Rihanna Breaks Her Silence on Good Morning America

I have been following this Rihanna/Chris Brown incident for months and I just want to say that I haven't really been a fan of Rihanna's music since her first album. *I was into the kiddy pop lol*

But I must say that Rihanna has grown into a beautiful, STRONG, resilient woman and I truly respect her.

She is a survivor and has become the ultimate role model, as you'll see in these videos. I'll continue to post as she continues to speak out about her abuse.

I applaud her for her courage :)

What Happens When Your Raise Your Kids On BET??

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS!

PLEASE Black People,

PLEASE stop raising our babies like this! All this does is perpetuate the stereotype that all Black women are good for is sex and booty-shakin'.

This is in no way "adorable", as the original uploader of this video claims.

It breaks my heart.....that baby girl can't be any older than 2 years old, and she's on top the table, winin' n grinin' while whoever is taping it cracks up in the background.

We are better than this, Black People.....we are Kings and Queens, not street hoe's and pole dancers......

Our babies deserve better parenting than this...

They deserve the world, so why not give it to them?

Chris Brown's Apology

Humph.....what do you think about it?

Chris Brown Apologizes for Rihanna Assault (MySpace Exclusive)

Do we own nature?

Hello my fellow bloggers! I am so so so sorry for falling of the blogging wagon for so long...what's it been, like 3 months?

Geez...I can't do that again. Well, I'm back for good!

But I don't have anything to write about right now at this instance because I'm in class and I'm suppose to be paying attention the video my professor's playing for us.

It's about Vandana Shiva and her fight against the global food crisis. Did you know you can actually patent a plant seed? Like, you can OWN a type of seed and make it so that people have to pay you if they need to grow that seed. WTF is the world coming to? How can you just own an organism?

People literally starve to death cuz they can't grow the plants they need on their farms because they can't afford to pay the millions of dollars it costs to pay for the ONE kind of corn seed they were already growing to sustain their families!

Did I lose you on that one?

Lemme break it down for you lol:

One day, a truck carrying a ton of corn seeds that were genetically modified (we'll call it CornX) drove by a small farmer who was minding his own business. The tarp happened to fly off and a bunch of seeds landed in this poor farmer's ditch.

So now this poor farmer's got their CornX plants growing in his ditch. He tries to spray them with pesticides to kill them, but they've been genetically modified to resist any kind of pesticides. So now, he's not only got corn plants he doesn't want, but he's got this bionic species rooted in his ditch.

WELL, the corporation that patented CornX comes around and finds his plants and decides to sue him for growing their seeds. Do you know that the man lost the case? He didn't even PLANT the damn things, but now, he's millions of dollars in debt to this corporation.

This is happening all over the world! Small farmers' lives are being destroyed because we as a society believe that we own the environment.

Yeah, so that's what we're watching in class right now...

Hmmm..looks like I really did have something to talk about today...Nice :)

British Mom gets plastic surgery to look like her Daughter

WHAT IS THIS??

This is a classic example of the effects of the Beauty Myth and the devaluing of older women in our society. We have taught ourselves to value youth and "beauty" above all else, and when we lack either, our society seems to encourage us to change ourselves in some way.

Although I have never heard of this kind of thing, it is apparently becoming a trend. Mothers feeling a loss of something in their own lives and needing to change their physical appearances, to match those of their daughters.


There are so many deep-seeded issues with this that I don't really know where to begin. I completely understand feeling self-conscious or disliking parts of ones self...after all, we live in a society which teaches us to look, act, and literally be whatever it tells us to....and we listen.

Plastic surgery is no new phenomenon, nor are the critiques that have developed over the past 2 decades. It is no secret that plastic surgery (when used as a cosmetic) signifies some level of one's distaste for parts of her/his own body. (I say this because it's the truth, not my opinion)

My only question is what causes so many people to dislike their bodies so intensely that they have to change every part of it, almost to nonrecognition?

We are failing ourselves.

We, as a society, are failing each other because we allow the influence of media, which we create, to dictate the lives of others. Yes, we are dictating each others life choices through fashion trends, advertisements, and mass media productions.

Now, I don't know how to change this directly, but at some point, we have to start taking care of each other......as a society. We can't continue to force people (yes, force...psychologically) into small boxes where they feel they must take extreme measures to escape.

There are so many women, and men, who feel inadequate in this society, and I'm sure they feel closed in by the pressures to be perfect.

What can we do to stop this trend?

I am beautiful as I am. I am the shape that was gifted. My breasts are no longer perky and upright like when I was a teenager. My hips are wider than that of a fashion model's. For this I am glad, for these are the signs of a life lived.
~Cindy Olsen, co-owner of The Body Objective

Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"- My stream of consciousness

This will be the first time Disney has created a princess movie where the princess is Black....But I have this weird feeling about it and I'm not sure it's justified...

So, I know the girl has dark skin and clearly by her voice, she's suppose to be Black...but...I know I don't look like her...and I don't think I've come across many Black women who do. Honestly, I feel like they just drew a white princess and painted her a lil bit darker lol.

But is that bad? Like, I know some would probably have found it offensive if they had given her "Black" features (notice the quotes cuz what are Black features really?), but I'm not quite satisfied with how she looks. Just like I was never satisfied with my Black barbies as a kid . They just looked like regular barbie with darker skin...not like any Black woman I had ever seen.

Am I wrong for being so critical or should I just be happy that they're finally coming out with something like this? I feel guilty for my dissatisfaction.

I dunno...it's a hard thing to think about because I soooo badly wanna feel excited about a Black princess...I just feel like her image is inaccurate.

But I could just be trippin...

I mean, did any of the characters actually look Black to yall? Even the prince and the bad guy? I know we as Black people are very versatile in our complections and facial features, especially in New Orleans.

So maybe they are making the movie accurate and I'm just fishing...I dunno lol...she is just a cartoon, after all...

You tell me!

Swine Flu

I know this has nothing to do with activism, but it's pretty damn serious right now and I wanted to make some kind of post about it.

Swine Flu is spreading fast, so PLEASE cover your coughs and sneezes and WASH YOUR HANDS, people! (you wouldn't believe how many people neglect to do so)

Here's the link to a fact sheet about the Flu in Oregon. Have a look!