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The Audacity of Young Black Women Who are Low-income, Obese, Abused, and ‘Precious’

About a week ago, I began reading an article in the New York Times Magazine called, “The Audacity of Precious”.  I was so pissed by what I read in the first few paragraphs I couldn’t finish the piece at that time.
When Precious’s plight lands her in a special school, she blossoms: the audience’s initial rejection [...]

Save Your Boobs, Unless They’re Saggy

Update:  Jezebel and The LA Times have posted two new stories also shaming the “Save the Boobs” campaign.

Just came across this psa “Save the Boobs” for ReThink Breast Cancer. In an effort to reach a hip, young, media savvy audience about the impact of breast cancer on young women, this campaign does nothing to lift [...]

Cougars: Unfortunately Coming to a Town Near You

Today in reference to Demi Moore, someone jokingly asked me, “What do you have against cougars?”
My response?
“I’m all for cougars, but let’s just call them what they are, grown ass women who own their sexuality, are comfortable in their skin and deserve to be celebrated and not demonized as desperate predators.”
Then I woke up. As [...]

Finally! The truth about “happily ever after” revealed.

Fairy Tale Heroines Return To Dark Roots In Modern Setting
By Intern Katy, Jezebel.com

After observing her daughter’s recent interest in Disney’s Fairy tales, artist Dina Goldstein was inspired to create the “Fallen Princess” series, which shows the famed Princesses in dark modern-day dramas.
Goldstein’s work depicts several of the Disney heroines in depressing scenes straight out of the 21st [...]

Black Booty Body Politics

by Latoya Peterson
Racialicious.com

Whose Pussy Is This?
Now I have to ask this question
Cuz you mothafuckas keep disrespectin’ my shit
In every line that your lame asses spit
I’m forced to hear about my pussy
That is always on sale
A hot retail item
wrapped in plastic
for $12.99
And this shit is drastic
Bcuz everyone thinks they too have ownership of something that [...]

Latest Transformer Flick Raises Questions About It’s Racially Insensitive “Comic Relief”

Transformers’ Jive-Talking Robots Raise Race Issues
LOS ANGELES — Harmless comic characters or racist robots? The buzz over the summer blockbuster “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” only grew Wednesday as some said two jive-talking Chevy characters were racial caricatures. Skids and Mudflap, twin robots disguised as compact hatchbacks, constantly brawl and [...]

A Picture Worth a Thousand Words

“Harlem, 1970-2009: Photographs by Camilo José Vergara” is at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, through July 12. “Storefront Churches: Photographs by Camilo José Vergara” opens at the National Building Museum in Washington on June 20. Originally posted from the New York Times.

I was struck by this image for it says so much [...]

The Old and Tired

I love this letter from an LA Times reader about the representation of older folks in the media in general, and specifically in Disney’s latest film UP. Just like jokes about fat people, those who are older always seem to be the target of bad writers who have have to rely on stereotypes to get [...]

Disney’s First Black Princess Makes Us Wonder

Disney has announced that its first Black princess is slated to appear in 2009’s “The Frog Princess”. The film is a much anticipated return to the traditional hand-drawn animation process.

Disney’s Frog Princess

But that’s about as much anticipation we at adiosbarbie.com have about this film. If princess Maddy (who hails from 1920s New Orleans) is anything [...]