451 Search results for "advocate"

Week of October 12, 2009 to October 18, 2009
ACLU: DeSoto Country Retaliating Against Student Shelia Byrd, Biloxi Sun Herald, October 19, 2009 Making the Grade Isn’t About Race. It’s About Parents. Patrick Welsh, Washington Post, October 18, 2009 Official: Black Colleges ‘Stuck in Survive’ Jordan Blum, The Advocate, October 17, 2009 Small Steps, Not Big Leaps to Help Pinellas’ Black Students Ron Matus […]
The Ultimate Facebook Addiction: The Honesty Box
Like most Facebook addicts, at least the “honest” ones, I am member of Facebook because I can “stalk” people. Instead of rifling through neighbor’s trashcans and mail, I simply click on their photos, view their relationship statues, and see what events they’re attending to know all about their daily lives. To say the least, Facebook […]
My Reality of The Frankie and Neffe Show
Like many loyal fans of Keyshia Cole’s show, The Way It Is, I watched the premiere of Frankie and Neffe with bated breath hoping to see black reality drama at its finest. Of course, when people learn of my guilty pleasure many people are downright appalled that I, black feminist girl advocate Fallon, would want […]
The Problem with "America's Next Top Model"
A couple of months ago a good friend of mine asked me to accompany her to America’s Next Top Model auditions here in chicago….
Where's Aniysah? A Campaign to End Violence Against Women of Color
This week, I am going to feature a blog I wrote for Document the Silence which is a website I co-founded dedicated to ending violence against women of color. Right now, we are in the midst of mounting a national online media campaign to document how domestic violence and the family court system work in […]
Obama, You Are Doomed to Fail, Unless You're Jesus!
Like most black children growing up in Houston’s Fifth Ward, I spent most of my life medically uninsured. If you got sick, you stayed home and endured the experimental ministering of your grandmother whose medical knowledge consisted of a spoonful of Castor Oil, two drops of sweet oil in each ear, and effectual prayer to […]
Follow-Up: Justify My Thug
There were some questions from folks–ok, maybe just one folk–regarding my inference that Perez Hilton really meant nigger when he called will.i.am a thug last month after the Much Music Awards. Well, earlier today, a friend of mine sent me a link to a story about Perez’ interview in this month’s Advocate. In it, Perez […]