March 11th, 2010 by Miss Jia || Filed Under: Side Eye
Well don’t this beat all? Sad thing is, with all the complexion issues that even children are showing when comparing white/light dolls to black ones, these cheaper black dolls STILL won’t sell. Shoutout to Kiss Magazine for the heads up!
Walmart is raising eyebrows after cutting the price of a black Barbie doll to nearly half of that of the doll’s white counterpart at one store and possibly others.
Packages of Mattel’s Ballerina Barbie and Ballerina Teresa dolls hanging side by side at an unidentified store. The Teresa dolls, which feature brown skin and dark hair, are marked as being on sale at $3.00. The Barbies to the right of the Teresa dolls, meanwhile, retain their original price of $5.93. The dolls look identical aside from their color.
March 9th, 2010 by Miss Jia || Filed Under: Side Eye
Radio personality, Howard Stern, took to the airwaves to go in on Precious star, Gabourey Sidibe. Admittedly, I have my own opinions about Hollyweird, the ability to overcome if you’re “different,” and how Gabby may fair in all of this. But I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disgusted by Stern’s commentary and his sidekick b*tch, Robin, is no less disgusting. It kills me how much of the sideline she plays, agreeing with every negative comment Stern has about Blacks and for what? Hello, Robin..weren’t you a “planet sized” b*tch just a few years ago? I guess it doesn’t matter…you’re in radio. No one really has to be subjected to your physical. Post your thoughts on the audio.
February 21st, 2010 by Miss Jia || Filed Under: Side Eye
Let ME find out that using the “N” word in Hollywood is the new trend. Pay attention, Twilight fans…Robert Pattinson has a message for you:
Interviewer:Rob, did you know that every time you say actor or acting you lower your voice to a whisper?
He’s genuinely startled. “I do?” Interviewer:Yes, so quietly it’s like you’re saying Negro.
He laughs, lightens up. “What if we were ‘acting’ like ‘Negroes’? Then we’d be fucked—we couldn’t hear anything. . . .”
*FYI…it should also be noted that the person conducting the interview was a Black woman…Lena Horne’s grand daughter to be exact (see Jenny Lumet). Just some food for thought. SMDH
February 18th, 2010 by Miss Jia || Filed Under: Side Eye
So somebody whispered in Jermaine Dupri’s ear and said, “Hey! It’d be real neat if you remade the classic song, Secret Garden! What do ya say??” He went along with it and decided to enlist the voices Robin Thicke, Usher, Trey Songz, and Tyrese for a remake of the classic Quincy Jones hit. I dunno about this one, guys. Some songs just aren’t meant to be touched. He left Barry White in the song but uh…WHO ABOUT TO SING DEBARGE’S PART? Hmph…
I’ve wanted to do this blog entry for a while now because the topic is something that I feel passionately about but would always “forget” when I’d create the posts the night before. However, when I woke up and read THIS blog entry by mogul, Russell Simmons, I immediately rolled my eyes in disgust (pot? meet kettle, maybe?) and wanted to ask you guys to post your thoughts on the Rush Card.
The following letter was posted over at Salon.com and was sent by @Mahoghoney! Please read the letter in its entirety (especially YOU, black women) and post your thoughts!
John Mayer,
I had been listening to your music for four hours straight when I heard your now-famous comments about not being attracted to black women, how your “dick is sort of like a white supremacist.”
That’s fine John, because millions of black legs everywhere just snapped shut. They are closed to you. Drape your penis in a white pillowcase for all we care.
February 10th, 2010 by Miss Jia || Filed Under: Side Eye
When you’ve spoken what “I” consider to be your first mind, an apology is unnecessary. But I figured you guys would appreciate it, especially many of you Black folks that worked so hard on Twitter and other social networking sites to defend this bullsh*t. I see you…I see just how “deep” many of you are and I’m not amused. But here you go!
Re: using the ‘N word’ in an interview: I am sorry that I used the word. And it’s a shame that I did because the point I was trying to make was in the exact opposite spirit of the word itself. It was arrogant of me to think I could intellectualize using it, because I realize that there’s no intellectualizing a word that is so emotionally charged. And while I’m using today for looking at myself under harsh light, I think it’s time to stop trying to be so raw in interviews…It started as an attempt to not let the waves of criticism get to me, but it’s gotten out of hand and I’ve created somewhat of a monster.
