Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives) and the Lifetime network have teamed up to give us another serving of salacious Sunday night scandal in a new show called Devious Maids. The show stars some very recognizable Latinas of primetime, including Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty) and Roselyn Sanchez (Without A Trace). When I first heard about this show I was shocked. A show…
So Un-ruly.com is hosted a "You Can Touch My Hair" event in NYC's Union Square Park on Saturday, June 8 from 2-4pm. The event was a response to the question, "Can I Touch Your Hair?" that many black women are asked about their hair styles and textures. Antonia Opiah, the founder of Un-ruly.com conceived this event after an interaction she…
"For the songs, rituals and folklore that were lost in slavery's middle passage, his plays are those forgotten songs remixed for the struggles of adapting to these shores" Playwright/director/actor Chadwick Boseman, who recently portrayed Jackie Robinson in the movie 42, wrote an article for the LA Times about the playwright August Wilson. Wilson's legacy, the thing he set out to…
80 percent of life's defining moments happen by age 35. As a culture we have trivialized the defining decade of adulthood. Three things every 20-something needs to hear: Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. The urban tribe is overrated. The time to start picking your family is now.
"As a Morehouse graduate you now wield the power of something more powerful than the diploma you're about to accept. You wield the power of your example." "It portrays a problem of ambition if you think more about what you can buy than what you can do." "Inspire those who look up to you to expect more of themselves." "A…
On Friday, May 17th the New York Times published an article written by A.O. Scott that examines depictions of the American Dream and materialism in three different films: The Great Gatsby, Spring Breakers, and The Bling Ring. He essentially says that these films update the American Dream to be more about entitlement than hard work as a reflection of our…