wvon – Myalogy

MyMedialogy on WVON: Shea what? Shea Who?

zyansaeed615 / April 27, 2017

Black women and y’all hair. I swear. For the past week or so, there has been yet another controversy swirling around the value of black folks as consumers. Not a new concept, right? Nivea and Pepsi come to mind as recent offenders. But now a new contender has entered the fray – Shea Moisture. Yes Shea Moisture, the lil beauty company that could. The one that grew literally from a nut in a village in Sierra Leone to a multi-million dollar company, mostly on the backs of black women, who they JUST turned their backs on. How you ask? Well they released an ad where…well, look. SheaMoisture is CANCELLED pic.twitter.com/T4Dru1JgAq — NANA JIBRIL ??️‍? (@girlswithtoys) April 24, 2017 Then, when one of the internet’s ashiest negroes, Hotep Master T aka Tariq Nasheed, wanted to insert himself, they did this. And then when the black woman magic contingency of the internet, got hold of their smart devices, laptops and carrier pigeons and dragged Shea Moisture over every jagged surface they could find they were forced to do this: “Wow, okay – so guys, listen, we really f-ed this one up. Please know that our intention was not – and would never be – to disrespect our community, and as such, we are pulling this piece immediately because it does not represent what we intended to communicate. You guys know that we have always stood for inclusion in beauty and have always fought for our community and given them credit for not just building our business but for shifting the beauty landscape. So, the feedback we are seeing here brings to light a very important point. While this campaign included several different videos showing different ethnicities and hair types to demonstrate the breadth and depth of each individual’s hair journey, we must absolutely ensure moving forward that our community is well-represented in each one so that the women who have led this movement never feel that their hair journey is minimized in any way. We are keenly aware of the journey that WOC face – and our work will continue to serve as the inspiration for work like the Perception Institute’s Good Hair Study/Implicit Association Test that suggests that a majority of people, regardless of race and gender, hold some bias towards women of color based on their textured or natural hair. So, you’re right. We are different – and we should know better.” LOL. Yall wanted to line up with Master Hotep then issue an apology. MAN PLEASE. Apology, Schmapology. Far be it from me to stay quiet…..so I dropped in WVON this morning to discuss the matter at hand with hosts Maze Jackson and Charles Thomas. Check it. I pop in at bout the 35 minute mark. Myalogists! You can find me on WVON 1690AM EVERY Thursday from 630a-7a! Join the conversation

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MyMedialogy : The Blackademy Awards

zyansaeed615 / January 30, 2017

Well look who just discovered black magic – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – well I think they’ve always known we were magical, but it took ol Jesse to alert them to the fact that we are real. And so our wholesale existence has been validated this awards season, yall. YAY US. (Is there a sarcasm font on wordpress?) SAG gave us a glimpse at what we may be in for at the Oscars, with Denzel, Viola, Mahershala and the Hidden Figures cast all being lauded by the guild. But let me give you a full accounting of our nominated greatness… “MY”hersala Ali (the my stands for my, as in MY) and Naomie Harris nominated for Moonlight, a powerful coming of age story. Viola Davis and Denzel nominated for Fences, a movie based on an August Wilson play about black life in the 50s. Octavia Spencer for Hidden Fences, the story of three black women damn near responsible for putting white men in space. Newcomer Ruth Negga for Loving, a story about interracial love…… Fences, Moonlight and Hidden Figures all nominated for Best Picture…. Barry Jenkins nominated for Best Director for Moonlight… Sister Ava’s haunting documentary about the continued slavery aka mass incarceration of black folks, 13th – nominated. Raul Pecks documentary I Am Not Your Negro about James Baldwin’s life – nominated Ezra Edelmans documentary about Orenthal , OJ: Made in America – nominated Roger Ross Williams’ Life Animated, about a young man overcoming the challenges of Autism, nominated. We are more than slaves, we are more than gangsters, we are more than maids, we are more than butlers, we are more….period. Now gather round and listen to me rant bout it on WVON.

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MyMedialogy : Presidential Race to the End of My Nerves

zyansaeed615 / May 6, 2016

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY Kids! Storytime! Once a upon a time, a well respected program director at a beloved Chicago radio station reached out to a hyper opinionated blogger/writer/shittalker/rihannabiggieamylover/facebookaddict, and asked if she would like to share her thoughts on his station. “Thoughts?” she wondered. “Thoughts on what?” she asked aloud. “Anything you want,” he responded. She sat back and thought about it. Nope can’t talk about that, mama’s gonna listen. Nope can’t talk about that, that happened two weeks ago. Nope can’t talk about that, cuz you do want them to invite you back. Sad and uninspired, our fearless blogger sat back, <redacted>, stared dead-eyed and slack jawed at the beauty outside her window, and shouted “Eureka!” to her plant, aptly named “Junior Walter.” Nonplussed, and unable to process nor return human thoughts, speech or fux, Junior Walter just sat there. Slowly the most sly of grins emerged on the lips that birthed some of the most foul mouthed words the world had ever heard. The rest, kids? Well, click below to judge for yourself. MYALOGY ON WVON This commentary also can be heard at 9:20am, 5:20pm and 11:55pm cst (or is it cdt – who cares. central time, suckas) on WVON 1690 on ya AM DIAL or at www.wvon.com online.