May 2008
70 posts
Mothers and Daughters →
In light of the recent melodrama over Alice Walker and her daughter Rebecca Walker, I thought it would be interesting to explore the relationships between black women and their…
Mission Accomplished →
EMERGENCY DISPATCH!! EMERGENCY DISPATCH!!! TO: Lt. Dr. Stankonimilitant, Psy Ops FROM: SCAN HQ, Agent Q SUBJ: Clinton proposal Doctor S, SCAN is in a festive mood! Folks been…
Snobbin' Ain't Easy →
Taking a trip down dusty memory lane I was alarmed to see how random my looks were in high school. On one hand I could be very whimsical and fetching. On the other I looked like a cross between…
Feminism. Abandonment. And Rebecca Walker. →
Rebecca Walker, daughter of “The Color Purple” author Alice Walker, recently divulged her true feelings about her mother’s ardent feminism and their estranged relationship. I first read…
Shakespeare's Got Nothing on This 'Nothing' →
I have insomnia, so I stayed up most of the night thinking and making this graphic that is both a pun and at the same time very apropos to describe the trivial way the Democratic race for…
Parade of Suedo Stars! →
For all us poor people, it was just “May.” For the rich and famous, last week was the Cannes Film Festival where everyone goes to France to be camera-whores.
It’s hard work, but someone…
Picture Me Rollin' →
Craziest thing? Wheeling around in this dealie is my earliest memory. I was in that sucker that much. (I believe it took me the longest to learn how to walk. Thirteen months to be exact…
The Dream Mate →
With the Democratic nomination close to being sewn up (despite some caterwauling from the peanut gallery), the pundits are engaging in their favorite national pastime — Vice Presidential…
The Sell-Out: An Addendum On "The Coon" →
The idea to write about “sell-outs” came from my correspondence from a reader, bklynbam. He offered this rumination on the emasculation of black males in film and the fascination with…
Nerd Girl: Series #1 "Remember College?" →
*Yes. That is a Que Dog in his underwear with a brand on his chest, gloves and a scarf. He is a regular feature of the comic. His name is Curtis. To see the comic that…
The Sell-Out →
Back on May 7th I asked readers to submit what was their definition of “cooning” or a “sell-out.” I received a lot of responses that took me some time to examine. The following is my…
The Baddest Snob of All →
Baby Snob!!!
Don’t hate!
I just found this old picture of my little sister. She started striking “supermodel” poses around age two or three. She didn’t stop making them until she was…
Project: Get Hillary Rodham Clinton →
The following is a correspondence file between the Secret Council of American Negroes and its psychological warfare expert Lt. Dr. Stankonimilitant.TO: SCAN HQ…
Harold Ford Jr. and Barack Obama: Converging... →
Sen. Barack Obama campaigning for former Rep. Harold Ford Jr.’s failed bid for the senate in Tennessee in 2006. (Getty Images)
This article is part of an on-going…
Profiles In Sexy: Gabrielle Union →
Gabrielle Union Sexy Hustler
Big Sis is a huge Gabrielle Union fan even if the girl is hardly ever in anything worth watching. (A remake of “The Honeymooners,” Gabby? Really?) But…
Cuba, the 51st State →
Havana, Cuba and its capitol building meant to resemble our capitol in Washington, DC, a marker of once friendlier times. Listening to John McCain pander to Miami over …
The Obama Family in Iowa →
He won Oregon and she won Kentucky (by a somewhat disturbingly large margin), but when it comes to who I want to post pictures of you know who wins hands down.
We can all admit it. We’re…
Snob On NPR's News & Notes Today! →
Oh, joyous day! I’m on the radio! We’ll be discussing embattled Detroit Mayor and text message pornographer Kwame Kilpatrick, amongst other things. I’ll be on around 12:40 p.m. St….
OMG! There's A Primary Today? How NOT Thrilled... →
Is it still not June? Is this still going on? I know, I know. A lot of people want it to keep going. This is a historic election, these are historic candidates, blah, blah, blah,…
What If Puffy Threw A Party and No A-Listers Came? →
“Look at dem dolphin teeth!”
Wasn’t there a time when Puffy, I’m sorry, Diddy, threw a party and Demi and Ashton showed up? When New York’s glamazons, music all-stars and…
The Definition of Blackness →
Pictured my Arkansas family including my Aunt Dot, her children, my Great Aunt Ollie on the ground in white with a little girl who I believe is Big Sis. In the blue baby doll dress…
News & Notes .... Again! →
I’m going to be on NPR’s News and Notes Wednesday (I was supposed to go on next week, but someone canceled.) I’ll give you more info come Wednesday morning.
"Lay Off My Wife" →
Since The Snob cannot keep track of all the TV interviews the Obama gives I’m always happy when someone hips me to a very good sound bite and this one is delicious. Mostly because…
The Obamas Go To Oregon (And More Michelle In... →
It’s time for another Obama Family Album!
A few observations:
1) Michelle appears to have the magically shortening and expanding hair 99 percent of all black women poses as her hair…
Hip Hop Hedonism In the "P" Power Era →
A few years back I started making Andy Warhol homages to Lil Kim. Not because I liked Lil Kim or her music. Not because she was some epitome of manufactured beauty. But because…
Please, Stop Insulting Hitler's "Sui Generis" Art... →
Osama bin Laden is a parlor game compared to Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution,” but people keep making the comparison anyway. Please, stop belittling the man’s unholy horrors that…
The Michelle Obama Hair Project →
Fellas, um … It’s about to get girly up in the piece, so … if you’re feeling a little awkward, go look at the lovely women in my Great Wall of Sexy and make some suggestions as to who I…
Nerd Girl: Series No.1 "Remember College?" →
“Nerd Girl” characters Rebecca, a biracial, doll collecting, love child and Jenitta, a suburban black princess who you don’t have enough money to date.
First, some background:
Long…
IT'S OFFICIAL! →
The Black Snob is officially at blacksnob.com! If you saved the old address, no worries, I still haven’t figured out how to make the new address the main address. For now, they’re both…
Ah ... The Young At Heart! →
The Nick Cannon/Mariah Carey (Canery?) “We’re in love, really. Stop asking” Tour shut down an amusement park to get their Tweety Bird on.
I can’t even come up with comments for this….
Die, Strong Black Woman, Die! →
The Snob tried being a “Strong Black Woman,” but it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. That by the sole virtues of my race and gender I was supposed to be the consumate…
A Puerto Rican Ruffle for Michelle Obama →
As the primary continues there are more and more opportunities to gander at what new outfit Michelle Obama can pull off while visiting whatever new state/territory.
Why? It’s ruffles in Puerto…
Is There Therapy For Pragmatists Who Fear... →
While I was burning out that spreadsheet for work, you may have noticed either on TV or on-line that John Edwards, the prettiest of Democratic pretty boys, has endorsed Barack Obama.
Logo Ideas. Suggestions. →
I’m trying to decide what banner to use until I come up with an original logo design (this is a hodge podge of cartoon characters from my strip “Nerd Girl” and a illustration of…
When Hillary Love Gets Kooky: Car Edition →
A while back I did a few pieces on folks who took their love for Obama a “Barack too far.” But did you know there are some folks who can go coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs on The Hills too? Like, what the…
Profiles In Sexy: Jude Law Versus Jessica Alba →
Great Wall of Sexy members Jessica “The Anatomy of Sexy” Alba and Jude “Sexy Ho” Law do battle over who truly is mas sexy.
He’s a whore. She refuses to get naked for pay….
I heard the craziest thing today ... →
West Virginia had a primary! Who knew? And Hillary Clinton apparently won! Shocking! And am I being sarcastic? YES! YES, I AM! Everyone (and by everyone I mean the punditocracy) say…
And the winner is ... →
In my poll to replace the now hackneyed phrase “under the bus,” at an overwhelming 39 percent “sent hunting with Dick Cheney” won, followed by “pulled a drive by” with 19 percent. I’m…
The Color Game →
Miss USA Crystle Stewart and stock footage of a black American model. To the left a black doll, popular in the late 1970s, early 80s. It belonged to my oldest sister. Could a dark skin…
Pat Yourselves on the Back! →
In an EXTREMELY quick time The Black Snob has jumped from hitting the 20,000 visitor milestone last month and now we’re at 40,000 (it sort of snuck up on me over the weekend!) Wow! I’m…
Agent Sallie Selassie: A Hair Raising Situation →
Recently The Secret Council of American Negroes Surveillance Unit was contacted by a concerned citizen who uncovered these TOP SECRET photos of our no. 1…
The Snob Is Concerned ... →
This picture speaks louder than any words I could type. It’s poor Zahara Jolie-Pitt’s hair. A reader at The Secret Council of American Negroes blog tipped me off to this tragedy. MY…
Computer Troubles! →
I ran into some computer/internet drama over the weekend so … I have to redo a good portion of a spreadsheet I started for my 4-pay gig. Because of that I probably won’t be updating the…
Happy Mothers' Day! →
Mama Snob (fly as always), Big Sis and yours truly, rockin’ a bib and looking too cool for this photograph. Where is my bottle? Where is my blankie? I need a nap.
No postings…
Uncle Sam to Rev. Al: Money, please! →
Rev. Al Sharpton seems to be in a little “money trouble” with the “gov’ment.” Ruh-roh!
Sayeth The Associated Press:
Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek…
Amy Holmes, Let's Be Friends →
Despite my best efforts to hate her because, um, everything she says is wrong. I love Amy Holmes.
Long, long ago on this blog I mentioned my desire to capture Amy Holmes, brainwash…
Oh, and by the way ... →
Star Jones weighed in on Barbara Walters’ new book “Audition.” Walters has outed herself as a “lover of the light brown” in the book, admitting to a 1970s potentially career-ending…
For the Business Snobs →
Black Snob regular Andrea, The Unapologetic Snob, passed along this item about recent troubles at Radio One. I remember being mildly interested several years back when I read about…
The Pretty (and Not Pretty) People Parade →
And other photo fun all with the infamous all across the USA!
Ahhh … the beautiful people were out at the Lincoln Center for Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People party. Even…
Average Bro's New "Man-Laws" For Young Black Males →
This a cross-posting from our blackness historian and pop culturalist, Average Bro. Here he examines how we at the Secret Council of American Negroes and other Negroes across our…
