New blog! I'm moving to Tumblr. Good-bye Vox:( - this is my last public post.

2009-04-25T07:58:17Z

dear vox friends, I feel so horrible and guilty for saying this - but I must leave vox. I am still a Movable Type User - and I know that because you made MT you udoubtably have the capacity to make vox just as excellent. Until you do, I'm going...

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No culture in San Diego?: The Culture of Fear and Migration x

2009-04-21T21:10:17Z

Annie posted a comment made by lofty editors at Draft Mag (reposted by Jeff Hammett ) about the Festival of Beers, "Occasionally, we consider moving to San Diego. It’s warm. All the time. It’s beautiful. All the time. The people are attractive. A...

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black women and femininity: Michelle Obama's ass, triceps, brain, heart being objectified & reified

2009-04-20T04:28:21Z

this is a must read post on Racialicious by Tami on what the media is doing when it comes to mediating the life of Michelle Obama. Between “Mammy” and “Miss Ann”: The “problem” with Michelle "Privilege hates to lose it’s place. Privilege belie...

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kenyatta cheese is producing one of the best video blogs right now - KNOW YOUR MEME

2009-04-20T03:24:52Z

kenyatta came up with the idea of Know Your Meme last year. When he told me about it, I didn't realize the importance of having a show like Know Your Meme - a show that just reports on Memes with a "scientific" approach . So with ellie, jamie and...

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"why is the naked white baby oppressing the naked black baby?"

2009-04-20T00:48:08Z

"why is the naked white baby oppressing the naked black baby?" this is what would say if I was constantly suspicious of the everyday ways racism is reenacted in mundane practices of child play. But I am not that kind of person, so I wouldn't...

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a day in brooklyn and nyc: from jfk to soho

2009-04-20T00:46:54Z

I witnessed a really ignorant tourist interaction with a local when I took the Air Train from JFK. In this picture below - I am sitting across from this tourist who is sitting in the most unsightly manner. The black kid sitting next to me saw thi...

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Obama kills pirates, not iraqi civilians: Statistics of Pirates Killed by Pres.

2009-04-18T15:53:28Z

No one can ever say Obama isn't a bad-ass! reblogged from kenyatta cheese (via big crush) NUMBER OF PIRATES KILLED BY EACH PRESIDENT

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spider butts from $99 music video - modern dancers + milk

2009-04-17T17:32:00Z

watch the high-res version here. why do I share this? 1.) modern dancers are in the video 2.) dancers acting like spiders 3.) it makes me happy - i want sheila to show it to rueven and jacob (my nephews) - we call each other spider butts. here...

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copyrighted photos of me that getty, AFP and Rueters just won't give up

2009-04-14T05:39:59Z

Kopyfamo your famous-celeb self. This is a creation of Geraldine Juarez - an artist who does looooots of stuff. the second photo of monkey dog and I was taken by Getty Photographer, Adriene Hughes.

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underscoring the over-usedness of autotune - even a baby crying can sound melodic

2009-04-14T05:20:27Z

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