Three years ago, on July 19, 2005, Army Private First Class LaVena Johnson was found dead in Balad, Iraq. Her body was found in a tent belonging to the private military contractor KBR. She had abrasions all over her body, a broken nose, a black eye, burned hands, loose teeth, acid burns on her genitals, [...]

I ran across this on Steve The Penguin today and thought I’d share.
http://stevethepenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-funny-because-its-true.html
She found this from the blog You’re Welcome who posted the following.
http://www.erinjackson.net/blog/2008/07/14/maronzio-vance-is-my-hero/
Watch the youtube and you’ll find yourself nodding through so much of it.  8-)

As if you’re not already exhausted by the plethora of social networking sites in existence, here yet emerges another.  I like the premise so I thought I would share the link with you.  Thanks, aw, for sending me this website link.
http://www.blackinamerica.com/
Their front page states…
BlackInAmerica.com is an online social network for African American men, women, and [...]

The following was sent to me by aw in an email…  Read it and let me know what you think about Sophia’s perspective.  I believe this editorial was originally from the Washington Post, but it is not clear from the message.
Black.  Female.  Accomplished.  Attacked
By Sophia A. Nelson
Sunday, July 20, 2008; B01
There she is — no, [...]

You know I have a passion for America’s response and aftermath from Hurricane Katrina, and Lil Wayne strikes a chord with my caring soul in his song “Tie My Hands.” It features Robin Thicke, and I’ve got to hand it to Lil Wayne, he really pulled out all the stops on this album. [...]

Thanks aw for sending this my way…
Source: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/531012/
Description
How much do white Americans think it ?costs? to be black in our society,
given the problems associated with racial bias and prejudice? The answer, it
appears, is not much. When white Americans were asked to imagine how much they
would have to be paid to live the rest of their lives [...]

Ran across this blog today and thought it would be worth sharing with all of you natural hair junkies. There’s a few non-hair postings sprinkled throughout as well.
UrbanCurlz- http://urbancurlz.blogspot.com/

I ran into this post when reading Mela Fela’s blog post called “Air Obamas ?: ummmm Yes We Can” and can think of a oodles of people who would die for some sneakers like these.  To get them, or any other custom tennis shoes, check this guy Van20 out on myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/van20
Van20 has some serious skills [...]

So I’m perusing the New Orleans Ladder blog for articles of interest and I see a link Editilla placed on his site stating “the ignored recovery of New Orleans” and had to click it. It’s an article on CNet (odd, because I thought that was only about techie stuff) with an image that you simply can’t ignore (see below)…

I never grew up knowing of or even celebrating Juneteenth. That was something I came to know about in college. As I grew more conscious in my high school and college years, I felt less and less compelled to join in 4th of July festivities. It’s one of those things that sometimes [...]

So, I’m taking some Aveda products out for a test drive based on having my hair done in an Aveda salon today. Based on my salon results and the multitude of people who swear by Aveda products, I’m feeling good about their products as an option. The issue will likely be price point, [...]

More visual natural hair stimulation for your soul… I’m happy to continue to update with your photos. Send them to me on FACEBOOK , MYSPACE or through my email (check the About Me page for specifics or use just use hyperlinks here).

What had happened was… I was walking High St with one of my sisters last week, pointing out various spots along the way including my old salon. Lo and behold, just a few doors down, me eyes spy a lady through the window with hair in a similar color range as mine, of [...]

Drama, drama, drama people! And I’m sooooooo over it. I head to a new stylist this morning and promise to tell you all about the whole deal later today….
oh, and she works at one of those salons that uses Aveda products…
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Just got back and I’m feeling FABULOUS!!! [...]