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…but can a nerd ever not be known as the socially-awkward bookworm with weird habits, and an unfortunate knack for making what should’ve been a comeback into a screaming affirmation of just how much of a geek he/she is?(At this point, I will not say that I have found myself having similar conversations with myself,Continue reading “You can Take the Nerd Out of High School…”

17-year-old Hazel Cills took a turn at laying out the rules of femininity in an article for Rookie magazine called How To Be A Lady. She tackles all the major issues which a face a young girl on the threshold of Life As A Lady: hygiene, etiquette, dating, fashion and education.The article is peppered withContinue reading “Womanhood, or Whatever”

Those close to me know that I enjoy listening to a wide variety of music. Here, “wide variety” does not mean that the songs I listen to change each week when the radio’s Top 40 list does. It means that I pick up music suggestions from books and magazines I read, from the people IContinue reading “A Capella Then And Now”

I saw the link to this video posted on Twitter, and I am so glad I clicked through.These two New Yorkers decided to put their own spin on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Niggas in Paris: “You use a Kindle? I carry spines. Supporting bookshops like a bra- Calvin Klein” – this line has stayed withContinue reading “Read so Hard Library’s Tryin’ to Fine Me”

I finally came through on a “resolution” I made myself a while ago about showing more support for the South African movie industry two weekends ago.Riaad Moosa’s Material came out about a month ago, and I said “I need to watch that!”. Mostly because any movie which starred Riaad Moosa and Joey Rasdien was destinedContinue reading “Life Is (Not) A Funny Business”

I don’t really know what to say here. I mean, Kreayshawn came out with “Gucci Gucci” and I thought it was funny. I mean, even in today’s world, seeing a white, female rapper is a novelty. Her “rhymes” (she says things like “I got the swag/ and it’s dripping out my ovaries” and “one bigContinue reading “Rap Music Welcomes the New Breed?”

I love Elle Varner! But, of course, you already knew that.She released the official video for the song Refill, off of her Conversational Lush mixtape, this past Tuesday.   I really like how she interpreted the lyrics. It’s more or less what I thought it would be like. Yes, I am one of those peopleContinue reading “Refill Official Video”

fun.‘s “We Are Young” has been on radio for a few weeks now, and I always feel like “tonight, we are young/ so let’s set the world on fire/ we can burn brighter than the sun” is the coolest, most inspiring line ever when Nate Ruess sings it. The song features Janelle Monae, the geniusContinue reading “fun. Times with Janelle Monae”

While I may not be the biggest fan of the Other Knowles, I have noticed in the last year or so that she’s been working pretty hard. She’s a DJ, a singer-and-sometimes-model, and most importantly a mother. Recently, Solange has been acknowledged for her fashion sense: she’s inspired quite a few fashion shoots, and theyContinue reading “This Damn Blog!”

Everyday we’re living in a world where information is gathered and shared simultaneously through all sorts of media. Pieces of news are sent over the internet in the form of pictures or videos, people are constantly forming opinions about this news through e-mails or social networking tools, and the newly-completed (essentially “user-generated) articles make theirContinue reading “"Slacktivists Unite!" (Or Something To That Effect)”