Check out this new ad from Nike. Do black women have J-Lo and Kim Kardashian to thank for the “new” admiration for a well endowed booty? Well, I got mine from my mama and so I have to thank her. But other people seem to be buying theirs –Booty Pop, anyone? Is this a trend [...]
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Rise of the Big Butt
Posted in popular culture, race, Tomfoolery, womanhood on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hosiery Woes
Posted in race, womanhood, tagged nude pantyhose, pantyhose, women of color on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the past year, I have received approximately a thousand hits concerning my dilemma of being unable to find economically priced pantyhose in a flesh-colored shade suitable for women of color. See here. Although I used to work in the corporate world and was able to shell out $8-$10 per pair for a name-brand at [...]
New Pool Rules
Posted in race, strange news, Tomfoolery, womanhood, tagged breastfeeding, Georgia, Philadelphia, pool, swimming on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ok campers, last week we learned that you may not be able to swim at the club pool in Philadelphia if you change the complexion or atmosphere–aka swimming while black or brown. This week in Gwinnett County, Georgia a woman was told she couldn’t breast feed her baby because there was no eating or drinking [...]
Wanna Fight?
Posted in entertainment, movies, popular culture, Random Thoughts, womanhood on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I was walking past some dude and I thought to myself, “I could take him.” And I don’t mean just a random squabble, but I mean fisticuffs, hand to hand combat, if you will. There was no rhyme or reason to this thought and it just flitted into my head out of [...]
No Nude Pantyhose Sellout
Posted in womanhood, tagged letter campaign, nude pantyhose, pantyhose on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend while shopping at Macy’s, I gave into corporate greed and bought two pair of Hanes Ultrasheer Pantyhose in “Cocoa.” “Java” and “Gentlebrown” were just a shade too dark. I shelled out $14.00 for just two pair and it saddens me because if Hanes still made and Target still sold the “Honey” day sheer [...]
Sisters Unite! No Nude Pantyhose Letter Campaign
Posted in race, womanhood, tagged Hanes, letter campaign, nude pantyhose, pantyhose, Target, women of color on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, over 450 of you have viewed my posts on my frustration with Target and Hanes and their discontinuance of the “Honey” flesh-colored pantyhose for women of color. And of course they have not provided any viable alternatives. I’ve tried individually to write these companies with little success. Hanes said shop at Wal-Mart and Target [...]
Tick Tock
Posted in womanhood on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So any men reading this entry may want to avert their eyes right about now. Ladies, keep reading. A woman I know was telling a story about how her gynecologist told her that if she and her boyfriend were serious that she might want go ahead and get pregnant, indicating that the woman’s age might hinder her [...]