It’s time to moonwalk: Remembering Michael Jackson

by Jessica Lynne June 25, 2010

I didn’t quite understand how the boy in the picture in my right hand with brown skin, full lips, and an afro could be  the man with pale skin and relaxed hair  in the photograph I was holding in my left hand.  ” You know you’re lying,” I said to my cousin.  I didn’t know [...]

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“We Had Him” – Dr.Maya Angelou honors Michael Jackson

by Ope Bukola June 25, 2010

Last year, at the Michael Jackson memorial service, Queen Latifah reads Maya Angelou’s poem in remembrance of MJ:

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QUOTED: Donna Brazile says “wear comfortable shoes”

by Ope Bukola June 24, 2010
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Political strategist and commentator Donna Brazile has a new column in O, the Oprah magazine. In her first column, she shares great rules to live by, including a great advice she learned from feminist leader Gloria Steinem. I found this piece of advice really interesting: Men don’t wear high heels, and they don’t make allowances [...]

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Taking the risk to tell your story

by Ope Bukola June 23, 2010
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I just finished reading Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel The Help. I’ve been meaning to pick it up since it was published last year and I’m glad I finally did.  The book explores the relationship between black maids and their white caregivers in the late 1960s, as the Civil Rights Movement gripped the nation. I won’t [...]

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The Black Bechdel Test: seeing women of color at the movies

by Patrice Peck June 22, 2010
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As women of color, we have been advised to lower our standards in men if we hope to end up married. The state of our love lives has become as newsworthy as the state of affairs in foreign countries, with both issues gracing the pages of significant news publications. Understandably, we shot back with an [...]

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Punch media CEO Lauren Coleman on persevering and asserting yourself

by June 21, 2010
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As CEO and owner of Punch Media Group, Lauren Coleman has worked with high profile celebs like Jay-Z and organizations including Microsoft and Cannes Film Festival. Her take on all things media has been featured in Huffington Post, Black Enterprise,Cosmopolitan, and more.  In an exclusive interview with Zora&Alice, Lauren serves some straight-up career advice. Z&A: [...]

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