Confessions From A Black Rose

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"  Martin Luther King Jr  On February 26, a 17 year old boy by name of Trayvon Martin was shot in the chest on his way home from buying a bag of skittles and iced tea for his younger brother. He was killed by a neighborhood watch member by the name of George Zimmerman who was twice his size,convinced that Trayvon was up to no good or on drugs.  When the police arrived Zimmerman told them that he acted in self defense. The police took his word and no arrest was made nor did they administer drug and alcohol test to Zimmerman. Over a month later it appears that not all was what it seemed on that fateful February night. The more information that was released the more that the pieces did not fit anymore. There is evidence that suggest at least one witness statements was altered. This has lead people to question the conduct of the Sanford police in the shooting investigation. It is learned that Zimmerman ...

I was reading a recent article in Glamour Magazine about 25 incredible women and I thought to myself that would be a great blog post, especially with this month being Women's History Month. Here is my list of  25 women whom I l absolutely adore in  no particular order. 1. Coco Rocha 2.K ate Winslet 3.Michelle Obama 4.Lara Stone 5.Viola Davis 6.Jennifer Lawrence 7.Emma Stone 8.Drew Barrymore 9. Chloe Grace Moretz 10.Beyonce 11.Michelle Rodriguez 12.Adele 13.Lady Gaga 14.Christina Ricci 15.Amanda Seyfried 16.Emily Blunt 17.M.I.A 18.Noomi Rapace 19.Sandra Bullock 20.Meryl Streep 21.Rachel Maddow 22.The Women of SNL-(Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Kirsten Wiig, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer) 23. P!nk 24.Mandy Moore 25.Angelina Jolie

Earlier this week there has been a viral video about Joseph Kony  done by Invisible Children . I have seen it exploding all over Tumblr and Twitter. I decided to watch the video and I recommend that you watch it as well. Here is the link for the video  http://youtu.be/Y4MnpzG5Sqc . I appreciate the effort because it is bringing attention to an important issue however, it is flawed because it does not give the full picture of what has happened and is happening on the ground. One of the major issues of the video is that it uses footage from when the war was still going on in Northern Uganda. I understand why the footage was used because it tags at your emotions and it forces you to act. When I watched The Invisible Children movie seven years ago( the first documentary) I was driven to act. I purchased the DVD and showed it anyone who would watch it. Now there are actual initiative to rebuild the community that was devastated by the war. The trut...

This week marks the beginning of Women's History Month . Which is an opportune time to discuss the ongoing war on women across the globe. So all of my posts this month will be relating to different facets in the war against women. As you can tell by my post title, I want to discuss the reproductive rights of women first, actually more the lack of rights. Being a feminist during an election year it becomes harder and harder to find a woman's candidate. There are too many people who are in office who do not have women's best interest in mind. The fact that the Blunt amendment was up for a vote this week is an extremely alarming reality. Under this legislation any corporation can deny coverage to any type of health service based on religious or moral objections.The chances of anyone objecting to Viagra will be slim. The chances of objections to birth control pills will be high. As you know the aspirin between the legs technique is making a comeback...

Hate knows that love is the cure A video came to my attention today, video posted by two teenage girls from Gainesville, Florida. It reminded me of a video I had watched  a few months ago about a college student's rant on her Asian classmates. I never thought anything could be more offensive; clearly I was wrong and naive. In this video which has gone viral, these two girls go on a rant about how much they hate black people. When I say hate I mean that in every sense of the word. Being a black female this video offended me on so many levels. There are some thoughts that should never be spoken out loud. In fact this entire video should have never been posted. Who in their right mind would post a video that insults an entire group of people? It is not like they are talking about people who only wear yellow but  specifically about Black Americans. Claiming that all they do is cash in their welfare checks and use food stamps. I was screaming inside my...

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful and loving day. Today is the day I have decided to unveil the list to end all lists.  At one point I had nearly 200 men on my list but I think people could only handle 100 men of this magnitude at a time. It was painful but I managed to trim my list to only 100 men. The first portion of my list alphabetized because that countdown would be impossible. Without further adieu here is my list of the finest, sexiest and most gorgeous men on the face of the planet.

I have been a little M.I.A on this blog for a little bit but I promise that it is for the greater good. I am hard at work on my first video log and since I am a perfectionist it is taking longer than I hoped. I should have the video up and running by the end of the week. Apart of making my blog the best blog it can be I have decided to create Feminist Wednesdays . It is when I turn the spotlight on someone that makes me proud to be woman with a capital W. My first honor goes to M.I.A's brilliant new music video for Bad Girls . I know that this video will be controversial but it is one bad ass video. I love everything about this video, her attitude throughout the video and the bad girls street racing like a boss. Can we talk for a second about the amazing shot of the man riding a camel ahead of the car? Fun fact the video was filmed in Morocco.