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Their Eyes Were Watching...
09/01/09
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Their Eyes Were Watching isThe Root's new culture blog written by some fabulous black women including yours truly. TEWW is a conversation among women, a black version of The View, if you will, about TV, theatre, music, art and celebrity hysteria. We'll touch on a bit of everything: from Zora to Zane, True Blood to Tiny & Toya, and Jay-Z to Jill Scott. So turn off your tube, get to know our personalities and see the world of arts and entertainment through Their Eyes...
Check out my intro post:
Fine Wine in a Plastic Cup:
A friend of mine once described my cultural tastes as fine wine in a red plastic cup. Some would gawk at such a comparison. But I thought the description was quite fitting. For instance: The two songs I'm dying to do at karaoke are Rufus/Chaka Khan's "Sweet Thing" and Biggie's "Warning." I can play the violin and will also get hype if a Baltimore club song from my heyday comes on the radio. I can watch "Sabrina" (the remake with Harrison Ford) a million times right alongside "Friday." My dichotomous tastes are a true reflection of my background. Until I was a preteen, I grew up in a New Jersey town where black faces were surprises. Then my mother packed us up to move to Baltimore where black faces were in abundance. I studied business as an undergrad and worked in corporate America only to find myself penning poems and writing about pop culture for local newspapers. But even now as a writer, you'll still find me spouting marketing lingo from my former life. All of this is to say that when it comes to culture and well, life, I like what I like, even if the mixture seems strange.
Check out my intro post:
Fine Wine in a Plastic Cup:
A friend of mine once described my cultural tastes as fine wine in a red plastic cup. Some would gawk at such a comparison. But I thought the description was quite fitting. For instance: The two songs I'm dying to do at karaoke are Rufus/Chaka Khan's "Sweet Thing" and Biggie's "Warning." I can play the violin and will also get hype if a Baltimore club song from my heyday comes on the radio. I can watch "Sabrina" (the remake with Harrison Ford) a million times right alongside "Friday." My dichotomous tastes are a true reflection of my background. Until I was a preteen, I grew up in a New Jersey town where black faces were surprises. Then my mother packed us up to move to Baltimore where black faces were in abundance. I studied business as an undergrad and worked in corporate America only to find myself penning poems and writing about pop culture for local newspapers. But even now as a writer, you'll still find me spouting marketing lingo from my former life. All of this is to say that when it comes to culture and well, life, I like what I like, even if the mixture seems strange.
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