, but it was clear that no one in purchasing bothered to determine if that were applicable beyond the book cover. To its credit, there are no curse words, not even nigga/er, but come on. Fortunately, we had six copies of this in the system and thanks to theft we're down to one. Natural selection will rid us of this fart of good intentions soon enough.



* - See, a CITY is "urban". A race of people are not. 

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EDIT 5/9/08:  The offending passage.  As far as sex scenes go, it's not the raciest thing any of us have ever read, particularly by Shit Lit standards.  I would implore you to remember the context: that this is in a book intended to attract 11 and 12 year olds.  Judge as you will:


After slipping on the lingerie, I opened the door and Dalvin had lit all the candles and scattered rose pedals (sic!) from the bathroom leading to the bed.  My feet felt like they were floating as I made my way towards him.  He was sitting on the edge of the King sized bed with only his silk boxer shorts on.  The luminous light seemed to highlight every muscle in his arms, chest and abs.

"I poured you a glass of champagne, although I'm not even sure you drink."

"I'm a virgin, Dalvin, not a saint."  We both laughed.

"Let's make a toast."  He handed me my champagne and we held up our glasses.  "To our love and nothin' comin' between it.  And to no matter what, you'll ride wit me."

We clinked our glasses, and by the time I had my last swallow, I was dying to have Dalvin inside of me.  He laid me down on the bed and hypnotized me with his eyes before tenderly sprinkling my body with kisses.  My back arched as he made his way further down my stomach.  He paused for a moment.

"Baby, don't stop, you feel so good."  He continued until he reached the gates to heaven.

With the first stroke of his tongue, my entire body shivered.  He continued, leaving me yearning for more.  Before I could even catch my breath, I felt the tip of his head gently make its way inside me.  I moaned in pain, but it was an intoxicating pain.

"Mercedes, am I hurting you, do you want me to stop?"

"No, please don't."  Dalvin continued as I grasped my nails tightly into his back and buried my face in his chest, getting through the pain of him popping my cherry.

"Oh, Mercedes," he moaned, as he went further inside of me.

My juices saturated his manhood, and although I didn't think it was possible, at that moment I fell in even deeper in love with him.  He rocked inside of me and we kissed fervently for what seemed like a lifetime.