http://www.blkgrl.com/blog Deep Down We're All BLK... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:51:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The BLK ProjeK continues its hustle to turn a piece of neglected parkland into a flourishing, cooperatively, community owned & run urban farm. The BLK ProjeK is currently planning the Libertad Urban Farm Family Fun Block Party. The block party will be a day of urban farm awareness, a chance for ... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/08/18/the-libertad-urban-farm-is-having-a-party-needs-to-raise-some-dough/ The BLK Projek's Holistic Hood project is moving like a fret train people! We have added...drum roll please- ACUPUNCTURE! Yep - if you are stressed, overwhelmed, suffering from physical ailments then this is for you. The BLK ProjeK in partnership with Mothers on the Move will be bringing you FREE ACUPUNCTURE. Our ... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/08/17/holistic-hood-acupuncture-thursday-yoga/ On the face of it this probably seems like a really silly post but lets be real there are things that we have internalized that are misogynistic that we never ever question as such. Case in point…calling someone a pussy. This for most men and boys is the ultimate insult. Walk ... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/08/17/contemplate-give-the-pssy-some-respect/ I have been inundated the last few weeks. The only thing on my mind has been Holistic Hood and The Who is that BLK GRL Campaign. Well last Sunday we did the damn thang and we want to give our faithful readers a sneak peek at the behind the scenes. ... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/03/24/cop-the-whos-that-blk-grl-ad-shoot/ Hello everyone, I have to tell you something. I tried. I tried really, really hard. I tried really hard for good and bad reasons. I tried with optimism. I tried because I am Black. I tried because I am working on getting to comfortable, useful, productive outside my own bubble, fabulosity. ... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/03/24/contemplate-harlem-heights-the-benefit-of-the-doubt/ I happily live in a hood that is about 80% Latin. I value the weird juxtapositions that present themselves in my community. The backdrop of bodegas, chuletas with the dollar store Bamboo earrings, the old man and his son who blare bachata while beating their congas. Watching my little daughter ... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/03/10/the-black-brown-divide/ Leave it to BET to rework an MTV show. Pass the originality please…..I have never brought myself to exchange an irreplaceable hour of my time for The Hills or any of that other melodramatic pale-faced malarkey ( I’ve read about it in passing though), so in seeing all of the ... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/03/04/contemplate-the-bet-harlem-heights-premiere-the-review/ Monday, March 2nd, NuNu and I went to the NYC BET Premiere of Harlem Heights at the Apollo. I will leave the review up to NuNu but I was impressed by Ambi's new branding strategy and the Goody Bag that was put together, which consisted of products and coupons from ... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/03/04/contemplate-the-bet-harlem-heights-premiere-the-swag-bag/ This is for all my Uptown Grls or those who don't mind visiting! We hope to see you there... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/02/19/congregate-holistic-hood/ So way back when on my now defunct personal blog I touched upon this subject once before and not so coincidentally, it also included the same suspects. I consider myself a pretty conscious, righteous person. I mean like any person I have my conundrums and contradictions but when it comes to ... http://www.blkgrl.com/blog/2009/01/28/contemplate-ignant-ish-we-like/