October 2008

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rantings
Is Palin for real?
10.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Because I just can’t take it anymore. The $150K on bad suits. And then saying that it couldn’t have been that much. Her makeup artist being the highest paid McCain staffer? Her dissing the interational research community by joking about research on fruit flies. Her ignorance of what exactly the vice president does? She can’t [...]
black women
“I’m not here to make friends”
10.21.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

for real? Is this requisite line of every black chick on reality shows? Last night I watched the premiere of Real Chance of Love. Yes, the show is as terrible as its title and horrendous wardrobe. Who dresses theses guys?! But please slip me the number of real’s hair dresser because I WISH my hair [...]
fathers
No Help for Single Fathers
10.20.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

yet again. One of the projects the research center I’m employed at is working on the the evaluation of a noncustodial parent earned income tax credit in New York City. The way it works now, custodial parents (read: mothers) get a tax credit and noncustodial parents (read: fathers) don’t. This experimental tax credit is geared [...]
black men
J: A Case Study
10.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I don’t know where I’m gonna go with this series but I have about three in mind. When J was born, his parents were married and they lived in the suburbs. His father, who once had his shit together, was beginning to crumble. First he lost his job, then he turned to drinking, then he [...]
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sexism in my house
10.13.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Now I’m sure this isn’t the first time I’ve experienced sexism, but it’s the first time I’ve really noticed. I live with two men and my experiences with them, well one in particular, is driving my crazy. Men are men, and men are different than women. I get that. But dang, why are we so [...]
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untouchable day
10.04.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I’ve decided, after a year of running myself ragged, that I need an untouchable day. That’s about as far as it’s gotten. All I know is that it is untouchable from work. I need this because my job is slowly but surely draining the life out of me and I just can’t take it anymore. [...]