CNN’s Black In America: What Does Your Race Really Say About You?

Last night I watched part two of CNN’s new documentary series “Black in America.”  The series sets out to explore the racial identity of African Americans today- and attempts to answer the question “What does it  mean to be black in America?”  Last night the hour was dedicated to “The Black Man,” and the show [...]

Quit It Already: Bad Music!

This morning on my way to work I was listening to the Kane Show on Hot 99.5, a DC-based radio station. I should preface this entire post by saying that I listen to Hot 99.5 in the morning, because I think the Kane Show is hilarious, not because of the music they play. [...]

Milblogging: Spreading Patriotism or Glorifying the War?

Web 2.0 has revolutionized the way America sees war- specifically, the War on Iraq.  By “seeing” I’m not referring to your opinion on the war itself, rather our ability to now visualize what it’s like for our soldiers overseas.  Soldier’s blogs (or milblogs), YouTube, Flickr- all of these have allowed us to view videos, pictures [...]

The Packing and Purging of My Life: It’s Moving Time

Tomorrow marks the conclusion of an era.  It’s been an all-consuming 6 months of apartment searching, apartment touring, more searching and touring, and finally- after we found the perfect building- packing to move.  I’m moving from a 4 bedroom townhouse into a 700 square foot apartment with my boyfriend. The process of packing up a [...]

Mario Is All Grown Up: How Gaming is Gaining Societal Influence

I must admit, I’m not much of a gamer. Even the word conjures images of nerdy teenagers sitting in front of their computer shooting aliens with a joystick. I’m not trying to offend all you gamers out there, in fact that’s the opposite of the point of this post. While I was [...]