What Really Happened

Wow, everyone it was a roller-coaster week.
It took me a long time to realise that I have been a victim of a bully. It was a shocking thing, which I will explain soon.
I am currently with friends as I look to get this situation sorted out.
If any of you read the stamped posts or any [...]

This is too cute: Bee is a bad Bishette!

In cheerful news, my girl Bee is happy to call out her husband in her speeches! Too cute — it’s at the 5:00 minute mark.

and who’s legs are seriously better than hers? No one’s!

Important Notice: Hiatus due to Verbal Abuse

Something has happened to me emotionally where I have been the victim of a campaign of verbal and emotional abuse.
I cannot go into too much detail but it is related to my living situation.
I have alerted my mother to the news. I will not be blogging as I am no longer living at my flat [...]

Did Anyone Read The ESSENCE Roundtable discussion with Solo & Nia?

I was in Borders today and in the UK, the latest issue of ESSENCE is the one with Nia Long on the cover.
There was an interesting roundtable discussion which included Solo Knowles, Nia of course and the stunning Tanika Ray, as well as Mikki Taylor, Tonya Lewis, Ursula Stephens (Rihanna’s hairdresser) & another lady called [...]

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of ‘The Wait is Ova’ Video

Okies, this video is sliced into three parts for this review.
Good: I like the song, and as usual, the video has warmed me up even more to the song. It has a slight hypnotic tone to it. I can imagine it being played in secret dens and lairs, where it is members only. Black & [...]

Black Girls in Magazines: Rihanna in Glamour.com

[All pix & interview from Glamour]
This bish has my thigh high booties on. She did an interview with Glamour.com (US) in which she revealed a lot about her background and the incident.
Here are some key quotes:
On the photo of her face leaking:
It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody. I felt [...]

How to stay focused?

Focus.
That is one of the hardest things for me. I get so distracted quickly by things. Even now, I am writing this post, whilst having GMTV on in the background and listening to my mp3 player.
What kind of things do you do to stay focused whether it is on a task you need to do [...]

“Is that a real Afro?”

I always loved Valerie’s Afro from the cartoon Josie & The Pussycats. So round and fluffy = fire! Today I went to the hair shop down the road (not black owned, sadly — can’t seem to find those here). My friend was coming around to cornrow my hair. I popped down to the shop and [...]

Rihanna’s Album Cover: ‘Rated R’

Russian Roulette is growing on me, but I am not sure about the direction of this album. I suppose we will find out when it is released in mid-November, but image wise, I do not understand how this is different from GGGB.
Rihanna succeeds in her element when the production of her songs are fire.
What do [...]

What to do next?

Are you ever stuck on what to do?
I handed in my MA project in last term. One segment of it was creating my careers website/blog for people who want to work in entry level PR, which you can view here. I am so pleased and humbled to say that I got great feedback from some [...]