Finally, Christmas gets sexy!
In Los Angeles, Madison 3rd Street store was protested last week for their nativity store display. Apparently the scene was too sexy, with the Virgin Mary donning a short dress with an eagle spread,holding the baby Jesus. The "3 wise men" are all Rodeo Drive ready while an angel appears to be coming down from heaven...or the 2nd floor of Express. Whatever.
I wasn't even gonna write about this cuz it's the pettiest story I've heard all week. Of course this raises moral and religious concerns,but why? Look, I mean really look at what Christmas has become.
Women are getting trampled 2 get a toy hamster, there are books on how to "re-gift" properly, and some schools won't even allow children to have Christmas/holiday parties. Due to America's need to be politically correct Christmas has become a circus, an elite aftermath of Thanksgiving and any missed birthdays combined,not to mention a chance to "get into the spirit." While "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown" gets cut into by President Obama's war announcement, little kids are told Santa doesn't exist cuz they're not Christian.
So when I thought about this story I wondered what's the big deal? This store is doin what every other business does-using the hype of the moment to attract business. Christmas has lost it's meaning in America simply cuz it's a religious holiday, and this is a culturally ignorant society. America has an economical, NOT moral or ethical, need for Christmas and the only way to feed that need is making sure EVERYONE can celebrate Christmas,without really celebrating Christmas.
I think the store manager had the perspective of trying to be open minded and traditional. That's it. I don't see any success in simply putting Santa's fat ass in the window cuz Madison's shoppers are not traditional, they're trendy...like Mary's sexy ass in this window. Lol just kidding.
Really though,this is a try-to-please-everyone type of society. Land of free speech and expression,but also freedom of religion. Lol like that was ever a good idea!!
The protesters of this display are afraid. They're afraid that the good Christian tradition and morals this honest country was built upon are being spit on by the idea of creative evolution with the careful consideration that oh, I dunno, EVERYBODY DOESN'T BELIEVE IN JESUS!
It's important for stores and other businesses to start doing the same; taking advantage of their right to manipulate society's thwarted view on morality to sell some shit. We've allowed our cocky habits to make us think other ppl have to give a fuck about our particular practices and beliefs. If ppl had left Christmas alone,this wouldn't be goin on,but we as a country have ordered each other to be so culturally sympathetic,instead of just not celebrating it,we want the holiday specially tailored and whatnot.
Why hasn't anyone mentioned how unhealthy Mary looks, or why the 3 wise men seem like 3 hot chicks? Cuz,that aint Christmas-argumenty enough. I like the damn display,it's different. And SO is this massacre we've been calling Christmas.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The D.E.N.I.S.E. Method!!
Never thought I'd need 2 refer to Denise Huxtable in a sexual manner again.
My friend IL. opened up a lil box of evil called the D.E.N.N.I.S. method. Taken from a scene from one my favorite shows "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" Dennis explains his method of hooking up w/a woman,breaking it off, AND getting her back w/o any emotional attachments. Basically how to be a successful playboy lol.
On IL.'s blog his stance was the method should be the D.E.N.I.S.E. method, named after Denise on "The Cosby Show" because she never really had boyfriends, she had friends. I remember her gettin engaged to that tall dark guy, but then again I'm in her defense anyway. Denise Huxtable was an early idol, so I'm biased. Nevertheless,here's my version of the D.E.N.I.S.E. method. I won't comment on my success/failures w/this method,for I'm not encouraging it. This is just how I've managed...
Here's mine
I highly suggest watching the video first, then continuing. Go on, I'll wait.
Yea and before I go on this IS for the single ppl only. Don't be fuckin up ur relationhips on my behalf. It's just a show,these are just theories.
1)DEFEND.When first meeting most/any guys, I'm asked why,wHy,WHY. Why am I not in a relationship,why I"m in this library, why I like Black ppl, etc. I avoid these questions cuz they are EMOTIONAL DRAW INS. I'm a pisces; fish know a hook when they see 1.
2)ENGAGE. Let's take the focus off me, and put it on you. Alot of the time guys wanna talk about themselves anyway,they just don't cuz it takes away from them looking like a "good listener."
3)NULLIFY DEPENDENCE.If 1 & 2 are done properly this step is natural.Keep all conversation light and flirty, limit doorways into ur problems and issues. This displays weakness. And eliminate emotions when intimate. Get turned on w/o all that eye-gazing, Anita Baker ass feelings. Make sure you have something else to do, someone else to see, blah blah.
4)INTENSIFY.Once you're in the moment, don't bullshit. That's what all the work is for, this scenario, so work it out. This is the imporession-leaving step, which like the D.E.N.N.I.S. method can almost guarantee a return, regardless of how step 5 goes...
5)SEPARATE.Nuff said. Get out,get away,bounce.Do it nicely, cuz ur a muhfuckin lady. U shouldn't have to lie either,cuz there was no emotional ties in the first place. You have things to do (step 3) and you're both grown. Now BOUNCE!
6)EVOLVE.Change,switch up the demo on this person. U cannot be that same giggly ass personality that got him/her the first time. You're dressing different,you have new friends, you eat cheddar instead of mozzarella. That way, if there is a next time you'll be able to restart the D.E.N.I.S.E. method successfully.
Lol I can't wait 2 see ur responses.And yes I still take emails if you rather not go public. Diori86@gmail.com
My friend IL. opened up a lil box of evil called the D.E.N.N.I.S. method. Taken from a scene from one my favorite shows "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" Dennis explains his method of hooking up w/a woman,breaking it off, AND getting her back w/o any emotional attachments. Basically how to be a successful playboy lol.
On IL.'s blog his stance was the method should be the D.E.N.I.S.E. method, named after Denise on "The Cosby Show" because she never really had boyfriends, she had friends. I remember her gettin engaged to that tall dark guy, but then again I'm in her defense anyway. Denise Huxtable was an early idol, so I'm biased. Nevertheless,here's my version of the D.E.N.I.S.E. method. I won't comment on my success/failures w/this method,for I'm not encouraging it. This is just how I've managed...
- D.isturb
- E.ngage
- N.eglect
- I.nspire
- S.educe
- E.vade
Here's mine
- D.efend
- E.ngage
- N.ullify Dependence
- I.ntensify
- S.eparate
- E.volve
I highly suggest watching the video first, then continuing. Go on, I'll wait.
Yea and before I go on this IS for the single ppl only. Don't be fuckin up ur relationhips on my behalf. It's just a show,these are just theories.
1)DEFEND.When first meeting most/any guys, I'm asked why,wHy,WHY. Why am I not in a relationship,why I"m in this library, why I like Black ppl, etc. I avoid these questions cuz they are EMOTIONAL DRAW INS. I'm a pisces; fish know a hook when they see 1.
2)ENGAGE. Let's take the focus off me, and put it on you. Alot of the time guys wanna talk about themselves anyway,they just don't cuz it takes away from them looking like a "good listener."
3)NULLIFY DEPENDENCE.If 1 & 2 are done properly this step is natural.Keep all conversation light and flirty, limit doorways into ur problems and issues. This displays weakness. And eliminate emotions when intimate. Get turned on w/o all that eye-gazing, Anita Baker ass feelings. Make sure you have something else to do, someone else to see, blah blah.
4)INTENSIFY.Once you're in the moment, don't bullshit. That's what all the work is for, this scenario, so work it out. This is the imporession-leaving step, which like the D.E.N.N.I.S. method can almost guarantee a return, regardless of how step 5 goes...
5)SEPARATE.Nuff said. Get out,get away,bounce.Do it nicely, cuz ur a muhfuckin lady. U shouldn't have to lie either,cuz there was no emotional ties in the first place. You have things to do (step 3) and you're both grown. Now BOUNCE!
6)EVOLVE.Change,switch up the demo on this person. U cannot be that same giggly ass personality that got him/her the first time. You're dressing different,you have new friends, you eat cheddar instead of mozzarella. That way, if there is a next time you'll be able to restart the D.E.N.I.S.E. method successfully.
Lol I can't wait 2 see ur responses.And yes I still take emails if you rather not go public. Diori86@gmail.com
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Eyes on the (Wrong) Prize
The following is a Facebook note posted by a good friend of mine, Mr. Clinton McClure. This is his profound view of Disney's "The Princess and the Frog." I agreed so much I had to re-post this. I think you too will find his perspective intriguing.
Posted Sunday, November 29, 2009
For a movie like Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" to be historic, in that it features a black woman in the lead role, it sure isn't getting a lot of fanfare among some blacks. Some have criticized the movie for giving her love interest - the archetypal prince - a light skin tone. A similar charge had been lodged against the movie "Precious". Despite being a powerfully raw portrait of an inner-city teen who suffers from frequent abuse from her parents, I have read comments from blogs and friends that the casting of light-skinned women as characters who offer help to the protagonist perpetuate the stereotype that moral character is inversely proportional to the amount of melanin in one's skin. While this belief is real and held by many, I wonder if the pursuit of countering these assumptions on the big and small screens and the much broader fight to deploy positive images of blacks through traditional media is as fruitful as the fight for social and economic justice. It may be ideal to have a hundred TV shows that mirror "The Cosby Show", but I wouldn't expect that day to come anytime soon. Making television shows and movies the battlefields for control over the display of racial identity takes the attention of blacks away from much more important efforts, such as education reform, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship, all of which would contribute to the ability of blacks to gain greater control of the media structure that, they charged, grossly misunderstands them.
The reason why these critiques of movies like the ones mentioned above inevitably fizzle is because they are not connected to a greater narrative about the impotency of blacks to create and control substantive, dynamic identities that can be spread throughout society. When Halle Berry won an Oscar for her role in "Monster's Ball", the prevailing criticism was that the only time a black woman wins an award for Best Actress is the time when she has to sleep with a white man. Whether this was credible or not, it didn't really go anywhere. It didn't connect to a larger story about the limited opportunities of black actors to perform in the same roles as their white counterparts. Neither did the charge that director Tyler Perry's fast-talking, gun-slinging alter ego, Madea, is popular only because she is nothing more than a one-(wo)man minstrel show. When critiques of black imagery in film and TV are only limited to one show or movie, it is difficult to connect the dots unless they are all arranged in a way that forms a bigger picture.
Some may argue that these critiques are just as important as those against welfare policy or education laws. If the protests against Don Imus and the 'dead Obama monkey' cartoon are any indication, then they seem to show the belief that activists are stamping out institutional racism within mainstream media. I don't deny that there are features of media structures that allow the gatekeepers and decision makers to shape the deployment of racial identity without any meaningful involement from the communities who ascribe to that identity. However, calling for Don Imus to be fired did not prevent CBS Radio from replacing Imus with some other shock jock, and carrying picket signs did not retract the cartoon out of the New York Post. Protesting against media companies will never succeed because civil rights law cannot be neatly applied to programming decisions that may case a light-skinned black actor in the leading role instead of a dark-skinned one. In addition, these companies can easily retreat to the shelter of the First Amendment. If we really wish to send a message to directors, musicians, producers, and the like, then we must do so in terms that the free market understands: with our dollars. If you don't like Tyler Perry's movies, don't pay $12 to go see them. If you don't like CBS for even hiring Don Imus, refuse to watch any of their programs. In other words, when it comes to business, the bottom line matters more than the picket line.
Posted Sunday, November 29, 2009
For a movie like Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" to be historic, in that it features a black woman in the lead role, it sure isn't getting a lot of fanfare among some blacks. Some have criticized the movie for giving her love interest - the archetypal prince - a light skin tone. A similar charge had been lodged against the movie "Precious". Despite being a powerfully raw portrait of an inner-city teen who suffers from frequent abuse from her parents, I have read comments from blogs and friends that the casting of light-skinned women as characters who offer help to the protagonist perpetuate the stereotype that moral character is inversely proportional to the amount of melanin in one's skin. While this belief is real and held by many, I wonder if the pursuit of countering these assumptions on the big and small screens and the much broader fight to deploy positive images of blacks through traditional media is as fruitful as the fight for social and economic justice. It may be ideal to have a hundred TV shows that mirror "The Cosby Show", but I wouldn't expect that day to come anytime soon. Making television shows and movies the battlefields for control over the display of racial identity takes the attention of blacks away from much more important efforts, such as education reform, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship, all of which would contribute to the ability of blacks to gain greater control of the media structure that, they charged, grossly misunderstands them.
The reason why these critiques of movies like the ones mentioned above inevitably fizzle is because they are not connected to a greater narrative about the impotency of blacks to create and control substantive, dynamic identities that can be spread throughout society. When Halle Berry won an Oscar for her role in "Monster's Ball", the prevailing criticism was that the only time a black woman wins an award for Best Actress is the time when she has to sleep with a white man. Whether this was credible or not, it didn't really go anywhere. It didn't connect to a larger story about the limited opportunities of black actors to perform in the same roles as their white counterparts. Neither did the charge that director Tyler Perry's fast-talking, gun-slinging alter ego, Madea, is popular only because she is nothing more than a one-(wo)man minstrel show. When critiques of black imagery in film and TV are only limited to one show or movie, it is difficult to connect the dots unless they are all arranged in a way that forms a bigger picture.
Some may argue that these critiques are just as important as those against welfare policy or education laws. If the protests against Don Imus and the 'dead Obama monkey' cartoon are any indication, then they seem to show the belief that activists are stamping out institutional racism within mainstream media. I don't deny that there are features of media structures that allow the gatekeepers and decision makers to shape the deployment of racial identity without any meaningful involement from the communities who ascribe to that identity. However, calling for Don Imus to be fired did not prevent CBS Radio from replacing Imus with some other shock jock, and carrying picket signs did not retract the cartoon out of the New York Post. Protesting against media companies will never succeed because civil rights law cannot be neatly applied to programming decisions that may case a light-skinned black actor in the leading role instead of a dark-skinned one. In addition, these companies can easily retreat to the shelter of the First Amendment. If we really wish to send a message to directors, musicians, producers, and the like, then we must do so in terms that the free market understands: with our dollars. If you don't like Tyler Perry's movies, don't pay $12 to go see them. If you don't like CBS for even hiring Don Imus, refuse to watch any of their programs. In other words, when it comes to business, the bottom line matters more than the picket line.
World AIDS Day
"I kissed his hand/before I got down on 1 knee/He said it was only love/That could heal his HIV."
--From "Bye Blood" by urs truly.
I haven't told many ppl of a dear friend that died of AIDS. Though we never dated,I was in love w/him. And when his HIV had developed into AIDS he started giving up. After a while it felt like I was dying w/him.
When he found out he had HIV it was almost 2 years after he was most likely infected.
I urge all of you,please protect yourselves, get tested, and if you are already infected, take care of yourselves. Keep hope. If you need information on HIV/AIDs, testing sites, where to get condoms, and how to stay healthy if you've been infected, here's some info for you
www.hivtest.org
http://www.aids.org/info/testing.html
http://aids.about.com/od/aidsfactsheets/The_Biology_of_HIV_How_Does_HIV_Work.htm
http://www.avert.org/aids-statistics.htm
Chart from www.avert.org. These are US statistics up to 2007.
I joke about condoms alot, might as well call me the early 90's Left Eye. But it's because AIDS is real. And what's even more terrible is this is a virus MOSTLY caused from an act of love. Make sex beautiful by keeping it safe and healthy.
Peace and MAD Luv!
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