April 21, 2009 by Avy.

I believe gay marriage should be legalized, but that doesn’t mean she has to agree with me.

She should have been judged solely on how well she articulated her point of view. She was clear and respectfully stated her disagreement.

Why is it that in this country freedom of speech is only okay if you LIKE something? This country is TOO concerned with being PC. When you ask someone’s opinion, all you can really ask is that they state it as politely as possible.

Agree to disagree and move on.

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November 19, 2008 by Avy.

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My little sister wants to be a model. Shame she’s black. On the other hand, she is light-skinned. What’s sad is that that matters. She has a better chance at success than a dark-skinned girl who looks just like her.

“We’re living in a very conformist time where the national ideal is a girl with blond hair, a fake tan, fake boobs and fake lips. It’s a very plastic ideal that dominates our culture. The hot bimbo archetype is what’s screwing everything up for everybody, not just women of color.”

- Simon Doonan

Nick Night has a great silent video starring Naomi Campbell that I saw today…
http://www.showstudio.com/project/politicalfashion/season2/2008-07-28

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August 14, 2008 by Avy.

Birth control is NOT abortion.

I don’t care if you’re dem or repub, Bush is being an ass with this one. He’s trying to say birth control counts as abortion.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Dwandeesha or Peggy-Sue having their 5th kid on my frickin tax dollars because they weren’t on the pill.

Lack of birth control will not make the world a more abstinent place. We’ll just be even more over-crowded because sex is too much fun to pull out every time and condoms are not 100% effective 100% of the time. It’s just a fact..

And it’s not even just about welfare. I have one kid in my flippin belly now and as a soon to be married woman, I don’t plan on ever getting pregnant again. We have an heir and no need for a spare lest we feel the need to adopt a girl. Key word: ADOPT.

There are plenty of people who choose to not have children OR to just adopt one that’s already here. I say high five to that.

Whatever your reason for being pro-birth control, just sign the thing and help put an end to this nonsense.

Birth control is NOT abortion.

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June 5, 2008 by Avy.

First off, I would like to re-state that Barack Obama is NOT Black. He will not be the first Black president. So plz just stfu. He’s a halfbreed. A mixy. A mulatto creation. I could care less, but to call him Black (or White) is incorrect and it burns my britches for some reason. It just drives me crazy. Especially since he was raised by his white mama. Have some respect and claim both colors. He’s not one or the other. He’s both!

Now…

I find this chunk of article oddly written. It’s so descriptive that it reminds me of a storybook narrative and not a piece of journalism.

ICED TEA

It was business as usual at the restaurant in a working-class neighborhood in southwest Atlanta.

As on any other day, the mostly black clientele lined up with brown trays to select from a menu that included oxtail, fried fish, collard greens and iced tea, paid the cashier in her glass booth and sat down to eat using plastic knives and forks.

Some customers said Obama’s win was evidence of wider changes that included a softening of barriers between blacks and whites and a broader acceptance that many groups compete in U.S. society.

“It’s a victory for multiculturalism,” said Vedia Jackson, 36, a telecommunications project manager who had driven across town to eat at the restaurant. “This country has changed quite a lot color-wise and it’s time for people of color to be in influential situations.”

“I am not looking at him (Obama) in terms of color. Maybe my parents would have done that. I am looking at him as the best candidate,” she said between mouthfuls of fried fish.

Blacks savor Obama win, fear disappointment | U.S. | Reuters

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June 3, 2008 by Avy.

There’s problems here in America. I’m one of the people who believe you have to take care of your own home before you can help fix someone else’s.

Having that said, I am still deeply saddened when I read about tribes of people being harassed and displaced in other countries.  It hurts my heart that people can’t be above the dollar. People care more about money than right and wrong. Forcing people from villages, denying them their basic right to hunt and drink water on their own land is inhumane. But what is humane anyway? Humanity’s been fucked since the bartering system.

So major corporations and governments remove people from land that’s been a part of the tribe for hundreds, if not thousands, or years. They’ve been there since before “the establishment” so I don’t think anyone has a right to make any indigenous tribe relocate. And for what? Diamonds? Gold?

Not only are these companies removing  people from their homes, they’re introducing disease and killing off the natural resources. It’s all for greed. The rich want to get richer. It’s disgusting.

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