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    Saldana as Simone and the Aesthetics of Sexuality

    AUGUST 21, 2012 2:40PM

    By Lethia Cobbs


    Topics: african american, hollywood, bill duke, dark girls, hip hop, rappers, beauty standards, chandra wilson, regiina taylore, sanya richards ross, lola jones, black is beautiful, mainstream, love interest, romance, sexuality, sexualized, composer, black experience, activist, prodigy, clifton henderson, i put a spell on you, mississippi goddam, four women, civil rights movement, pariah, adepero oduye, casting, phenotype, mary j. blige, nina simone, zoe saldana

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    How Facebook Made an Activist Out of Me

    OCTOBER 11, 2010 6:25PM

    By Amy McMullen


    Topics: sb1070, arizona, human rights, racial profiling, social media, immigration law, phoenix, brewer, politics, activism, malcolm gladwell, protest, arpaio, sheriff joe, activist, facebook, twitter, social justice

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    My "Regrettable" Comments About Sotomayor

    JUNE 24, 2009 6:11AM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: mortimer hayden smyth, sonia sotomayor, judge, supreme court, racist, racialist, activist, wise latina, apology, empathy

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    State of Fear (a la Crichton, not Bush/Cheney)

    NOVEMBER 6, 2008 11:38PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: abdication, advocacy, propaganda, government, activism, activist, global warming, climate change, climate, science, environment, politics, books, science fiction, fiction

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