Blogging While Brown 2009: Making Money, Making Friends and Making Movies
Blogger Angel Laws started her blog Concrete Loop with five dollars in her pocket. That was just about four years ago. Now Angel says she gets 700,000 unique visitors a day and makes about $250,000 a...
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Blogging While Brown 2009: An Interview with Gina McCauley of What About Our...
Have you heard of Gina McCauley? If you haven't, listen up--this is a woman who's on the cutting edge of the internet and social media and you need to get to know her right now. If you do know who...
View Article2009 BET Awards: Michael Jackson Tribute or Travesty?
BET gave out their annual music awards last night. I'm going to be straight up right now and say I didn't watch it. That's right, I'm the BlogHer TV Contributing Editor and I didn't watch that TV...
View ArticleSonia Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings:Political Theater At Its Finest
If nomination hearings are political theater, then a Supreme Court nomination hearing must rank as Capitol Hill's version of Broadway (or at times, the Met.) In that context, Judge Sonia Sotomayor's...
View ArticleRace and When Book Covers Lie
I, like I am sure many people do, assume a character looks like me when I read a book. More often than not they, like me, are white. But many woman don't see themselves frequently reflected on book...
View ArticleWhy "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" Isn't Bad For Black Women
Last season when I found myself watching Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," I was astounded, appalled and I must say shamefully---entertained. That's right, I kept watching, fascinated, as the...
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The Confederate Flag – The Push Me Pull You of Culture and Race
Tenured Radical had a post on the 2009 conservative march in Washington. If you follow the link you will see two men holding a flag. I also encourage you to read her full post. When I see the fabric...
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Top Ten Reasons I Am Not A Racist, Part 2
For Part 1 of this post, which lays a foundation giving context for those who need clarification on meanings of the word "racism" and "racist,"please click this link. So, given what happened recently...
View ArticleMessage to Harry Reid: Dude, "Negro" is So 1960s
By now, everyone has probably heard of the Harry Reid and Rod Blagojevich outbursts about society's punching bag ... black folks. In case you haven't been paying attention (which in some ways, is quite...
View ArticleWhat If Nurse "HawthoRNe" Were White and "Nurse Jackie" Were Black?
Tomorrow night will mark a little bit of television history. That's because "HawthoRNe" starring Jada Pinkett Smith will premiere on TNT. "HawthoRNe" is an hour long drama about a widowed, single...
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Blogging While Brown 2009: A Conference for People of Color with Lessons for...
"Fish where your buyers swim," said Milton Haynes of Blacks Gone Geek. Before you hit publish, check your headline, "That's the most strategic choice you're about to make," said Megan Tady of Save The...
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