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By Thembisa S. Mshaka Patriarchy is an attention whore. When men raping and sexually assaulting women is the topic, the survivors are routinely relegated to the shadows, and the men wind up in the spotlight. Whether we see the actual perpetrators, or the men (and the women who love them) rush to defend them, the conversation is diverted to the perp’s well-being. The impact of being accused on them. Their careers. Their families’ rights to privacy and respect. And once the coddling of the offender has been taken care of, the patriarchal gaze turns with condescension to the women who survived....

07 February, 2020 /

[caption id="attachment_970" align="aligncenter" width="251" caption="BET Awards '06: Partners At Every Stage"][/caption] This post is really a quick congratulations to King B and Young Hov on expecting their first child. I tend not to swerve into gossip blog lanes but I couldn't help notice how fast the attention came away from Kim Humphries' recent wedding! When it comes to big news, the biggest entertainer since the incomparable Michael Jackson (yeah, I said it long before her husband did-click here) runs the celebrity media world! With one embrace of her bump in her gorgeous red gown on their black carpet, Beyoncé turned the VMAs into...

30 August, 2011 /

  by Thembisa S. Mshaka   Congratulations to our new First Family, the Obamas, and to all of America. YES WE DID!!! Talk about hope?!   America was not ready to elect John McCain, a member of the Savings and Loan scandal’s Keating Five, a volatile 72 year-old cancer survivor, whose campaign staff was riddled with the lobbyists who represent the interests of and took money from some of the very organizations seeking or receiving historic government bailouts using our tax dollars; who voted against health care for children and with Dubya over 90% of the time; and has repeatedly, proudly stated that he will ask...

05 November, 2008 /