I’ve been reading Bridge to Terabithia, as sent to me in the mail by my friend A (she of the glorious coconut cupcake recipe). She loves the lead character Jesse, you see. Here’s a little piece I wrote back in April about our favourite children’s characters all grown up. Unfortunately, it was spiked (it was [...]
Tag Archives: Childhood
The Friday Pretty : Animated Characters
You cannot imagine how apologetic I am that I have not posted a Friday Pretty for so long. I have had messages on Facebook, on Twitter and even on BBM – and I get it. You guys love The Friday Pretty and you hate to see it go AWOL. Me too, and so I urge [...]
Posted in Beauty, Humour, The Friday Pretty Also tagged Beautiful People, Beautiful Things, Crush, Male Beauty, Things That Make You Go Mmm 9 Comments
Black Fridays: What’s Race Got To Do With It?
I read a fantastic piece on Jezebel several months back, written by Danielle Belton of The Black Snob. The article was about the tiers of commercial celebrity gossip which exist within mainstream media. Citing the then-recent Alicia Keys/Swizz Beats nuptials, Belton explained why the mainstream media did not mention the controversy surrounding their union – [...]
Posted in America, Black Fridays, Identity, Music Also tagged Black People, Labels, Music, Music Videos, R&B, Race, The Opposite of Joy, WTF 6 Comments
Hit It Or Quit It?
A couple of weeks back, singer P!nk came out firmly on the side on spanking during an interview with Access Hollywood. She said: “I think parents need to beat the crap outta their kids… I think the whole spanking thing and how it’s gotten all PC is for the birds. (My dad) put me through [...]
Posted in America, Family, Home, Identity, Society Also tagged Black People, Discipline?, Smacking, Spanking, The African Experience 10 Comments
Why I Love… Ice Cream
I’ve mentioned previously that I’m not a classic sweet-tooth. I enjoy the presence of sugars – natural and not-so-natural – in certain foods. A little sugar in a tomato sauce, for example, or maybe in some Nigerian black beans. But I am not an ardent chocolate biscuit fan. I take my tea with no more [...]
Posted in Food, Love, Why I Love... Also tagged Ice Cream, Joy, Things That Make You Go Mmm 5 Comments
YorubaDad Returns
I’ve been in a bit of a slump for the past few weeks; perhaps it’s the onset of autumn, or maybe I’m just getting more maudlin with age. Either way, I’ve lost my sunny edge and have been a bit of a Debbie Downer… Thankfully, being down means there’s a capacity to get up. This [...]
R.I.P. MJ
So. Michael Jackson has died aged 50. What can I say? I’m a little surprised at how affected I am. I guess, if nothing else, he was a huge part of my childhood – I still remember trying to spin like him and making myself dizzy with the effort. I’m going to go and play [...]
