You are incredibly rude and condescending to women. In fact, your behavior borders on the boorish. I need to remember to explain this you this clearly next time you do it to me, instead of talking back with my usual “Stop it, do not be so silly, listen to what I am saying, we have … More Dear Whiteman
How, precisely, do families who are in the final stages of transformation from Black to white, manage this internally? From what I have observed of people who move out of state to pass, the parents (at least one of whom will still look Creole) will keep a kind of don’t ask don’t tell policy on … More On Passing
It has been semi-collectively decided that on this blog those who wish to do so will wear hakamas. These are unisex, and you can buy them here. I cannot buy mine until April as I have already spent all my March clothing money and more. But I will let you know when I have it, … More Our Unofficial Uniform
Super Sunday, typically in March near St. Joseph’s Day, is the year’s best day because all the Mardi Gras Indians come out on parade. The video I have embedded explains things to the uninitiated, but this video of the Creole Wild West is the best and most authentic of the Indian videos I have found … More Tambourine and Fan
Power was rightfully awarded the Pulitzer for her finely written and downright horrifying book A Problem From Hell which, in macabre detail, describes the calculated indifference of the Clinton administration when 800,000 Rwandans were being systematically butchered. The red phone rang and rang and rang again. I don’t know where Hillary was then. But her … More Marc Cooper
This is International Women’s Day but the most interesting story I have to tell is of men. My student called yesterday after getting out of parish prison, to explain that having been there for 24 hours was the reason he had missed class. He was in parish prison for 24 hours because he jumped his … More Among Men
Although I cannot, or rather should not afford it, I have bought the Eileen Fisher Viscose Pencil Skirt. It is excellent. Now I want all, or at least most of the items that go with it. At least I know what I am shopping for, and at least it creates a coherent wardrobe. Axé.
Read the Field Negro’s post and its comments thread. Axé.
I My intermediate level class, an introduction to literature, is bombing and it is in part because those who can read, do not want to, and those who want to, cannot. I have been using an anthology for this class and it is the one used for such classes nationwide. Up until now it has worked rather well but … More On Being and Not
This from Nezua is really worth perusing – on politics and on life. Two brief excerpts: As we’ve had made painfully clear to us for too long now, the Left is running around reacting and no longer trusts progressive visions enough to forward them boldly and unapologetically and borne on their own volition and timing. … More Post-election Post
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