tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74286834416896993732024-03-05T05:59:22.385-05:00Nia Means PurposeObservations of a Philadelphia-based, globally-inspired writer and all-around friendly-neighborhood browngirl.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-32483942447475057832018-02-20T18:29:00.000-05:002018-02-22T02:08:22.155-05:00A Whirlwind Weekend in Wakanda
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spirits lifted can seem an insurmountable task lately.
The highly hypocritical
and near-farcical antics spilling from Washington, D.C. The steady revelations
about the depths of depravity concerning Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-91132211668366269852017-10-20T13:57:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:18:43.081-05:00In Weinstein's wake
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I knew enough to do more than I did.
– Director Quentin Tarantino on behavior of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein
We've seen the likes of Angelina Jolie, Gweneth Paltrow, Ashley Judd, Kate Beckinsale and the still unfolding list of glamorous Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-85077169588094316542017-09-23T11:41:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:19:13.380-05:00DVR Alert: A women-focused "Inside Story"
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<!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->So you weren't one of the lucky -- or well-organized -- people who snagged a ticket for the 14th Annual Pennsylvania Conference for Women, taking place on Oct. 3. And you're kicking yourself harder after realizing you'll be missing the chance to see Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-71346446629664385102017-08-25T17:31:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:19:28.667-05:00TV Alert: On Rizzo, Nazis, Free Speech and more
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that those today decrying a preservation of whiteness are rallying around
iconography that celebrates a rejection of the United States. Nor should the
level of violence that broke out in Thomas Jefferson’s backyard come as a realAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-24508709014629719622017-07-18T13:00:00.002-04:002018-02-21T18:19:58.235-05:00Why ending hunger deserves your attention
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actually.
That urgent growl rising deeply, rumbling and stabbing my
stomach. That normal, albeit painful, signal letting me know I was empty and it’s
time to eat. But upon deeper reflection,Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-31500553119081689452017-07-16T07:30:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:21:05.805-05:00DVR Alert: Latest media appearance
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<!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->If you missed your friendly-neighborhood browngirl's one-day hit June 27 on WURD Radio, subbing for Steph Renee on the Midday MOJO, never fear! You can catch your favorite Philly pundit on 6abc-TV's Inside Story today at 11:30 a.m.
(L-R) G. TerryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-37968555914253190572017-07-13T18:18:00.001-04:002018-02-21T18:21:21.148-05:00The face of privilege in America
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not yet a legal adult, someone between the post-infant ages of 2 and 17. So it’s
fairly perplexing to consider a 39-year-old man as a “kid.”
Or a 30-year-old man.
Or even an 18-year-oldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-86535119872437067182017-06-16T21:45:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:21:37.418-05:00Verdict in Philando Castile slaying presents more heartache, cynicism and anger
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Arabia, home
to most of the 9/11 hijackers who visited the worst terrorist horror on our
country in its history. During his recent state visit there, the current
president assured Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-75626706863538031712017-06-14T17:22:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:22:06.032-05:00Terror unfolds in Virginia, upon Congress
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<!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->The pop of a gun is an all-too-frequent sound in America's cities, of all sizes, especially when the weather warms. But lawmakers and their staff had no expectation that such a sound would ring in their ears not too long after daybreak on a baseball Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-34596883653644078942017-06-13T22:30:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:22:31.431-05:00Sweet irony, presented by Wal-Mart and the U.S. Congress
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wrapped in one neatly bio-engineered package: the Sweet
Spark cantaloupe. This latest produce entry symbolizes so much of what is
perilous for those without means or say in this nation today.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-17377428638727751512017-06-02T13:53:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:22:48.465-05:00Trump climate rejection condemns America, poor, to post-apocalyptic future
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current occupant of the White House are more than disconcerting as we head
toward a certain global isolation, now having shunned the Paris
Climate Accord.
He’s been blathering and blurting about Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-60456637308850146042013-08-08T23:21:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:23:09.731-05:00Philly schools hostage crisis: countdown to Aug. 16
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as a society, should and do value children, but when it comes right down to it,
children remain the nagging inconvenience and near accidents we typically
ascribe them to be. Especially whenever andAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-53524361933090431742013-07-15T16:27:00.000-04:002018-02-21T18:23:33.889-05:00Feared and hunted: early reflections on the Zimmerman trial aftermath
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from your parents – or even your grandparents.
While my white friends had the luxury of just squirming
through an awkward discussion about the mechanics of sex, I, and others who
share my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-19080865598638957012013-02-18T19:12:00.000-05:002018-02-21T18:23:57.017-05:00Shero defined: Malala Yousafzai
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<!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->Her intelligence and insight captivated a global audience, even as a middle-schooler. It's what led to her early gig blogging for the BBC about life under Taliban rule for Pakistani girls living in the countryside.
Those same gifts frightened cowardly Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-63889174552010857722013-02-16T01:00:00.003-05:002018-02-21T18:26:38.638-05:00Coarsened culture: Lil Wayne desecrates the sacred
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And if any Lil Wayne tracks are still present, or if iTunes was set on an automatic download and snatched up the web-released remixed version of "Karate Chop" by accident, just burn theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-84645859488655916442013-02-05T19:01:00.001-05:002013-02-05T19:01:51.195-05:00Black History blunder: More evidence of dropping the ball
February. What some call Black History Month. Others, Negro Employment Month -- especially those in the arts. After all, historically, it's been an annualized opportunity to create their own series of "Black Fridays" -- landing gigs singing, dancing, and otherwise sharing their cultural outlook as part of proclaimed attempts at multicultural inclusion, and buffering otherwise bleak bank accountsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-82341698266560842982013-02-04T10:30:00.000-05:002013-02-04T10:30:04.153-05:00Latest TV appearance: 6ABC's Inside Story
It's been a busy week in the Greater Philadelphia region. There were federal indictments of traffic court judges, revelations of ethics charges against a popular city councilwoman, the return of a former (and disgraced) Philadelphia Housing Authority chief for his lawsuit of wrongful termination (hoo, boy) and much, much more.
Yours truly helped sort through it all as a panelist on the area'sAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-23845293328155527502013-02-03T16:31:00.000-05:002017-08-17T13:30:26.002-04:00A not so Super Sunday: the painful fast from football for a former fan
This Sunday feels hollow, barren. It’s Super Bowl Sunday.
And it is my first in abstaining from this once cherished holiday, the
culmination of a painful season devoid of a once favorite pastime. Football.
For the first time in more than 35 years, the season
kicked off and rumbled forward without this browngirl on the bandwagon. Despite it being a voluntary choice, I remain
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-42182719166928108912013-01-16T10:13:00.004-05:002013-01-16T10:13:59.830-05:00Latest TV appearance: 6ABC's Inside Story
This New Year continues an old tradition: seeing yours truly on the 6ABC-TV Inside Story panel. If you missed the original airing on Jan. 13, you can check it out below -- if I coded correctly. If not (and hopefully you'll be forgiving of a tech-knowledge gap), you can hit this link for a limited time.
As always, your thoughts are welcome here!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-73097991583397291662013-01-02T13:53:00.002-05:002013-01-02T13:53:23.308-05:00Blog re-boot
It was quite the year, 2012. Despite an array of arresting news and features, from voter ID's infection across the land to the re-election of President Obama to the tragedies of Superstorm Sandy and Sandy Hook, plenty went unsaid on this blog. That's why the leading 2013 resolution here is for more consistent and up-to-date musings.
One quick note: some of that writing has been taking place Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-56141255373337718872012-02-22T17:32:00.000-05:002018-02-21T18:27:19.439-05:00A final requiem for Whitney
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<!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->Whitney Elizabeth Houston was a pop diva that indeed changed the game.
After selling millions of copies of her rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner, her cousin, Dionne Warwick recalled joking with her, asking, “What’s next? The phone book?”
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-34750132106299959292012-01-19T11:00:00.015-05:002012-01-19T11:00:02.885-05:00Of politics and polarization: South Carolina edition
The road to Tampa Bay was never going to be dull, not given the cast of characters that have populated this reality show called the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary.
The flavor-of-the-month frontrunners. The seemingly endless debates -- and it's only January, making the August nominating convention seem like a farther stretch than the sands of the Sahara. Then came the deluge of ads Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-16333054804353948252011-12-30T17:45:00.000-05:002011-12-30T17:45:42.580-05:00A new purpose on this fifth day of KwanzaaAs a child of the post-revolutionary era, “Nia” isn’t as unusual a name today as it was, say, 30 or 40 years ago. Then, the biggest proof of overcoming and “living the Dream” was doing almost everything in your power to prove you were just as plain Jane as your white counterparts. So those exotic names, hairstyles, and dress that would make them uncomfortable were frowned upon by blacks of “Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146417608719897473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428683441689699373.post-75890113098892045242011-12-30T11:43:00.001-05:002011-12-30T17:45:14.918-05:00The year that was: 2011, vol. 1Another year has come and gone, and it’s been a doozy. Protest perfumed the air, from funky Occupy encampments to centre squares throughout the Middle East. From natural disasters to political ones, 2011 was fraught with moments that pumped and tugged at our heart. Here’s a recap of the year that was, in alphabetical order:
On the front lines for freedom.
Photo credit: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP
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