Tonight I sat watching Telemundo, eating my dinner, four Michoacan tacos from Franciscos with an Horchata to wash it all down. The bubbly blonde and brunette went through the routine stories, weight loss goals in 2007, who has had the best selling album of the year, and which soap star won’t be back. They say [...]
Entries from December 2006
December 29, 2006
A Girl Like Me Video
In my feminist literary theory class this past semester someone mentioned a video by a young girl which included a reenactment of a study done where little black children were given two dolls, a little white doll and a little black doll, and asked to put them in different pockets of criteria. I happened to [...]
December 28, 2006
Favorites of 2006
This year, I decided that I would forgo making New Year’s resolutions. Last year, I cannot even remember what they were, but more than likely, by mid-February, I’d already broken them. Besides, I’m trying to live in the here and now, and in reality. That’s usually harder than keeping some promise written on a piece [...]
December 27, 2006
Construction
Please bear with me as I attempt to find a new look for my blog. It is under a little construction, but still functional.
Thank you for your patience and I will see you soon dressed in my new CSS.
L. Monique
December 21, 2006
Blinging Idiots!
Right now, I am thinking of the Paul Haggis film, Crash, which debuted in 2004, and won several academy awards for its “poignant” portrayal of racism and social relations in the United States. But more specifically, I am thinking of the part, near or at the very beginning, when the two black men are walking [...]
