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Demand Justice for Trayvon Martin

"At Miami Central and Turner, students were seen pouring out of the school buildings and into the streets just after 9 a.m. [March 23]... In Culter Bay, at Miami Southridge High School students formed a "TM" on a field in support of Martin." (source)911 Call Recording Released(The Atlantic)More InformationThe Killing of Trayvon Martin is Not a "Black Problem" (Mediate)Was his killing self-defense

B*tches in Bookshops à la Jay Z, Kanye West's "N*ggas in Paris"

Found a day off work and shot this. All plaid everything.Performed by La Shea Delaney & Annabelle QuezadaDirector/Producer/Songwriter - Annabelle QuezadaDirector of Photography/Editor/Special FX - Eliav MintzSong Recorded and Mixed by - Stephen GalganoCopyright "Belle (Little Town)" from the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast (just for fun and in support of the OG lady in a bookshop and in Paris),

A Look at 'The Road We've Traveled'

Here is President Barack Obama's documentary-style campaign film, "The Road We've Traveled." It's an excellent film as campaign films go, and I think it will be effective in solidifying the resolve of those who have already planned to vote Obama/Biden this November and perhaps sway some undecideds who are leaning toward the incumbent already. However, I doubt the film will sway people who are

What's wrong with writing sentimental poetry and fiction?

If you would prefer to read the text of this poem outside the video, click here.I do not have an easy answer to that question in the title of this post--"What's wrong with writing sentimental poetry and fiction?"--but I have a few thoughts about why writing critics reject poets who write what they call "Hallmark Card verse" or fiction authors who slather on the sentimentality that causes readers

SNL's The Real Housewives of Disney (Video): ROFL!

No, I am not a cat lady. I have one cat, a dog, and some other people in my house, but I must give credit to my cat Kelly for stepping on the remote last night and changing the television station from CNN to NBC (WDSU New Orleans) because if she hadn't done so, I would have forgotten that it was Saturday night, so I would have missed last night's Saturday Night Live episode that featured the

Jimmy Kimmel Pitches Show Ideas to Oprah

In the video above with Oprah Winfrey, ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel pitches show ideas to Oprah for her network, OWN. The one that makes me laugh the most is Oprah's Book Club Fight Club, but Oprah After Dark was funny, too. Earlier in her appearance on Kimmel's show, Oprah said that she would like to return to acting because portraying another character relaxes her, frees her from