Guest Post: Black in America 2 Is An Improvement

I wasn’t sure how far into BIA 2 I would get after my reaction to last year’s program. So I let my friend and fellow journalist – she’s in broadcast – take the reign to review the program. Here are her thoughts on the first installment of the documentary:
By: Ahnomaly
Black in America 2 haunted me [...]

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Guest Post: Confessions of a Media Snob

Sometimes it’s OK to be a snob. My friend wrote this up on Facebook, and I enjoyed it so much that I asked if I could share it.
By: Lindsay
OK, this isn’t easy for me to admit.
But I, Lindsay, am. a. media. snob.
And I didn’t even realize it until a couple of weeks ago.
See, I [...]

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Guest Post: All Eyes on Jackie Brown

By B-Rand
I love almost everything about Quentin Tarantino movies. Along with Tim Burton and Spike Lee, Tarantino is my favorite director. But what irks me most about his movies — rather, the reception of his movies — is how little recognition and praise people give “Jackie Brown.”
Tarantino is the best at reviving the careers of [...]

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Guest Post: Going Bare

B-Rand’s back! Because I’m cheap and never make it to the movies the first week, and I don’t talk about my personal life that much on the blog, B-Rand’s writings fit perfectly on the site to add some balance.
By B-Rand
What took two and a half years to create was eradicated in 53 minutes. After careful [...]

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Guest Post: JUST WATCHED ‘Dance Flick’

By Issa Rae
*Sigh*
Clearly I’m a glutton for punishment. I don’t know why I doubted my gut instincts about this film, as the Wayans Brothers have not come with anything fresh for a long time. Watching this film has OFFICIALLY confirmed to me that the spoof genre is absolutely PLAYED OUT. How many gay jokes, fart [...]

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Guest Post: Teach ABCs, Not How to Contract STDs

Editor’s Note: For all you Miami readers, please get your people. I claim no part of this segment of the Black community. SMH.
From: The Cynical Ones

Welcome to another edition of You Should Be Raising a Child Not a Statistic, Stupid.
This week’s venom is spewed in the direction of whoever is responsible [...]

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Guest Post: Blame It On The Vocoder

Ed Note: I included an inanimate object in the series because this device has enabled many artists with little or no talent to make hits.
From This May Concern You:

Dear T-Pain’s Vocoder:
If I could pry you away from your owner’s grasp I would stomp you out the way those LA cops did Rodney King in 1991. Yes, I’d [...]

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Guest Post: Turnin’ Me Off

By DevaDonna
There aren’t too many female entertainers whom I call myself a fan of. And this chick isn’t one of the few:

I peep her swag. I see what she trynna do. But I just ain’t wit it. We know Ciara ushered in the “Crunk’n’B” movement. And we know Keri’s clearly trying to brand herself as [...]

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WLLC Guest: Thoughts

By AHnomaly
There’s this girl that the media keeps talking about. You know her. I hate her; in fact, I want to fight her. She keeps talking shit about me behind my back. In fact she’s talking about everyone and is getting people fired or causing other people to have doors closed in their faces. She [...]

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Guest Post: F*** Corporate America

By DevaDonna, another J school friend/alumna
…Because Corporate America does not give a f*** about you. Or its own employees. (Reference Madoff, Enron, Tyco, AIG, The Big 3 and all of Wall Street.)
Corporate America wants you to work yourself and be inconvenienced by them, in return for what? A funky lil’ paycheck that taxes eat up [...]

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