True Talk #1 - or - Reason #97594747 I LUV Black People |
From a friend of a friend of a friend:A woman walks into the local chicken shack and orders like 10 buckets of chicken, 5 side items, 8 drinks - a whole buncha food. The cashier says, "Is that for he...
Posted by Oronike on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:05:00 PST |
Mouth, eyes, ears open |
*taking a breath and realizing that it's not about me*I like to think I have a pretty strong personality. No, correction, I am proud to think that I have a strong personality. It's not accident. I'...
Posted by Oronike on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:36:00 PST |
The Anti-Porn Cheat Sheet |
The Anti-Porn Cheat Sheet Composed by a consortium of feminist women and men. It's just sex! If pornography is your definition of sex, then you need to kill your television. Pornography is not sex. Po...
Posted by Oronike on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:49:00 PST |
The Fidel I think I Know |
The Fidel I think I knowHe's a man of ironclad discipline, inexhaustiblepatience, colossal ideas and insatiable illusionsBy Gabriel Garcia MarquezHis devotion is to the word. His power is of seduction...
Posted by Oronike on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:58:00 PST |
When The Levees Broke |
From my friend in NY:I just wanted to give folks a heads up that Spike Lee's Katrina documentary, "When The Levees Broke" will be airing on Monday, the 21st (Part 1) and Tuesday, the 22nd (Part 2) on ...
Posted by Oronike on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:37:00 PST |
Oprah Hates Hip Hop? |
except from We Still Wear the Maskby Dr. William Jelani CobbIn the past two months, artists as diverse as Ludacris, 50 Cent and Ice Cube have attacked Oprah Winfrey for her alleged disdain for hiphop....
Posted by Oronike on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:48:00 PST |
Road dogs |
Road dogsThree the hard way and 1 on hardroll through steamy junglesmonsoons that drum/drum/drum on tin roofsneighbor flying lizards and fearless monkeysescape from sneaky hippos and attack frogsshed ...
Posted by Oronike on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:56:00 PST |
Easy Woman |
Easy WomanSometimes I thinkI should flirt more oftenTilt my headAnd smile a coyEmpty smileThrow my head back and laugh at every Vapid jokeSay you're so rightOr I would have never thought of thatI shou...
Posted by Oronike on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:43:00 PST |
All the boys I used to love |
And then there was him, the shiny red apple of her childhood men. Barefaced and yellow like a brand new baby, but was fully grown long before she met him. Had been with over 100 women while she was ...
Posted by Oronike on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:16:00 PST |
