Dear anyone who still supports the idea of the Confederacy: You lost. Deal With It.

Yeah, yeah, this blog is obsolete and I haven't posted in it for-frickin'-ever, but this rant was too long for a Facebook status update.

I just read this New York Times article, "Celebrating Secession Without the Slaves." In short, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War is next year and a bunch of people, including the Sons of Confederate Veterans, are planning celebrations. You know, opening a conversation about how noble the South was and how the war was really about fighting tyranny and you know what, I can't even type this bullshit anymore.

Look, the Old South these people glamorize so heavily was good for wealthy plantation owners. That's it. The bulk of the population, white, black, or native, was poor and shat upon. Whenever I hear this "good old days" spiel, I have to ask "good for whom?" Because it sure as hell would not have been good for me. And let's face it, unless you're a doctor, lawyer, wealthy businessman or owner of vast amounts of land, it wouldn't have been good for you either.

But that's what this attitude is about, the desire to return to a kinder, simpler time when they were on top and did whatever the hell they pleased. It's Tea Party rhetoric, but with even fewer less logic. And the timing is just damned unfortunate. I feel like they're going to need to step up the Presidential security detail next year.

I will say this, though: I hope these people all wear Confederate flag memorabilia, all year long. I always appreciate it when people wear their ignorance on their sleeve; it's great when people let you know from the get-go that friendship with them is a bad, frustrating, headache-inducing path and likely not worth the effort.


In closing, I'm just gonna leave this here.

An Introduction

I have a LiveJournal for personal bitchings and a group blog for sharing the tales of my summer, but I've nowhere for political rants or serious discussion of issues that matter to me, from network television's fall line-up to sexism and racism. At least, I didn't until now. This is the place where I talk about the things I find interesting and the things that bug me. I'll talk television, race, gender, politics, education, and a boatload of other things, possibly all at the same time.

A brief description of me: I'm a 21 year-old African-American female from the Southeast, currently enrolled in university, pursuing a Bachelor's in English with a Certificate in Theater. I love television and am currently addicted to crime shows and science fiction, though hardcore sci-fi fans would probably scorn me for preferring Stargate Atlantis to Battlestar Galactica. I also have a bit of a soft spot for teen shows; I was addicted to the first few seasons of Dawson's Creek when they originally aired, and I won't even get into my irrational love for Degrassi: The Next Generation.

There are many more things I could say, but most of them are not relevant to this blog at the moment, so I shall sign off for now, and hope to return with interesting tidbits at a later date.