Three celebs. You gotta kill one, marry one and f*ck one. GO! I got the idea for an occasional blog series here on Dirty Pretty Thangs last night after my friend Ticole told me she had been going to various friends’ Facebook walls and leaving this challenge with a group of three names. She gave [...]
Archive for June, 2010
K/M/F: The 80s Edition
in Celebs, Funny stuff, Series, Uncategorized
tags: games, KMF, Series
B.E.T. Awards 2010: Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me El DeBarge Was Performing???
in Celebs, Music, Uncategorized
tags: colored foolishness, love, Music
Ah, yes. The 2010 B.E.T. Awards. I called it “Coon-A-Palooza” when I saw all that foolishness that was going on with the pre-show, but despite all that I continued on and watched the entire show anyway. There was a lot that went on during that broadcast, huh?? There was Nicki Minaj (now, due to her [...]
RIP Michael Jackson: Energy
in Celebs, In Memoriam, Music, Uncategorized
tags: coping, death and loss, In Memoriam, Michael Jackson, Music
I went to bed last night thinking I would not be able to write about Michael Jackson on the 1 year anniversary of his death. I thought that my emotions would get in the way. I’ve been alternately weepy and giddy about his death but the life he lived before it for most of the [...]
Hey You Asked: What About White People With Locs??
in Beauty & Style, Hey You Asked, Letters, Natural Hair, Series, Uncategorized
tags: email bag, natural hair, videos, weird white folks
Here’s the note I got from my friend Judith in a Facebook message: A few days ago my boyfriend and I had a fight about white people with dreadlocks. He thinks it’s fine, that it’s just a form of self-expression, but I personally have always found it vaguely uncomfortable or even offensive b/c I’ve always [...]











