January 15th, 2012 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Blog, Living Life
In the last week I must have watched at least 20 different sketch comedy skits on YouTube under the new-age mantra: Sh*t (Insert Demographic/Group Here) Say. Of course some are funnier than others, but my favorite one so far has got to be: Shit White Girls Say…to Black Girls The vlogger who created this video, Franchesca Ramsey, was [...]
October 30th, 2011 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Blog, Living Life, Videos
SwitSalone.com just brought a very disturbing documentary to my attention, Vice Travel Guide to LIberia. As part of their on-going “Vice Travel” series, VICE took their cameras and money to Monrovia, and made an hour-long film. Vickie Remoe, SwitSalone: If you ever wanted to get an impression of what some white middle class American men may find interesting about Africa then this [...]
August 31st, 2011 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Podcast
LISTEN HERE: Hey guys. It’s me Ms. Veralyn. And welcome to All About Perspectives! So it’s been a while since my last show—a little over 3 weeks—and that’s because I did a little traveling. First I went to Philly for the National Association of Black Journalists convention also known as NABJ- for some professional [...]
August 17th, 2011 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Blog, Living Life
“You call yourself Pro-Black-Women and you watch Basketball Wives?” That’s what my best guy friend told me yesterday after I twitted that I spent Monday afternoon catching up on Basketball Wives Season 3- just in time for the Reunion Show. “That show is the #1 offender when it comes to making black woman look bad [...]
August 1st, 2011 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Podcast
Listen Here: This week I am going to be talking about Nafissatou Diallo, the housekeeper who accused Dominique Srauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in May. The French press was the first to report her name- and since then there has been many reports detailing her background and questioning her credibility. In a New York Times [...]
July 24th, 2011 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Podcast
Listen Here: So I fell a little behind, but I’ve been catching up on the different podcasts I subscribe to- one being NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin. And recently she discussed the impact Twitter had on our world today. Mrs. Martin says: On the one hand twitter has been credited with speeding the [...]
July 17th, 2011 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Podcast
Listen Here: Essence Magazine- for those that may not know- is a 40 year-old publication that aims to put Black woman first in news, entertainment and motivation. I got that straight from there website… And this week the African-American Womens magazine, outraged many of its readers by hiring Michael Bullerdick, a white male, as its new [...]
July 10th, 2011 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Podcast
Listen Here: So were you following the Casey Anthony case? Honestly I must admit- I was not. After hearing the initial news (years ago) of Casey waiting 31 days to report her daughter, Caylee, missing… hearing how she lied about her daughter being kidnapped… and then hearing that the remains of little Caylee were found… [...]
July 3rd, 2011 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Podcast
Listen Here: My interest in this weeks topic started after I read Shaunie O’Neal’s commentary on CNN: Negative portrayals of black women on reality TV Now in case you don’t know Shaunie is the ex-wife of NBA star Shaquille O’Neal and she’s the executive producer and star of the VH1’s reality show “Basketball Wives.” This [...]
June 30th, 2011 | by
Ms. Veralyn | published in
Blog, V.Connect
In 2010, one year after graduating Amherst College, Patrice decided that New York was the only place she would be able to fully cultivate and nurture her professional and personal aspirations. Less than a year later she launched Xhibit P- the premiere destination for pop culture criticism.