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If Loving You Is Wrong I Might Try To Kill You With A Golf Club

Danielle Belton — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:00:41 +0000

The sweetest woman in the world, can be the meanest woman in the world ... if you make her that way.

One of the most annoying myths that men (of all races) often make about women (of different races) is that somehow, all brown women -- especially the black ones -- are mean or crazy or might throw hot grits on you or scream "GIT YO SH**" at the top of our lungs while we set all your belongings on fire in the driveway. That somehow white women (and often Asian women are lumped in here too) are just these nice, passive, docile creatures who would never, ever say a harsh word or curse you out or lift a finger in anger.

I don't quote the Bible often, but the good book says "Hell hath no fury like a WOMAN scorned." It doesn't specify just us black harridans.

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Danielle's Journal: Breakin' Up Is Easy To Do (If You Don't Love Anyone)

Danielle Belton — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:30:42 +0000

Just another story (or stories) from my dating life. Welcome to my world of trying to break-up with Mr. Wrong before he turns into Mr. So-Hard-To-Get-Rid-Of. (Danielle's Journal)

Disney First Black Princess Prepares Debut (Guest Post)

Danielle Belton — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:00:36 +0000

By Nadra Kareem

Race Relations Guide

http://racerelations.about.com

After much ado, Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" opens Nov. 25 in select cities. The film will be the first Disney production to feature a black heroine. While much of the viewing public is excited that an African American will be added to Disney's multicultural list of leading ladies, which includes Mulan, Pocahontas and Esmeralda, others have lambasted the film long before its November release.

So, what do naysayers have against "The Princess and the Frog?" The main objections are that Tiana, the film's protagonist, spends much of the film as a frog rather than as a black woman; the prince is not African American; and the film's portrayal of voodoo.

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Sarah Palin, I Think I Love You So What Am I So Afraid Of?

Danielle Belton — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:00:51 +0000

Former Republican Veep candidate and John McCain ingrate, Sarah Palin is on her national piss everyone off tour and I have to say, of all the crazy Effie Whites I’ve known, hated and loved, she has to be the most perplexing. But in a good, crazy, batshit insane sort of way.

I mean, what would I do without her?

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How Do You Apply to Be "Queen of All Media?"

Danielle Belton — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:13 +0000

So Oprah Winfery is retiring in 2010 and I feel ... well, meh. I like Oprah on principle. Who can't root for the little black girl who grew up, did good and became Queen of All Media? That's a pretty awesome storyline. But I wasn't in Oprah's target demographic. I always saw Oprah as something for folks who needed a Best Black Friend Guru to tell them what books to read and what products to buy and how to best dump their horrible husbands and live their "Best Life Possible." I wasn't looking for some Neon Messiah to lead me to the retail promised land, so I pretty much passed on Oprah all of my child, teen and adult life. But to realize that I don't really know a world without Oprah on television, that people have been born and have grown up knowing nothing but the Mighty O is pretty amazing. I actually have a few pre-Oprah memories. They all involve Phil Donahue and Jerry Springer trying to be Phil Donahue, but there aren't many.

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Tikia K. Hamilton: Dear Chris Rock, Let Black Women "Do" Our Own Hair

Danielle Belton — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:43 +0000

By Tikia K. Hamilton

Admittedly, a friend had prepared me in advance for some of the inadequacies to be found in Chris Rock's film Good Hair, and I am probably a bit behind the rest of the world (and I do mean rest of the world, see problems with film below) in viewing it. Still, it left me with a few thoughts ... The very first problem with the movie is that it is told through the eyes of a person who can never truly experience what it means to be a black woman living amidst a world of images that reinforce the notion that, while black can sometimes be trendy, it can never truly represent the highest attainment of beauty. While Rock might be able to sympathize with his daughters and perhaps even a wife addicted to "creamy crack," he is in some ways like the whites and Asians (and Indians) whom he criticizes for their “blacksploitation” in profiting from black women’s hair obsessions. Of course, that he is a comedian makes the film at times comical, but, in truth, the conflicting messages that he promotes about black women's obsessive compulsive behavior sure ain't funny.

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Afronerd: Why Would Anyone Want to Be Black? And Other Stupid Questions.

Danielle Belton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:00:59 +0000

By Afronerd

Why would anyone want to be black? This is the question Breitbart's Burt Prelutsky is asking! We can't be in the 21st Century....

From an Oct. 22 post by Burt Prelutsky at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood blog:

My final question is, why, in 2009 America, are mulattoes invariably identified as blacks? Surely there is nothing wrong with being a mulatto. There is no stigma attached, as once there was. It merely refers to those who have one white parent and one black. There are many notable individuals who are mulattoes, including Halle Berry, Derek Jeter, Lisa Bonet and Barack Obama. Tiger Woods, on the other hand, is a true amalgamation, being one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter Thai, one-quarter black, one-eighth Native American and one-eighth Dutch. And, yet, with the possible exception of the New York Yankee shortstop, we insist on identifying all of them as black.

It's as if there is something shameful about their being half or even one-eighth white. If there is, I'd sure like to know what it is. If, on the other hand, there isn't, why do we insist on acting as if there were?

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BasseyWorld: We All Need Help Sometimes

Danielle Belton — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00:47 +0000

By Bassey

Today is the 5th anniversary of the day I was hospitalized. I’m stronger than I ever give myself credit for. But I also acknowledge when it is necessary to ask for and accept help. I thank her every year but @dianewah literally saved my life. She came to my apartment and took me to my doctor and then to the hospital. I wouldn’t be here if not for her. I wouldn’t be anywhere if I didn’t allow people to care for me. A few people have asked me what I was hospitalized for 5 years ago. I always say, “I was hospitalized for depression.” I’ve written about it. In that great and wonderful way that poets tend to speak of things in flowery abstraction. http://bit.ly/4raKEQ

I never really told anyone the whole story. I barely like to think about it myself.

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Danielle's Journal: Brave New World

Danielle Belton — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:10 +0000

Immortal Beloved Show, Photo by Alexis Glenn

I honestly can't explain how surreal my life has become in a short amount of time. Back in April, I had just taken a break from the blog because my medication wasn't working and I was struggling just to function. Then I went on a whirlwind road trip to Boston, NYC and Washington, D.C. with my friend Dorothy -- right after getting out of the hospital, of all places, and flung myself right back out into the world, sink or swim.

I have to admit. I'm a little surprised.

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Awesomely Luvvie: Twitter Killed the Celeb's Star

Luvvie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:24 +0000

By Luvvie

They say that video killed the radio star. Well, Twitter has killed the celebrity's. Ever since I joined Twitter in September 2008 (although I wasn't active on it until January 2009), it's become the place to be. *reads line* Ok that just made it sound like Twitter became IT because of me. How narcissistic of me. Too bad I don't feel like changing the sentence. But y'all know what I meant.

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