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Mainstream magazines haven’t used the “services” of New Jersey native Dolce Meeyah just yet, but quite frankly, we don’t know what they’re waiting for. Continue »

Magic Johnson doesn’t appreciate this year’s Lakers squad tarnishing his legacy. Continue »

C’mon seriously, who keeps turning on the microphone for this fawking’ fool? Continue »

No one ever expected that foul mouth Wendy Williams would make it this far in the world of television. Now that she has successfully made the transition from radio, it’s time for America to find out exactly who she is and the best way to do that is… Continue »

What type of man does an interview about “losing” his daughter?? You better get out there and snatch her lil a** up! Continue »

The United States is asking besieged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to lift the emergency police powers that have safeguarded his iron rule while focusing behind the scenes on elections this fall that could be a chance to achieve a legitimate democracy without Mubarak in control, administration officials said. Continue »

This is interesting:

Moving to dispel claims that President Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii, his supporters in the state’s legislature have introduced a bill that would allow anyone to get a copy of his birth records for a $100 fee. Continue »

Damn LT say it aint so!?!?! Continue »

Dear Vivica A. Fox: now that you have set your mind on keeping this young boy around at least long enough to get a Gut Full Of Atlanta Gigolo, we’re gonna need you to do us a favor. Continue »

At least that’s almost what it sounded like he was saying in a post-game press conference yesterday. Continue »

It’s been a year since Shaunie O’Neal took Shaq for as much as her pre-nup would allow. She’s been busy with VH1 as the executive producer to “Basketball Wives” and “Football Wives”. After 10 years of dedicating her life to being a loving mother and “faithful” wife… Shaunie’s main focus is taking care of her kids, the cougar meat and creating a legacy. In a recent article written by Shaunie, she lays out the divorce survival guide for all the women who think life is over after divorce… Continue »

A professor at the University of Illinois, Deborah McGregor, is the author of a book entitled ‘From Midwives to Medicine: The Birth of American Gynecology’ speaks to the inhumane treatment of slaves by doctors like Dr. James Marion Sims. Dr. Sims is considered the “father of modern gynecology” and performed untested procedures on women without the use of anesthesia.

McGregor, author of ‘From Midwives to Medicine: The Birth of American Gynecology,’ said “There is no doubt that he carried out experiments on women, and that he was only able to do so because they were slaves.”

Part of the controversy regarding Sims centers around a statue placed near Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street in New York City. The statue is located next to the New York Academy of Medicine, in a neighborhood that is majority black and Puerto Rican. EastHarlemPreservation.org put a poll on its Website that asks: “Should the NYC Parks Department remove the statue of Dr. Marion Sims from its East Harlem location considering his experiments on female and infant slaves?”

Pretty ballsy thing to do in a neighborhood full of black folks. Why is it people aren’t sensitive to things like this when deciding where to place statues and other reminders of racial inequality.

One of the defenders of Sims’ efforts is Dr. L. Lewis Wall of Washington University in St. Louis. Wall has argued that Sims’ work was “not necessarily racist.”

“Acceptance [of anesthesia among doctors at the time] was not universal, and there was considerable opposition to its introduction from many different quarters, for many different reasons. …The evidence suggests that Sims’ original patients were willing participants in his surgical attempts to cure their affliction — a condition for which no other viable therapy existed at that time.”

C’mon son…you can’t possibly think that “test” procedures like these would be performed on white women, much less WITHOUT anesthesia!

How do you guys feel about the statue and the practices of Dr. Sims?

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This is what it looks like when you “have love all over” you… the 10-karat bauble probably doesn’t hurt either. Continue »

Bishop Eddie Long isn’t the only spiritual leader feeling the fire of sexual abuse allegations. Las Vegas officials recently arrested a 57-year-old pastor named Billy Eckstine McCurdy who is accused of sexually assaulting two teen boys he invited to live with him. Continue »

The body of David Hartley, the American jet skier allegedly murdered by Mexican Pirates two weeks ago, hasn’t been found yet. But Mexican authorities say they know who the two gangster pirates responsible for his death are. Hartley’s family says that’s not enough. Continue »