Swirl Society : Making News & Going Places !!

I was thrilled to see the dating site, Swirl Society, exclusively for Black women and White men making news on a *gasp* "Black news" site.  Times are a changing !

Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) - Interracial relationships are viewed as a positive step towards smoother race relations by some; as "sellout" behavior and a denial of racial heritage by others. Interracial marriages more than doubled between 1980 and 1995. Black/White marriages increased an estimated 96% overall, with marriages between of Black women and White men increasing 171%.
Swirl Society was formed specifically for Black women and White men. Too many times other sites offering similar aspects over time become spammed, cluttered and to be honest far too expensive and no longer have a singular purpose. According to Shon Anthony of Los Angeles, "Swirl was formed out of an idea to find happiness for Black women and White men looking for the same thing." 

In today�s society, online dating has become as integral part of North American culture as the Internet itself. However, as the modern equivalent of traditional dating services, (internet) dating has had to overcome the stigma of "lonely hearts" and other negative images. Though interracial dating sites are not the only way to meet singles of other ethnic groups, they have certain advantages. There in lies one of biggest advantages of using a specialty interracial dating site: you can browse hundreds of personal ads of people with the same interest, which is to date someone outside their own race.
Swirl Society is a site where White men and Black women can feel free and safe to email, talk to and date. It�s a colorful world out there, so why limit yourself.
Miss Anthony's short term goal is to inform "Black American women to know there is a place out there to meet nice decent men from here in America as well as other parts of the world that are interested in them." Swirl Society is a place to chat, post on forums, write their own blogs, create events and express themselves through the profile page features and a lot of other features.
Anthony wants everyone to tell a friend and pass the website on. According to Shon Anthony, "I want Swirl Society to become a credible trusted site without interruptions, confrontations or negativity, its all about finding your true love."    Source

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 I LOVE the goals Ms. Anthony has set for her site !!

The Hudson Family Tragedy : Why I Didn't Want to Post on the Subject - Exhibit A

Blogs all over the internet are discussing and dissecting every crumb of information available about the murders of the Hudson family. I knew it was best for me to not post on the matter because I have rather strong and judgmental opinions about some of the information that has been released about some of the parties involved. However, I also knew that it wouldn’t be long before some ignorant people used this tragedy to further their “Black Women Love Thugs” agenda. Without further ado, I present Exhibit A :

There is a glorification in the Black community by Black women to date these thug scumbags and try to dismiss good brothas out there.

I don't even have the energy today to go into how postal the above statement makes me.  *ALL* Black Women are NOT looking for thugs.  Take the wheel...I'm done.


  Updated :  Reader goldenah (Bless her) has the perfect response to this :

We can't win for losing.

A guy kills a family and it's the black woman's fault. So every wrong deed committed by a black man is our fault? Who in the world would desire a people who don't have a responsible bone in their bodies?

Anyone who can count knows there are more black women than black men. Yet, we are coached to accept any black man in every shape or form, working or non-working, and even share them.

Reject the inappropriate ones and we are accused of being too fussy. Take them in any form, and we all "love 'em thugs."

That's stupid.

This social issue is then compounded by black men who assume they are "good," who upon facing some rejection, bitterly complain that all black women want thugs.

"Good" must mean illogical thinkers.

Apparently, these guys lack the ability to realize that not all black women would, should, or even could find them attractive. Above all though, who we want, who we end up partnering with is really none of their business.

How is it that we can accept that not all black men want us, but these guys are unable to understand ALL black women aren't there solely for their selection (or denigration)? Isn't this typical black male chauvinism, narcissism, selfishness, and vanity?

No matter who we are or what we do, we are supposed to wait (often in vain) for them.

These guys seriously, and I mean seriously, need to check themselves.

Lisa Bonet : Exhibit A to Starting Over

In our pro-Black Girl & IR circles, we talk a lot about encouraging young BW to explore all their options when looking to find a Quality man. However, I just want to point out that it's never too late for ALL BW to find a Quality mate and start a family. I realize that Lisa Bonet is not typical in that she is a celebrity. But what's important is the fact that she is 40 and by the look of these photos, happily beginning another new chapter in her life. My message is: it's not too late to have the life you want.  If you can't conceive your own bio-kids, there are always other options: adoption, surrogacy, marrying someone with children, fostering, mentoring, etc. What YOU decide to make of your life is in YOUR hands.

Bonet and her boyfriend of two years, actor Jason Momoa, have 14-month-old daughter Lola. The actress also has 19-year-old daughter Zoe Kravitz with rocker Lenny Kravitz.

Bonet, 40, has no plans to find out whether a son will be joining the two daughters.

"When my friends ask me, I say, 'I really don't know,'" she says. "I love the mystery and I trust the mystery about it. It adds a whole other component at the end."  Source

Why Such Hate for the Real Housewives of Atlanta ?

The level of hate and vitriol spewed by *some* “urban bloggers” for the Real Housewives of Atlanta is simply amazing to me. With lines like “from hos to housewives” and “gold diggers”..just WOW. I totally expected this behavior for the MSM (Main Stream Media) and they have not let me down. I know it galls some of them to no end to see Black Women with money living excessive lifestyles. There have been chants of no-class and Atlanta new money versus Atlanta old money; but in this economy, money is money. But back to “urban bloggers,”… Is it really necessary to try and dig up dirt on the Atlanta Housewives and do mini exposes? What exactly does this accomplish? Personally, if I wanted to review the show and felt that the women were acting uncouth or their emphasis on material things was irksome, I would stick to those points and leave the personal insults about their “weaves” or other trivial insults out of it. SMH

I did not watch the premiere last night because I’m simply not interested in the concept. However, I wonder if the other Real Housewives received the same level of venom for marrying well, spending lavishly or being materialistic from the MSM or *some* of the “urban bloggers”?

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Hollywood Minute : "The Visitor" - Now Available on DVD

A deeply moving drama built around longtime character actor Richard Jenkins, The Visitor is a simmering drama about a college professor and recent widower, Walter Vale (Jenkins), who discovers a pair of homeless, illegal aliens living in his New York apartment. After the mix-up is resolved, Vale invites the couple--a young, Syrian musician named Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and his Senegalese girlfriend (Danai Gurira--to stay with him. An unlikely friendship develops between the retiring, quiet Vale and the vital Tarek, and the former begins to loosen up and respond to Tareks drumming lessons as if something in him waiting to be liberated has finally arrived. All goes well until Tarek is hauled in by immigration authorities and threatened with deportation. His mother, Mouna (Hiam Abbass), turns up and stays with Vale, sparking a renewed if subdued interest in courtship. But the wheels of injustice in immigration crush all manner of hopes in post-9/11 America. Vale soon realizes his unexpected capacity for anger over Tareks plight, and the positive changes to his personal life that emerged from a deep involvement with his friend and Mouna, might be the only legacy he takes from this experience. Writer-director Thomas McCarthy has created a wonderfully measured story about change and renewal, and put it all on the shoulders of Jenkins, a largely unheralded but masterful performer whose time for renown has surely come. --Tom Keogh  Source

Tyler's New Studio

The studio was described as “amazing!” My source said the studio blew his mind. “This [party] was so elegant and sophisticated and high end. You wouldn’t understand how much money he put into this thing!,” gushed my source.

“When they get a load of the magnitude of [the studio], people are going to be flocking here and not going to Hollywood to film movies! That’s what this man has done! My mouth literally dropped when I went out there and looked. He had fire works going off. You would have thought it was like the World Series! He had lights throughout the woods reflecting on the lake.”  Source : Sandra Rose.com 

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Well, I suppose everyone has forgotten about Tim  Reid's New Millennium Studios. 

Hollywood Minute : Lisa Bonet as "Recurring Guest Star" - Life on Mars

I'm not sure how long this series will last, but here it goes:

ABC is getting ready for the release of its new series, "Life on Mars" which will hit the small screens on October 9 with the release of the show's promotional video. The footage is exceptional for its inclusion of Chris Cornell's brand new single "Ground Zero" which will appear on his November 4 solo album "Scream".

Lining up Jason O'Mara, Harvey Keitel, Jonathan Murphy, Michael Imperioli and Gretchen Mol as the main cast, "Life on Mars" is a cop drama adapted from the successful British series of the same name. The first episode is titled "Out Here in the Field" where NYPD Detective Sam Tyler is trying mightily to understand what's just happened to him and how he can get back "home" .

He finds himself in 1973 in the cultural hotbed of New York City during the tumultuous times of the Vietnam War, Watergate, women's lib and the civil and gay rights movements - without a cell phone or computer - suddenly hurtled back in time, ripped from 2008 after being hit by a car while chasing down a criminal.  Source

Gretchen Mol has to be the female "lead"...ugh. 

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