May 2009
81 posts
Kanye West, Rihanna: Paranoid →
I hate to say it, but the best part of this video is that my beloved divo Kanye is barely in any of it, giving up all the screen time to enigmatic pop/R&B dance star Rihanna. In the…
Attention D.C. Snob's: African Fashion Designers... →
Intrepid Black Snob correspondent/business partner/Gal Friday and “Jill of All Trades” Dot will be heading out to the first ever African Fashion Designers and Model Competition, going down…
North Korea Is Testing Missiles! We're All Gonna... →
I honestly wanted to write something deep and profound about Kim Jong-Il. Really. I did. I was going to go on about how he’s really not “crazy,” and testing missiles is his usual song and…
Hot Topics: The Coolest Belt In The World; Hugging... →
Hot Topics is sooo geek hawt and it doesn’t even know it. Here’s what’s going down:
Follow this link … to the coolest belt in the world! Also great for all classic video game…
Blacks in Space | The American Prospect →
Yeah! My article is out online. Read it here!
O RLY?: Roman Catholic "Priestess/Reporter"... →
Was skimming through Gawker and found this story by Hamilton Nolan regarding the saga of self-proclaimed Roman Catholic Priestess/small town newspaper reporter Brenda Lee and her…
UN Ambassador Susan Rice Is "En Vogue" →
Photo by Annie Liebovitz (of course). Rice talks about her work to stop genocide in Darfur amongst other things in the latest issue of Vogue Magazine:
At 44, Rice is, in fact, the…
Kanye Thinks Books are "Self-Absorbed," Writes... →
My favorite divo Kanye West — who’s mother was an English professor mind you — has come out against books while trying to sell one. The sparse 52-page book is called “Thank You and…
Shooting Off Your Mouth Could Lead to Shooting... →
Matthew Yglesias says the Republicans are the ones who can get Hispanics to go further into the blue for Democrats as some of the more, err, colorful voices in the party bang the “She’s a…
More Wanda Sykes on Michelle Obama →
Weezies!From Huffington Post, via the Columbia Journalism Review:
Wanda Sykes made fun of the media skirting the race issue when talking about Michelle Obama during an appearance on…
The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C. →
The First Lady of the city of Washington, D.C., Michelle Fenty.If you haven’t heard already the folks at cable network Bravo have set their eyes on the seat of our government as the place…
Señor Baby Wipes Engaged To Future Stalkee (Or... →
I updated the older post, but for those who don’t feel like trekking back to yesterday’s postings, here’s what I wrote:
And here come the denials! (Damn you, WENN!)
From Aceshowbiz.com:
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When Obama Love Goes Too Far, Part Ka-Billion →
Example: This dress cocktail dress. Made from trash.
Nancy Judd, a 1990 graduate of Pitzer College who heads a company called Recycle Runway, will return to her Claremont alma mater…
Black Snob in The American Prospect →
Or more like I, Danielle Belton, wrote an article for the June edition of The American Prospect entitled “Blacks In Space,” that was an elaboration on a brief post I wrote about blacks…
Señor Baby Wipes Engaged To Future Stalkee →
Terrence Howard and actress Zulay Henao at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007.My fair, soul-humping, effeminate, murse-carrying, bag-o-pretty-pretty-princess-nuts, Señor Baby Wipes, aka…
Hot Topics: Death to George and Izzie (Or Not) and... →
Hot Topics is flaming! Here are some of news items and issues up for discussion.
George and Izzie, dead or not dead? This is the question no one from ABC will answer directly. If…
What's In A (Really Ghetto) Name? A Lot of... →
Enough with the crazy names, already!
By C. Diane Thompson
I consider myself an open-minded person. As a retired chef, I’ve worked with and hired all kinds of people from all…
President Obama Picks Sonia Sotomayor for SCOTUS →
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives with Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R), his choice as the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, at the East Room of the…
Pants-less Wonders (Trends) →
Ciara, Beyonce, more Ciara and Lady Gaga rocking the tights and leotards. Jane Fonda of the 1980s called and wants her look back.If you see it once its just an expression of individuality…
Never Forget →
A group of Buffalo Soliders, 1943. The picture comes from a collection that belonged to my father’s side of the family where his Great Uncle John Myricks served as a Buffalo Soldier.
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Signs of Desperate Times: Essence's Strip Club... →
Essence suggested a lot of places to meet menfolk in their latest issue, but the strip club is one doozy that threw Lola for a loop.
By Lola Gets
There was a piece in the June edition…
Vanity Fair Pits Jackie Versus Michelle (FYI) →
Vanity Fair Online has a slideshow up comparing the various looks of First Ladies Michelle Obama and Jackie Kennedy like they’re the first mag to have this idea. (It’s pretty much a beaten,…
I'm Assuming He Didn't Want John Edwards To Be The... →
Model/philanthropist MacDella Cooper and Chairman Richard Parsons.He’s the chairman of Citigroup and he’s married (with kids) and knocked up a former fashion model. You know? Just because.…
Someone Needs to Tell Bonnie Erbe to Let It Go... →
Columnist Bonnie Erbe of “why isn’t the First Lady kicking ass and taking names already” fame is still complaining. Most recently she shot down professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell’s…
Family Fued: Dexter Approves Biopic, Bernice and... →
Aw. Remember when the King kids were just cute little kids? Not suing each other and arguing about Daddy’s legacy? Well, I personally don’t because I was born in 1977, but I have this…
Hot Topics: Yes, My Sister. The Tattoo Is A Bit... →
Check out what’s poppin’ in Hot Topics, the official after party of The Black Snob blog:
Clutch Magazine tackles the tackiness of Obamamania. NO to the tats and the dildos and the Chia…
Blame It On the In-in-in-in-integration... →
Or The Case Against Integration
If you HBCU is dead, dying or in disarray it’s probably because you didn’t go there. You probably didn’t even realize it was yours. It was just that one…
OK. Now Michael Steele Is Just Messing With My... →
First he said he would fight anyone who would try to limit his powers as RNC chairman. Then The Washington Times reported that he was cool with the opposition yanking the purse…
Somebody Else's Guy →
Producer Swizz Beats recently admitted that he is in a relationship with singer Alicia Keys, confirming the rumor for many that Keys is behind the break up of his marriage to…
Unconventional Wisdom: Everything You Know Is... →
Last month I teased to what would be my next big series (or first series in a long time), “Unconventional Wisdom,” a project that will look at things that are taken for granted or regarded…
Michelle in NYC, Valerie and Desiree are BFFs for... →
Caroline Kennedy and Michelle Obama greet each other on stage as part of the opening of the American Ballet Theatre in New York.Michelle continues to dabble in the “fun stuff” as First…
Why Is "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Still On the Books? →
Rep. John Conyers (center) with now President Barack Obama and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus. (NYT)
Rep. John Conyers is wondering this in light of the fact that…
The Trouble With Radio One →
Don Cheadle as black radio pioneer and DJ Ralph Waldo “Petey” Green who’s frank style spoke profoundly to many. Some would argue this voice is missing in modern black-owned radio.
"Remember the time you were dead for three days?"... →
From Saturday Night Live’s season finale.
The only thing unrealistic about this is that Colin Powell totally would have buried Dick Cheney’s ass. Those dudes hate each other….
White House Official Slideshow (Obama's 100 Days) →
Try not to OD on nearly 300 pictures. (From White House Flickr photostream)
Michelle Obama at UC Merced →
She came. She saw. She charmed the pants off everyone. Or at least that’s the story the San Francisco Gate is sticking to.
They loved her, she loved them, and in the…
Hot Topics: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Black Woman... →
What’s jumpin’ off in Hot Topics? Why everything, of course!
Even Maya Rudolph thought her Michelle O. impression was ass on a stick. So talented, so funny, so shouldn’t have even…
Iman on Michelle: Just Being Honest or Just Should... →
Fashion icon Iman has raised a few eyebrows in print and on the web (including my Hot Topics page) with her comments that First Lady Michelle Obama is “no great beauty.” But in her…
Aisha Tyler: Nowassitall (Video) →
I dedicate this song to my Big Sis, Denise, who has the black girl handicap of no ass at all.
And seriously, Lorne. Have you considered calling this woman to play Michelle O….
Happiness Is A Warm Jet →
“And you get a degree! And you get a degree! And YOU get a degree! Whoooooo!”
Did you know that Oprah is rich? Like, really rich? And that she lurves it? Like, super lurves it?
Our…
Damn You, Shonda! (Guest Blogger) →
As ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy wraps its season Grey’s lovers, haters and love-to-haters wonder where in the hell did the show’s creator Shonda Rhimes go wrong.
By Adeshola Blue
Dear Shonda, …
Michelle Loves the Kids →
Yes. It is Michelle Obama hugging children (third graders to be exact) while looking flawless. And I know it is your drug of choice. Imagine yourself as that little girl who has buried her…
FauxBamas: Politico On The Men Who Would Be Fake... →
Are you a tall, slender, light complexioned black man with slightly protruding ears and good facial bone structure? Need to make some quick recession cash. Politico points out that being a…
The Shift in Racial Politics (Guest Post) →
Black office workers in Hempstead, TX (1935)By JD McCallum
Funny thing happened once we got a Black man in the White House.
Maybe it took one of our own to tell us, “Give the Popeye’s a…
Ty Continues Its Obama Plushy Pimping: Bo the Damn... →
He’s on his second shipment and he’s more popular than ever!
After unsuccessfully naming two beanie dolls after First Daughters Sasha and Malia then claiming that they only picked those…
New Trailer for "Precious" Will Destroy You →
This film, if you haven’t heard about it, is based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire and is being financially backed by Oprah Winfery and Tyler Perry after being a huge hit at…
Politico Touches on Desiree's D.C. "It" Woman... →
I’ll admit, I’ve been caught off-guard by the folks who think something sinister is a-foot in all the fluffy, soft-focus press coverage that’s been spent on the White House Social Secretary…
Def White House Poetry Jam →
The White House hosted a gaggle of spoken word poets for a celebration of the art form Tuesday. It was yet another “hipper than thou” moment in White House history that either left you…
Hot Topics: Boldy Going Where No Topic Has Gone... →
Get your topic on! Here are some choice entries on the Black Snob discussion board:
Star Trek versus X-Men Origins: Is anyone even writing about “Origins (on my board)?” Is that because…
Moments In Pop Culture That Ruined Reality For Me... →
Paula’s gonna run, gonna try, gonna ruin my perception of teen romance!
As a tyke playing with my Barbies I would dream of a world far, far away from my tormentors and the confines of my…
