Siddity in the City

After reading, and then linking, that Blackfeminism.org post, I got to thinking about our attitudes about interracial dating. The theory goes that black women are against it, largely because we lose out, while black men are rushing off in droves to other women, while still managing to muster ire over black women who date interracially.
I […]

Please to give up your sports jerseys, baseball caps, gym shoes and baggie pants in favor of boot-cut jeans, button-down shirts or snug-but-not-Eurotrash-snug tees and maybe even blazers (but never, ever this, no matter how fine you are), and casual men’s shoes of at least Kenneth Cole quality (no cheating with Sketchers. We can tell.).
Thx.
You […]

I’m chatting with TDMM on the phone tonight and talk turns to our next trip to Chicago.
She says she’s been thinking about our drinking and has a plan for the trip.
My heart is gripped by fear. See, we’ve been doing a bit of fitness buddying lately and had just been talking about our diets and […]

So, I’m watching TV today (as I sometimes do) and I see this Napster-To-Go commercial eight billion times.
“Do the math!” they claim. Um, and being the bored iPod whore that I am, I did.
Napster claims will cost you $10,000 to fill your iPod (er, assuming you solely use the $0.99 iTunes, for every single song, […]

I have finally seen someone write “ludacris” in all seriousness, where “ludicrous” should be.
I wept a little.
My worst fears have come to pass.
WHY GOD, WHY?! WHY CURSE US WITH HIGH-PROFILE CELEBRITIES WITH A PENCHANT FOR USING FLASHY WORDS THEY REFUSE TO SPELL CORRECTLY? WHY!?!?!

I mean, wouldn’t it be more impressive to subvert dominant notions […]