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Continue reading →: ESPN: Encouraging Ignorance?
Rob Parker’s comments on ESPN’s First Take were pure ignorance, but apparently not surprising and perhaps anticipated by the network. The show is known to be controversial and looks for panelists to be “provocative.” I have never seen the show. This incident does not entice me to do so…but for…
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Continue reading →: Grace Under Fire
Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration for Secretary of State. In a letter to our President, she wrote that she did not want to be a distraction to all the work that needs to be done in the country. I know they have been slamming her for the talking…
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Continue reading →: The Comedy of Life
Comedians are in a unique position. They make us look at ourselves, our flaws and laugh. They can put the microscope on ugly truths about life, politics, sex and race and make us think. At least the good ones, the ones who are true to their craft. I never thought…
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Continue reading →: It’s Not About Zoe
Although the media would have you believe it is. It’s about the power of images, it’s about the stories that are ignored by Hollywood, it’s about giving respect and honor to an icon. Zoe Saldana is beautiful and talented. People who oppose her playing Nina Simone do not disagree. However,…
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Continue reading →: Go Shonda!
I have been a Grey’s Anatomy fan since the beginning; since Meredith and Derek stumbled into their messy relationship; since the first promos of a new show about doctors featuring an ensemble cast. (What can I say, I was a huge ER fan…) It has been my favorite show for…
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Continue reading →: The Message
Don’t push me cuz I’m close to the edge, I’m tryin’ not to lose my head! A-huh-huh-huh-huh…it’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under. Growing up I was a HUGE fan of rap. I still can’t make myself call it hip hop; it…
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Continue reading →: I’ll Take “Fiscal Cliff” For $2,000…
Soooo… They’re at it again, playing politics while most of us are just trying to live. Word on the street is the Senate has signed a tax bill to prevent a hike on 98 percent of us and now it’s up to the House. Enough about secession and your party/my…
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Continue reading →: 13 Tips to Improve Your Focus
Which can be very handy for the self-employed… but could benefit all! 😉 We know how much I love a good list. And I really like this one! Many of these could prove effective for work-a-holics as well. PS I’m taking the liberty of changing the bonus to Homeland.
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Continue reading →: World AIDS Day
We are still battling an epidemic, here and across the globe. HIV and AIDS still has no cure and continues to leave motherless children, childless mothers and shattered families. Here, the CDC just released new research and although some numbers are flattening, our youth are in crisis. So what are…
- A Panel Series From Writing While Black Podcast
- And we have normalized it
- Fuck the cookout
- What does that mean?
I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
