Archive for May, 2008

If there’s a story that I have become obsessed about, it is Hurricane Katrina. I remember it like it was yesterday. My husband and I were visiting some good pals in South Carolina and recall looking at the giant mass on CNN of Hurricane Katrina heading for the Gulf region. I, like [...]

The release of Scott McLellan’s book gets me thinking about the current state of the war in Iraq

Book review of African-American first time novelist Mahlena Rae-Johnson’s book Steve the Penguin

I’m working on a list of black film classics or at least were popular enough to be on a must see list. Please comment with more, and I’ll be updating this frequently. Eventually, I’ll get it organized but I wanted to at least get the post started. Some aren’t necessarily black films [...]

One Brown Girl fashion combines neat fashion, femininity, and positive self image for African-American women.

It’s pretty much a given that if you’re not a little blond girl, if you go missing, good luck getting some media attention.  I just ran across a blog called “Black And Missing But Not Forgotten” whose sole purpose is to spread the word about missing African Americans.
Check it out:  http://blackandmissing.blogspot.com/

This one’s for North Carolina! C’mon and raise up
Take your shirt off, twist it ’round yo head
Spin it like a helicopter
North Carolina! C’mon and raise up
This one’s for you, uh-huh, this one’s for who?
Us, us, us; yes sir!
Yes! The land of Petey Pablo let the country know that we are not [...]

Here’s the latest from my blog surf.  I’m finding that I’m not the only one that struggles with maintaining a regular blog solely dedicated to the nappy journey, but I’m also inspired to keep the posts coming on this topic as there is so much out there and our hair issues are as diverse as [...]

Taking a hot second to go back to the original premise to this blog, I thought I’d clue you in in the haircare blog on AOL’s Black Voices called Hair Apparent.  It’s not just about natural hair, but I’m finding it an interesting read of black hair care in general.
Check it out:  http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/category/hair-apparent-black-hair-care/