Hot Topics
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Sitting in for my friend Yesha Callahan at The Root’s Grapevine blog, I wrote this post all about Raven-Symoné’s latest ridiculous statement, this time about why she doesn’t want Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. I know why I think Tubman shouldn’t be on there (“Master’s tools can’t dismantle master’s house … blah, blah, blah“),
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Hot Topics is the deep fried Twinkie of news coverage! We ain’t no good, girl! Fine. She put on a dress. Did that solve it? In the case of runner Caster Semenya the answer is probably no. Another season of Saturday Night Live and no new black folks for the show. Just more perky white
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Hot Topics is the sizzlin’ skillet of chatterboxes. Dick Cheney took a deep swallow of the haterade and has begun the “Bush went soft on me” pity party. Boo-effing hoo, Dick. Boo-effing hoo. The Obamas have selected a Martha’s Vineyard area farm for their summer vay-cay spot. Let the march of the ridiculously long telephoto
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Hot Topics will keep you up at night like acid reflux. Oprah was seen out in Bed Stuy with Jay-Z recently. Does this mean there’s been an armistice in Oprah’s war against rappers? It seems like just yesterday she’d rather be caught dead than “red or green pill ya live you learn, c’mon!” One reader
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Hot Topics — all sizzle, now with steak. Behold … the ignorance of Lightskin VS Darkskin. Too ignorant for the main page, yet too inflammatory to not be discussed. Questions like “Why? How? What for? What?” And statements like, “No. Don’t. Stop. Please. My head hurts.” Come to mind. Click on the link. Click on
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Hot Topics is fanning the flames! Is your toddler fierce? Should a toddler even be fierce? (The answer is no. Always no.) America Apparel doesn’t care though. They’ve made sparkling gold leggings for babies. Yes. Babies. Now your toddler can wear the same rock star, tights-as-pants phenomenon popular with Beyonce and Lady GaGa. Ew and
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It’s a $1 million, diamond-encrusted handbag!Hot Topics feels like a million bucks! Obama. Sotomayor. Jarrett. What do they have in common? They’re all minority Ivy Leaguers of the “new” elite. Welcome to the minority meritocracy, folks! Brought to you by The New York Times. These adorable girls won a Sasha and Malia look-a-like contest. Good
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