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So I started downloading Oprah & Friends on iTunes, and the first thing I got was her interview with a woman by the name of Byron Katie. Apparently she's got all these books out, one in particular being Loving What Is.

Her whole M.O. involves what she calls "the work"; I've listened to it several times now and it's becoming very interesting to me. As she explains it, the work one does to challenge dissonance one feels about something involves processing through four questions:

1. Is it (wh… Continue

The notion of a dangerous combination of being plus-sized, Black and female; even when I wasn't "out there" I could sense it--this idea that I had no right to innocence due to things I could not control...here's part of an essay written from one young man's perspective; not sure if his clarification makes me feel any better about it, but it's definitely an interesting read:

THICK

by Akhim Yuseff Cabey

My attraction to thick girls began when I was eleven and growing up in the South Bronx. For… Continue

anybody else see any major positive changes occurring in the economy? Nope? Me neither.

Sure it helped me pay my rent that month, but...what was the point of that again?

Original Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-grahamesmith/fear-of-a-black-president_b_108163.html

VERY interesting article on the fear of Whites regarding an Obama presidency...Basic Premise? A "We Are The World" liberal white guy who can't seem to understand why he's afraid of a Black president being elected, except to say that it may "take Whites down a notch".

I'm interested in know… Continue

Greetings, Ya'll.

I'm officially honoring the National Day of Silence today...which is why I thank the powers that be for the advancement of technology that allows me to evoke this dialogue. At this point I'm sure we've all heard the news about the 3 cops being acquitted for the murder of Sean Bell, the young man out of NY who was shot to death on the early morning of his wedding day. I liken my feelings on this (as one who's father left this Earth in a similarly mysterious, yet heinous fashion… Continue