Friday, August 24, 2012
The Prototype: Dating As A Black Girl Nerd
"She'll love books and cook and look just like you" - Andre' 3000
Finding a mate when you're a black girl nerd can be hard. If you're like me you've got a multi-faceted personality that you turn on for different audiences.
This can make you appealing to lots of different types of guys - but usually results in none of them knowing the real you.
I always tried to figure out at what point it was ok for me to turn to Adult Swim at night and start watching cartoons like I usually do - without dude thinking I'm a weirdo.
Harry Belafonte's Antics Got Oprah Thinking She Dodged a Bullet
Kulture Kritic has a post on Harry Belafonte's comments that Beyonce and Jay-Z are emblamatic of the modern day black celebrity who doesn't do enough to speak out for the cause of poor blacks - i.e. the people who buy their albums and bolster their success.
I'll just add the caveat that I respect Belafonte's long and storied career but sometimes I feel like he just says random shit out his mouth.
It's like how I felt about Rev. Al before he got all guzzied up by MSNBC.
But on this one Belafonte's right. I just believe his target could've been more accurate. I like Bey and Jay. I'm not a stan for either but they make good music. They're a cute couple and they make a cute baby. But they are both risk adverse celebrities. They ain't doing shit to mess up their brand(s). I do LOVE Solange. She's more counter culture than her sister and has the freedom to be so. But that's another topic.
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