Editor’s note: Rob Smith is a writer, lecturer and openly gay U.S. Army and Iraq War veteran. His work has appeared in USA Today, The Huffington Post, Metro Weekly and Salon.com among others. He is also a contributing author to “For Colored Boys …,” an anthology featuring the stories of gay men of color to be [...]
Black Churches: Are They Addressing Our Concerns? From LOOP 21: Church used to be the cornstone of all activity, what is it now? In the past decade the black church’s image has been one of mega churches with its Bentley driving pastors. In addition to saving the souls of thousands, pastors branched out to [...]
Amazon review: What is really a bonus here is to see Etta James perform! Last time I saw her, she was in a concert setting called Etta James and the Roots Band – Burning Down the House, and the house didn’t quite burn. But to watch and hear her sing “I’d Rather Go Blind” is something, [...]
The Frisky blog published a rather eyebrow raising piece on Tuesday. The author, an avowed lesbian, talks about her sexual escapades with men. But she insists she’s a lesbian. Yea, we too, scratched our heads in wonderment. Check out what she has to say: Girl Talk: Being A Lesbian Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Enjoy Sex [...]
Cross-posted from Uppity Negro Network With the Iowa Caucuses a distant past and the New Hampshire primaries fading to black, all eyes are now focused on the South Carolina primaries for the Republican Party nominee. The Republican field has had its plethora of changes with candidates like Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum thrust [...]
Cross posted from The People’s View who cross posted from This Is Our Time Blog Stereotyping Black Women. I Love Me Some Michelle Obama Pics! A little over a year ago, I wrote about the stereotyping of black women by the media and how much double standard there is in the treatment of the [...]
Just came across an explosive post on New Black Man titled Protecting The White Male Gaze: Homophobia of Sports Talk Radio Goes Unchallenged. Ohhh chile! We have to rerun it here. We just have to! Gawd, we certainly hope the folks over at New Black Man don’t get bent outta shape for us doing it. [...]
