SO THIS IS WHAT AN AFRICAN QUEEN LOOKS LIKE HUH? I'M SNAPPIN' OFF AGAIN

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Reprising their Sister Slam Show in the Wimbledon final after a five-year hiatus, Venus and Serena smacked big serves, hit hard strokes from all angles and chased down seemingly unreachable balls, like no one else does. Overcoming an early deficit, Venus beat Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her second consecutive title at the All England Club and seventh major championship overall. "I'm definitely more in tune with my sister's feelings because one of us has to win and one of us has to lose," the No. 7-seeded Venus said. "You could never detract from winning a Wimbledon, so of course it doesn't detract from that. But I'm definitely thinking about how my sister's feeling." No. 6 Serena, meanwhile, was sullen as could be afterward, as though she had just finished losing to a stranger. Which, it turns out, was the way she tried to view Venus. That the champion's trophy stayed in the family did not ease the pain of defeat."It's definitely not any easier," Serena said. "I just look at her as another opponent at the end of the day." Said their mother and coach, Oracene Price: "Well, you know, she's going to have to learn how to suck things up. Say, 'OK, I'm not going to win everything.'"

DO YOU USE YOUR 'GIFT OF FEAR?'

(Oprah.com) -- If you heard there was a weapon proven to prevent most crimes before they happen, would you run out and buy it? World-renowned security expert Gavin de Becker says this weapon exists, but you already have it. He calls it "the gift of fear." One chapter in Gavin's book "The Gift of Fear" has stuck with Oprah since she first read it. The story of a woman named Kelly begins with a simple warning sign. A man offers to help carry her groceries into her apartment -- and instantly, Kelly doesn't like the sound of his voice. Kelly goes against her gut and lets him help her -- and in doing so, she lets a rapist into her home. "We get a signal prior to violence," Gavin says. "There are preincident indicators. Things that happen before violence occurs." Gavin says that unlike any other living creature, humans will sense danger yet still walk right into it. Gavin says that "eerie feeling" is exactly what he wants women to pay attention to. "We're trying to analyze the warning signs," he says. "And what I really want to teach today and forever is the feeling is the warning sign. All the other stuff is our explanation for the feeling. Why it was this, why it was that. The feeling itself is the warning sign."

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Monday, May 19, 2008

SO THIS IS WHAT AN AFRICAN QUEEN LOOKS LIKE HUH? I'M SNAPPIN' OFF AGAIN

Posted by THE fly GIRL at 9:38 AM

WHAT THE GEORGE BUSH IS THIS?

So I'm out having a lovely lunch with my BFF on Friday and I'm handed this free mag from H&M. Now I love free ish, I Love Love Love mags and I do love me some H&M, so I thought I'd hit the trifecta (I should've known from the cover. But I just shoved it in my new hobo bag and headed back to my office. But then a hour later I took it out and almost tossed my Kashi lean three oatmeal cookies!

THIS IS WHAT AN MUTHAFUDGIN' AFRICAN QUEEN LOOKS LIKE HUH?

Ok, what? Now I'm all for art. And "ethnic" prints are going to be huge this summer. And I think it's great that the UK based clothier went to South Africa to do this shoot but riddle me this, were all the African models already booked?

And don't give me that bull ish that there's white folks in South Africa. I know this. But I also know that Whites, held over from the apartheid era, only make up 9%, nine, as in less than 10, of the population.

And then, not only do they NOT use a sista, they go out and find the skinniest, raggediest, must un-ethnic chick the could find. Missy Raydar? Come on. This is her out of her "ethnic" stance.

And see this is the ish that gets me hot. Black women already struggle with our media image. And granted you have seen more black women in mainstream media but look carefully at those sistas, 80% of them are very fair skinned, with long or wild and curly hair. And when a global company has an opportunity to give an African model some shine, what do they do? Import a skinny ass white girl. Real nice H&M. Real nice.

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Tsetsi said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; June 24, 2008 at 8:58 AM
Tsetsi said...: You are so right. You'd think with all the talk about Black models dissappering from the runway H&M would be smarter about this. I know South Africa is a very diverse country... but this is what you do for a nation that at one time wouldn't even allow the book "Black Beauty"?!?!? Their jeans don't even fit "African" bodies so I shouldn't be surprised.The whole thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Oh well back to Burlington Coat Factory we go!!; June 24, 2008 at 9:01 AM
Tsetsi said...: Contact
United States
H&M Hennes & Mauritz LP
215 Park Ave. South, 15th floor
New York, N.Y. 10003
Tel: +1 - 212 564 9922; June 25, 2008 at 11:18 AM

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