Condoleezza, Please Baby Please…
Posted by Nyna
What beauty! What brains and intelligence! But Condi, you’re playing on the wrong team. You so eloquently stated that this was not 1968 when Russian tanks could invade a capital and get away with it. But how many people world-wide are believing that American forces can’t bomb and invade a country falsely […]
How Long, O Lord?
Posted by Nyna
Now that the International Criminal Court has finally issued an arrest warrant for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, president of the Sudan, how much time must elapse before the women of Darfur actually feel the effects? After years of hemming and hawing and hand-wringing at the United Nations, (which has officially acknowledged over 400,000 deaths […]
Welcome Home Ingrid!
Posted by Nyna
We are so happy here in Paris to witness the return of Ingrid Betancourt, the Franco-Colombian politician, wife, and mother who had been held hostage by the FARC rebels for nearly seven years. I had just been standing in front of her photo hanging in front of the Hotel de Ville in Paris […]
Some Thoughts On Lesbian Pride
Posted By Nyna
I’ve been an out (i.e., practicing) dyke for thirty years now, and I have to say that I am more proud today than ever before to be a lesbian AND an American. This year I’ve been able to choose between voting for a woman and an African-American for theoffice of President of the […]
Heterosexual Propaganda And The City
I emerged from the darkened cinema after watching the new film version of “Sex and the City” feeling just as beaten-over-the-head with heterosexual propaganda as “Mr. Big” was with white roses. Yes, the relationships between the primary four white women (plus the new addition of Carrie’s black personal assistant — a comforting, mammy-like portrayal by […]
Black Homophobia Must End
Africans throughout the diaspora may have conveniently blamed white people for the evil in the world, but it is no coincidence that black homophobia is rampant in areas where white/European male tourists have been able to rest assured of immunity from prosecution for child-molestation. Those molested boys - too ashamed to speak of what has […]
