The current issue of Vogue India is causing quite a stir. Approaching their one year anniversary, the publication made waves this month by doing a sixteen page spread of Fendi, Alexander McQueen, Burberry, and Birkin accessories all modeled by rural Indian villager who will not ever make in their lives the cost …

 
I really could JUST post the video and I think that most people would agree with me and want to punch this fool upside his head. HOWEVER, it gets better. Roll tape:
 

 
Attention John McCain? P. Diddy doesn’t like your choice for VP. And he’s not going to mention the fact …

Intro to Sly Fox VideoSo it has now officially been a full week and a half since I saw Nas at the 2008 Rock the Bells tour at the recently renamed Comcast Center (gag me), but I still am walking around with Sly Fox stuck in my head. Partly it …

Dear Megan,
I’m not sure if you remember me. My name is Cara Lisa Powers and I went to work with you for a day for Take Your Daughters to Work Day, probably in 1995.  Currently, I run the Youth Media Institute at Project: Think Different and had your article about …

Some of the young people that I work with brought this article to my attention today, based on a peaceful protest that they organized this past week to protest a policy that they view as unjust. Above, I will post my response. Ironically, Megan Woolhouse took me to work for …

It’s been a crazy week here in Boston. Monday, my colleagues Joanna, Avelyn and I went to Harvard Law School to protest the lack of accesibility of the FCC hearing being held that day from 11-4. Our point was that 11-4 is an unlikely time to ensure a representation of …

From “Advertising Age”
By Jeff Neff
“Najoh Tita Reid has one of those classic childhood stories from when she was 4 or 5. One of her white friends wouldn’t let her white doll play with Ms. Reid’s black doll, which she termed “ugly.”

Photo: Mark Bowen

Then her friend pointed out the doll’s …

Based on the New York Magazine article “The Return of Superfly” by Marc Jacobson, American Gangster (Ridley Scott, 2007) has the same essential tonality that has made films like Heat and Goodfellas a vital part of the American film Lexicon over the last two decades. The film clocks in at …

I’m sorry, but with all of the bad press that Hip Hop gets about promoting the degradation of women, and violent language like “bitches” and “hoes,” I would think that the co-host of a respected news program (albeit a happy fuzzy nonsense news program/talk show) like the Today Show, would …