The Org Chart
January 8th, 2012
So then the Tech Guru reads the last post, and he starts murmuring, I didn’t think you had to go there. HE JUST CANNOT SHUT UP. He’s about to get fired. Let me make this very clear: I AM THE WRITER. I WRITE WHAT I WANT, WHEN I WANT. If I want to BEAT SOMETHING [...]
Where Are the Creative Women of Color?
May 23rd, 2011
I got really excited when I saw the BlogHer Handmade conference, given my recent bent towards doing stuff with my hands. Painting, crocheting, I don’t know what it is with me right now, but I’m feeling it. But the more I looked through the conference agenda, the more disenchanted I got. For the full rundown, [...]
Wannabes and Jiggaboos Redux
August 17th, 2010
Today, not so teary. But pissy? Hell yes. Which is why I had to Take It There today. When an acquaintance from high school called actor Michael Ealy a light-eyed bastard, I got a little…in his face. (That would be via Facebook, just so you understand. But I would have said the same things to [...]
I’ll Take Racism for $1000, Please
July 13th, 2010
Two wonderful examples of today’s more covert form of racism: Dan Gilbert’s tirade against the recently departed LeBron James. The man may have every right to be disappointed that LeBron didn’t take him up on his offer to give him The World, but the type of invective and completely illogical rambling that he was spouting [...]
