I went to the Valentines mixer in 2017 on Valentines Day at the Gite Gallery in Houston and there were 90 women and 8 men. It was basically a set up for a captive audience for the businesspeople to try to sell a dating site, and a travel agency and talk to the women about how they can get a man. I’m sorry, I believe their approach was very wrong. There was no music, not enough chairs and only champagne.One of the most exciting things was when I fell down a flight of steps with a drink in my...

The cultural inheritance of Michael Jackson: reading the performance of high-status blackness in music video and on the stage Elisabeth AmisuAuteur et éditeur, MA de littérature anglaise Abstract This article examines the interpretation and transitional meaning of the performance of Michael Jackson’s high-status blackness. Where it interrogates and intersects is in the commonly held belief of the primacy and originality of Africa for African-American artists, notably for Michael Jackson. As...

I’ve had many experiences as a Jehovah’s witness, being born and raised into the faith until the age of 15. That’s when I started to question the teaching. One thing always I questioned is, it seemed they always tried to hide or tried to dismiss or evade actions or events that shed a negative perspective on members or the faith. I first saw that as a youngster and the events of elder Price. My mother always evaded a conversation on what happened to him even though I was inquisitive and kept...