When people hear about a show or movie dealing with vampires, they start to instantly think it is going to be like Twilight. I have constantly brought up Vampire Diaries because it is one of my favorite shows and the reaction I tend to get the most is , “I don’t want to watch some Twilight crap.” Vampire Diaries is not Twilight nor can it be compared to it.

The Vampire Diaries is originally a book series written by L.J Smith that started in 1991 and has continued to the present. There are about ten books to the series and also a side story dealing with just the past of the characters. This phenomenal story was turned into a television series that aired its’ first episode in 2009. The beginning of the show wasn’t the best and seemed to turn a lot of people off; but fans who stuck it out were in for a pleasant surprise as the show started to turn into an amazing story. The show is filled with everything from blood, torture, love, and not to mention really attractive cast members -but that is just a bonus.

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GMO- Genetically Modified Organism.

Genetic- Of, or relating to heredity.

Modify- Make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme.

Organism- An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

All definitions taken from Google.com’s ‘define:’ feature.

 Genetically Modified Organisms. It sounds dirty just rolling off your tongue, doesn’t it? It should. They’re dirtier than the streets of Bangkok.

Monsanto is a name I am sure you’ve heard of. If you haven’t, Monsanto was founded in 1901 by a man named John Queeny. Monsanto’s past is dark. They are responsible for DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), which was used in World War II to combat malaria and typhus. Since the end of the war, it has been used as an insecticide. DDT has been proven to cause cancer and was banned world-wide in 1972.

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Angelina Jolie, One of the most famous actresses and maybe one of the biggest super stars of our generation has decided to have a double mastectomy. With her mother losing a hard fought battle to ovarian cancer in 2007, it was a hard time for Angelina and her family. Knowing that she also has a predisposition to both breast cancer and ovarian cancer the Hollywood actress decided to get tested. Read more →

Dawn Richard, Aubrey O’Day, Aundrea Fimbres and Shannon Bex the ladies of Danity Kane were spotted having a lunch date on May 13th 2013, But the media is going crazy saying that a Danity Kane reunion is about to happen! Yesterday the Vera Divas talked about Aubrey O’Day and even played a Danity Kane track “Show Stopper” So is the world ready? Well Twitter and Instargram seemed to be the place where things got out of control. People were tweeting and instagraming pictures of Danity Kane, The fans got #DanityKane trending on Twitter. Read more →

Casper via: Universal Pictures

567,648,000 seconds.

9,460,800 minutes.

157,680 hours.

6,570 days.

18 years.

That is how long it has been (roughly, I'm no mathematician!) since I first saw Casper. Who cares, right? I care. That movie changed my life in a fairly major way. Okay, okay, maybe the movie didn't change my life, but it did help me realize something about myself.

I was eight years young when I realized I was attracted to the same sex. In particular, Christina Ricci is why I realized such things about myself. Laugh all you want, but have you seen Black Snake Moan? Then you know where I'm coming from.

I am not a lesbian.

I am bisexual and we do exist. Over the 26 years of living my life and moving to and fro (28 times total, for those counting), I've met a lot of people. So many people! The majority of these people were decent human beings, leading totally normal lives. I've also crossed a bigot or two, who hasn't, right?

Bigots are here to stay. There will always be a fanatic group (or two) that hate you for some reason or another. Totally normal. What I've come across over the years that I find more appalling than religious zealots, is a puritan in my own back yard. What do I mean by that?

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Observance.  Some of us do it more than others.  Some of us do it on larger scales than others. We’ve observed everything, from the injustices that have been inflicted on races and cultures deemed as the minority to the triumphs and celebrations of those same communities.

Observance.  It’s a strong word that carries a different meaning to some of us, and yet, it’s something that I’ve repeatedly had to do over the years since observance and objectivity should, but oftentimes does not, run hand in hand.

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Like many of you, I watched both the presidential and vice presidential debates.  I took note to what both parties had to say, subscribing to some of their ideologies while simultaneously dismissing others as rhetoric.  As a journalist, I’ve been forced to do my homework after listening to someone’s statements and thought processes.  After all, in this day in age, you cannot simply accept someone’s statements as being true simply because they have the means to broadcast it in a public forum or the media.

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J.L. Whitehead

I remember all too well coming out to my family and the world back in 1979.  It was an exciting time for me.  I had discovered a world where I didn’t have to hide who I was, and I was free to love who I wanted to love.  At that point, being gay became my sole identity.  I was gay before I was male, young, black and a writer. Read more →