Black Women are Making Money and "Giving" It Away

Please go HERE to read this groundbreaking ING Foundation Survey about the finances of Black women.

Most Black women are confident in their ability to achieve their financial goals, but obligations to others combined with a tendency to spend are complicating their saving and investing efforts, according to the results of a nationwide survey released today by the ING Foundation.

Hollywood Minute: "Do Not Disturb" New Fox Series September 10th

I'm just going to post the previews...with no comments..LOL

Hollywood Minute: HBO's "True Blood"

I have a major sci-fi fetish for Vampires. Needless to say, I was majorly looking forward to HBO's "True Blood" series based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris.

I read this excerpt about the series in the New York Times and my stomach immediately started to roll:

Sookie, played with a clipped Holly Hunter twang by Anna Paquin, is perky, blond and psychic — she can read people’s thoughts. Sookie calls her gift a “disability,” one that has left her something of a recluse as well as a virgin. She lives with a dotty, doting grandmother, Adele (Lois Smith), and hangs out with her best friend, a feisty black woman named Tara (Rutina Wesley) who can’t hold her tongue, or a job, and is also something of a loner.

One of the more interesting and less stereotypical characters is Tara’s cousin Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis), a short-order cook at Merlotte’s by day, a gay hooker and drug dealer by night.

Uhmmm...maybe I'll just read the books instead and use my own imagination. *sigh*

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Black Models Back on the Runway : Publicity Stunt or New Trend ?

Some people are saying it's the new "in" publicity stunt for designers to snap up Black models in light of the success and press of the all-Black Italian Vogue. I suppose time will tell if this is a ploy for publicity or a new trend. In the meantime...let the Black girls shine !

The following article is from the New York Observer : (blue type denotes quoted material)

Carlos Campos, the men's wear designer known for his perfectly tailored suits, has announced that he will show his first women's wear collection on September 7 at the Altman building in Chelsea. But Mr. Campos, who was born in Honduras, doesn't plan to do it quietly: he will use only black models in his runway show.

According to a release, the designer's inspiration was supermodel Iman and the collection is described as "Jet set rockstar—think David Bowie and Iman on holiday in the South of France." You might recall that the July issue of Italian Vogue committed to featuring only black models shot by photographer Steven Meisel. And for Heatherette's Spring '08 collection, the designers Richie Rich and Trevor Rains began the runway show by sending out black models in frilly white frocks before bringing out white models in brightly colored garments.

While the Heatherette show didn't get quite as much notice as the "black" issue of Italian Vogue, throwing an African-American girl in front of cameras has suddenly become the perfect way to get the media's attention. We're all for seeing more diversity in fashion, but should we interpret Mr. Campos's show as having diversity for the sake of diversity, or just a publicity stunt?

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Dating is a verb not a noun - the WORD

Dating is a verb not a noun - the WORD

And This Is How it Begins......

I am super irritated with the obsession folks have over the Jolie-Pitt clan. However, it never fails that when a picture of Zahara surfaces, her hair is always the issue. She's a baby with natural hair; people need to get over it already. Ugh.


This commentor from Jezebel.com sums it up nicely.

Brad has black friends. He uses Carol daughter's products on her hair. She is Ethiopian and her hair is super fine.

They do comb her hair. It's too long for a little 'fro and it's too short to be pulling into a full ponytail unless they press or relax.

I say Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt is going to be alright. S

As a sister with a natural I have heard my share of "you should do something with it" from my own relatives. Don't get me started on what L.A. brothers had to say about my non-weave having self. Sigh.  (nyc-caribbean-ragazza)  Source

Black girls get the message early that they are never "enough" as they are.  This really ticks me off...like enrages me.  Ugh.   What I see in this picture is a little cutie-pie with natural, conditioned, curly curls; and she's beautiful as-is.