- “Kelly has managed to breathe life into sex music by embracing sexual farce. It’s a clever move: He gets to keep his favorite subject matter and his louche backing tracks while disarming his critics. And he can let his erotic imagination run utterly rampa
- “The quinceañera, even more than other traditional ceremonies, is a ritual designed to celebrate but also control a girl’s sexual maturity. It is a formal, public granting-of-permission for a girl to adopt a more adult appearance, and with it a more adul
- “A part-Indian scalps Lansing because scalping is how Indians get their revenge. Adrienne Veston stabs her husband Reggie because he cheated on her with a prostitute.”
- “Some want to name the district “Little Saigon” – for the former capital of South Vietnam – while others prefer “Vietnamese Business District” or some version without Saigon in the name…accusations that people are either radical anti-communists or passi
- “baby dolls who know how to “flaunt” their sexuality? Provocative underwear for little girls, and “pole dancing” kits for them to entertain their families and friends with suggestive moves – and be paid in play dollars for it?”
- “a sharp drop in black recruitment figures since the war began. Defense Department reports show that the share of blacks among active-duty recruits declined to 13 percent in 2006 from 20 percent in 2001″
- “all the American kids are white. Watching the games casually off and on for the past week or so, we haven’t noticed any black, Hispanic or Asian kids on any of the American teams. Surely this could not be, could it? All the American teams are white?”
- “Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday called the Bush administration’s decision to tighten restrictions on relatives of Cubans who want to visit the island or send money home strategic blunders and promised to reverse the measures if
- “LaVena Johnson…found dead by a gunshot wound with bruising, a dislocated shoulder, an indication that someone tried to set her body on fire…despite all of these factors, the U.S. Army declared that her death was caused by suicide and shut the case”
- “Kim Kardashian is the first non-black woman to appear on the cover of King, a milestone the lad mag heralds with the enthusastic cover line, “Breakin’ Color Barriers!” I commend King and Kim for their bravery. This is truly a great move for race re
- Hilarious! “Baduizm is a musically transmitted disease affecting the nerve endings of an individual artist…causes poor artistic decisions, abormal choice of fashion, unwanted pregnancy and/or child support, hormonal imbalance, general wackness, and poss
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The Octavia Butler Book Club
(Click the book for the latest conversation) Feminism for Real – Jessica, Latoya, Andrea
The Same Woman – Thea
I Speak For Myself – Fatemeh
Yes Means Yes – Latoya
Sex Ed and Youth – Jessica
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