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For all those who will be voting on Tuesday, February 5th, in Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska and Oklahoma please take a few moments to read this warning written by Racialicious’s Carmen Kerchove:

WARD CONNERLY FOOLS YOU INTO DISMANTLING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, AGAIN

Information and knowledge are critical to our freedom and are the real power behind our vote. Don’t let the elite and greedy hijack that power from us. They’ve been eating away at our civil liberties, we can’t let them take away our opportunities also.

In Turkey, the presidential election is not just about politics and issues, but also about what the wife wears. One potential candidate’s wife wears a headscarf (oh scandalous! ) and another’s wife doesn’t. When are men going to stop using women as pawns in their macho competitive games? While Turkey is officially a secular state and the headscarf is banned from public administration and schools, is the issue really about the wife’s sense of fashion?

Of course Hillary’s cleavage was major news ( ). I thought cleavage was only news worthy if it was Beyoncé or JLo’s cleavage?

Continue reading Presidential elections are about women’s fashion…

Earlier this week a Dutch friend told me his father needed an “American voice” to promote a product he’s trying to introduce into The Netherlands and asked if I could help out. “Sure, why not. Have him call me.” The product is an oven mitt with a magnet in it (ha ha, one more gimmick product). Friday, I spoke with the father and he explained that he wanted to make a video (huh? I thought they wanted a voice?). I would be standing in a kitchen wearing the glove. He was going to leave it up to the director (his nephew) to come up with the script and action.

Ok wait! Step back. I will be standing in a kitchen????? Huh? I feel a little queasy and tell him I have to think about it, check my schedule and will call him back. Ok, so how do I feel about making a video for some gimmick product that portrays such a blatant stereotype (only women cook)? That’s easy, disgusted.

Continue reading How to express racism, anti-Americanism and sexism all in one breath…