CURRENT MUSIC OBSESSION 8:49 PM

La Roux. Bulletproof





I heard this song in H&M way back in the summer and I fell in love with it instantly, but I had no clue who the artist was until I saw her interview on MTV Canada and I love her. She's a very blunt chick, just like moi


La Roux.Tigerlily


Vampire Weekend. A Punk



Vampire Weekend. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa



*sigh* this video reminds me of summer and of course Cape Cod, which by the way,is one of my fav places to visit in the US. I'm so glad most of my extended family lives in Boston so I have the privilage of visiting Cape cod every now and then.

and of course y'all know J* Davey

J*Davey. Duh Duh Duh

Heaven on Earth 6:08 PM

SEYCHELLES ISLAND

ZANZIBAR ISLAND

BORA-BORA

asking price for such luxury $10,000 + 

SURE  lemme just grab my "imaginary" boo and goooo!

I'm just playin' but I would love to vacation on any one of these islands one day.

Bleach, Nip. Tuck: The White Beauty Myth 1:40 PM

NOSE JOBS

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SKIN LIGHTENING

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CROPPED JAW LINE

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LARGER BREASTS

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LONGER HAIR

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WIDER EYES

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BARBIE

Is the Caucasian ideal of beauty constructed in our minds? or is it the manifestation of the racial prejudice and interracial pressure of beauty that our globalized world has created? Does globalization of beauty=white?Is white better?If the ancient Western Greek and Romans were still alive, what would they think of Barbie? Would Micheal Jackson really want these people to look up to his radical facial transformation? What would this world be like if Arthur.Clarke's 1997 novel 3001: The Final Odyssey theory of the human race came true? these were all the questions that were flowing through my mind as I watched the documentary below.  PLEASE WATCH IT. I KNOW THEY'RE BOTH LONG, BUT TRUST ME THEY'RE WORTH IT.

 BLEACH, NIP, TUCK: THE WHITE BEAUTY MYTH pt.1

Pt. 2

At first when I started watching part one I found myself getting confused and angry at some of the views that the individuals in this documentary were expressing. I was seriously shocked to watch people of Black and Asian heritage talking so bad about their physical features. But as I continued watching  I finally understood why they felt the way they did. 

For EX:

when Jet, the black glamour model was going on about her nose being too big African looking and flared I swear I was sitting back thinking "WTH is wrong with this bitch? But as the tape kept on rolling I learned that her perceived notion of beauty (white) manifested from her childhood. The poor girl got gang banged (not in the sexual term) by a group of black girls when she was younger. They broke her nose and disfigured it and ever since then she has been afraid of black people, more in particularly black girls. She says in the documentary that she feared going out to all black  clubs or events because of these black girls and most of her friends were white growing up. 

Next there was the Indian model who wanted to get a nose job and shrink his jaw line  to appear more white. This guys issue also stems from his childhood. He also got attacked my a group of white guys for being a  "Paki" So he wanted to get a nose job to get back at his attackers for what they did to him. 

After watching those two scenes, I began to sympathize with the two of them. I'm not saying that their choices were right. I just now have a better understanding of why they wanted to undergo their surgeries. 

These two scenes also made me think deeper as to why self-hate and racism continues to exist in this world. Ever since I was a child I always had this strong belief that everything that we like/dislike is developed from our childhood. No matter how much we all try to deny its true. When most people come out and say they don't like something or a certain racial group its usually a hate from their childhood. I know this is an obvious, but my younger bro, for example HATES fish to the tenth power all because when we were younger he choked on two fish bones and couldn't breath. Even to this day if were having dinner or we go out and someone serves him fish he won't eat it, not even salmon. As for me, there are certain ethnicities (yeah I had to go there) that I don't particularly roll with due to racism from my childhood. It's not that I wouldn't make friends with them or try to get along with them in a work place environment because I have tried it. Its just wasn't meant to be. So would I go and shrink my nose, flatten my face or adjust my waist size to fit in with these people? HELL NO!!! I don't give a flying monkey what these people think of me or black folks so they can kiss it. 

For the first six years of my life I grew up in 

Ghana were everybody most people are black. Colour and race just wasn't a big deal in our society. Therefore, issues like being lighter skinned or darker skinned didn't fit into the equation. We were taught to not see colour and to appreciate our thick curves, nappy hair and big noses and I carried this ideal with me all the way to North America. The only type of prejudice that was prevalent was tribal in nature. But more about this in my next post.

I understand that it's tough growing up under the racial glare. But we all have to fight it and bring back self-love. Were all different and created in the image  of God (Genesis 1:27). So we should all appreciate ourselves a.k.a. Gods creations.

As for  those of you who are reading this and going through the same self-hate that these individuals are facing keep your head up high. You are beautiful. Black is beautiful, white is beautiful so is Asian and every other race on this earth. DONE.

MY FIRST BLOG AWARD 12:23 AM

I was nominated by Danielle   and I'm so thankful (CHECK OUT HER BLOG. SHE DOES SOME GREAT BEAUTY BLOGGING, PLUS I LOOOOOOOOVE THE TUNES ON HER BLOG RIGHT NOW). Girl thank you so much for this award. If feels great to know that someone else on the net appreciates my blog. This is a great source of motivation for my lazy behind..LOL. I know I'm suppose to pass this award onto 15  other blogs, but imma put that on hold until the morning. My headache is back. Plus there are so many blogs that I read daily so its going to be hard to narrow them down to 15. But thanks so much once again.

...TOUGHER THAN NIGERIAN HAIR 8:00 PM

So I saw Chris Rocks documentary, "Good Hair" last weekend...yeah I know I'm kinda late. But I had no choice. I live in the suburbs and it took forever for the film to come our way.

For my international bloggers, "Good Hair" is a documentary made by American comedian Chris Rock. The idea to make the film was inspired by  his six-year-old daughter, Lola when she asked him the alarming question, " Daddy, how come I don't have 'good hair'?" Good Hair is usually defined as straight and smooth textured hair within the black community. That concept has social and political implications, which has fueled a billion dollar hair industry.So Chris Rock took it upon himself to start a journey to search for this so called "good hair" and its affect on the black community.

However, I feel that he did not quite complete his journey. Don't get me wrong, the documentary was great and was filled with lots of laughter from his witty jokes. But the witty jokes is all that I really got from it. I know that sounds harsh but  I already knew about  hair extensions coming from India (did anyone else see that episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not?)and the different ways that black women wear their hair, weaves, wigs, braids etc (obviously because I'm black). The only thing which shocked me was the amount of money that some black women  spend on their hair. Some of these women, whether they were celebrities or not spend $1,000 on their weaves. WTH? whhhhhhhhhhhy?  Never in life! Can someone please explain whats so special about these weaves to make them cost so much? Whats the point in paying so much money for something that's gonna come right out your head and tossed in the trash? I would rather buy a $1,000 formula that will help my hair grow healthy. All you black/white hair entrepreneurs need to get on this quick! There is money to be made.What shocked me even more was the fact that some of these women would sacrifice paying their rent or putting food on their tables just to pay for their hair. SMH. Oh and that layaway business, oh lawd God! lets not even go there. The second part of the film that I liked was when I  finally got to see "Derek J"  Fifi ( pictured below) in action. Thanks to those of you  who informed me earlier on in the year that Fifi (to me) was a hairstylist in the A. I still think he should invest in a wig to add to his look ;)

Now back to my rant. Overall the documentary was good. However, my main issue with it was its length (1.5 hrs)  and that it did not address his daughters question. Which the answer would be, " there is no such thing as good hair." There just wasn't enough substance for me. Chris Rock took a very narrow focus on the film by basing it around the entertainment industry and the south. While I was watching it, I was thinking to myself, "OK how many more black celebrities is dude going to interview for this piece?" I mean interviewing Nia Long, Raven Simone and Salt-N-Pepa was fine, but the rest of them were just extra to me. At times I felt like I was watching Terrance J interview video chicks (Oops my bad Vixen's ) for a 106th and Park special.  I would have like the doc more if he had interviewed more real everyday, commoner folks. Instead of black celebrities. The doc would have also been more appealing if it had more youth in it and a much deeper discussion on natural hair. After all, the idea to make the doc was inspired by his daughters question, right? Last I checked the whole notion of "good hair" starts from childhood...in the playgrounds and in schools.So why not start from there? The only youth he featured was that one lil girl who was getting her hair permed.I was sitting there thinking to myself , OK were are the rest of them?


So like I stated before, I liked the documentary and I would definitely buy or rent it when it comes out on film. I have been waiting all year to see it so I just had to go to the theatres. But for those of you who are undecided on whether to see it or not...hmm I would wait until it comes out on film. Unless you were dying to see it like me then there's no rush. I just hope he comes out with a part two.