So this is a quick follow-up from my Worth a Click fashion post from a few weeks ago… I bought my first items from Kiyonna, and the experience totally underscored why I prefer to shop in person, rather than online. I got these shorts in chocolate brown, and yeah… I’m gonna be sending those back…
Issues
Worth a Click
I’ll take “self-inflicted political scandals for $800, Alex.” Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up! Or… maybe you can? What an utterly insane campaign season this is proving to be. And I really don’t mean to needle any Clinton supporters who read Afrobella — at one time, I too admired her simply for her intelligence…
A New Low
Bellas, I was sick as a dog for what was probably the most miserable Easter ever. But as sick as I was… and still am… THIS made me feel even sicker. That’s the kind of ignorant, stomach-churning racism that I can’t fully wrap my brain around. I have no words for how angry and disgusted…
The Amazing Race
I wanted to wait until I could see and read Barack Obama’s speech in its entirety before I wrote about it. I wanted to watch the news broadcasts and see if I could discern any criticism of his message, or glean if his detractors could stand to gain from his delivery. Thus far, response has…
Worth A Click
Here’s a random assortment of the Afrobella-related issues I’ve been meaning to address… One Door Opens Where Another Door Closes — Today at 1 p.m., New York Governor Designate David Paterson will be sworn in before the State Legislator, effectively ending Eliot Spitzer’s in-office shame spiral. Thus far, the result of this whole incident has…
Why I Love Keith Olbermann
I watch almost nightly, and I’ll admit — he can annoy the heck out of me sometimes. But underneath the silliness, the self promotion, and the bluster, there beats a passionately liberal and honorable heart. And I love that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtAja20kTCA Last night he eloquently expressed what I was feeling about the Geraldine Ferraro fiasco, which…
A Random Musing On Political Wives Caught In Scandal
We’ve seen it so many times recently, the shamed politico addresses a legion of reporters, and flashbulbs pop as he admits to his adulterous crimes. As he steadfastly apologizes into the camera, a figure stands off to the side. Cowed by the lens, the blinding flashbulbs, and millions of judgmental eyes, there stands the wife…
Ugh.
Not only am I swamped with more work than I can handle, but then I get to wake up to this. Pardon me for speaking plainly, but ugh. That was my honest and heartfelt response as I watched Headline News in bed this morning, immediately followed by an overwhelming desire to stay in bed all…
Survey Says?
OK, I am working on a big political post (it seems the news moves faster than my capability to process it, these days!) and I was planning to include this in there, but it appears that time is of the essence and this needs to be announced more immediately. Here goes. Chris Weber, a student…
Black Woman, Know That You Are Beautiful
The March issue of Glamour magazine features a six-page spread titled Your Race, Your Looks.” The article is a response to the publication’s professional hair debacle of last year. In November, Glamour magazine rounded up a panel of esteemed journalists, beauty entrepreneurs, and academic figures to discuss the current state of the depiction of black…