Black Women Politics: VERy POsH

source: Gazing Girl, Flckr

Sometimes as a single woman trying to marry a black man I have an open disdain for other black women.... And don’t look at the computer screen funny, because if you are a woman, you might have one too.

You know disdain for the skinny ones with big heads, the big ones with skinny egos, the wanna be blond ones, the weaved ones, the natural ones, the condescending ones, the competing ones, the ones with degrees and intelligence, the ones with long legs and sex appeal, the ones with…..you know JUST the ONES… Black women in General....

It’s usually nothing personal, but hey, how can one get ahead without female interaction? Whether power is exerted negatively, self esteems are crushed, or we become best friends, relations WILL happen. Black Women Politics will happen. It’s the reason Terry McMillan is popular, sorority rivalries thrive, Essence is still in publication, and for this new posh politics Blog Section- Black Women Politics (BWP). BWP will explore topics throughout the news that deal with this issue at hand- black women and the political struggle between them.

To kick off this section, the day after Thanksgiving, I have decided to turn my disdain into praise. I mean what would we do with out the Sasha Fierces, the Jasmine Sullivans, and Michelle Obamas, of the world. Black Women Politics observes what a woman can be in the media and how women in the real world can relate:

: Sasha Fierce :



This woman is married but singing passionately about the single life…This is beyond alter ego. And according to Beyonce’s/Sasha’s interview with Ellen, Jay Z knows Sasha well…I wonder how he knows her and what other men in her life know her as well…

Well anyway martini’s up for relishing the single life while married. I live vicariously through you.

: Jazmine Sullivan :

Girl Please! I would love to bust out the windows of a past boyfriends car, house, apartment, etc… Sometimes it feels so good to make someone else feel as bad as you do, and men just don’t understand....Thanks Beyonce... That “we’re just friends” movement of 2008 needs to stop!

Martini’s up for writing LEW with a crowbar…. I live vicariously through you.



: Michelle Obama :



The epitome of a black woman for a black man right now. In the media she is compared to Jackie O, Hillary Clinton, and the rest. She is strong, fashionable, a good role model, and rumored to be a soror. All the support that she gave, even after being chastised for saying when she “First felt American”, she was and is awesome.

Martini’s up for our newest First Lady..


:Buffie the Body :



The epitome of a sexual object for a black man right now. In the media she is compared to video chicks, prostitutes, calendar girls, and Playboy Models. She is always half naked, but strangely empowered. She clearly is getting what she wants, whether it be media attention, money, celebrity status? OR is she? As we look at the Michelle Obamas of the world, does Buffy make us want to turn away? All I know is I couldn’t be her, but I respect her swag.

Martini’s up for female sexuality.



: Mo'nique :



Monique is definitely one of those hate it or love it characters. She is loud, obnoxious, arguably classless, and overweight. She often mocks herself for a couple laughs with the self-determined mission of uplifiting the plus size woman. How can one help a group of women while continuously perpetuating the stereotypes that have brought them down? The jury is still out and our martinis are up.

Martinis up for positive women self esteem.



: Donna Brazille :



Donna has no advanced to degrees, but is as respected Condi when it comes to political participation, commentary, and expertise. Living during a time where women were expected teachers, homemakers, and seamstresses, this black woman has transcended so many levels of scrutiny. I personally respect and look to her life with admiration. She is an intelligence black woman in the media.

We need more of them. Martini’s up.

That's it for BWP now, but if you have a topic for Black Women Politics, and/or have a comment about one of the women listed above, let posh know

NOT POSH: MY PRESIDENT is a SMOKER

Retail Therapy is something that many women across America would admit to participating in. As a contributor to posh and my own personal debt, I can attest to the power of this material healing. Though I feel good at the end of the day with a trunk full of “new things”, old problems/issues/stresses still sit in that trunk as well. They’ve just been pushed to the side to make room for a new purple pump.

Now if retail therapy isn’t your thing, maybe its cosmopolitans and martini’s, maybe its coffee, cake, or any type of comfort food, maybe its Wii games. We all have vices – some we admit to, some we don’t. But again, we all have them.

So when thinking of this, in terms of politics, I can’t help but wonder, what George Bush does when he gets stressed out? What do Congressmen do when they can’t get legislation passed. What do lobbyist do when no one is listening to their issue or addressing it they way they’d planned? And furthermore, does how one handle stress determine how he/she really is?



Our new president-elect has been open about his vice. He’s a smoker. Barack Hussein Obama has been a smoker for years, and has tried to quit to no avail. Who can really blame him with a heated campaign trail, the weight of being the first “colored” president ever in history charged to make a change, and new emerging death wishes across his head? I mean, I might take a pull too…. Well, then again, not really.

I must admit that when I found out that Barack Obama smoked, it threw me for a loop. I mean I always wondered why his lips were that color, I attributed it to melanin....Maybe its the poshness in me, but smoking is not smart or fashionable. It has direct ties to lung cancer and, even worse, death.

But anyway, whatever your vice is, keep in mind what it says about yourself. Several current public administration (which is the study of the creation, implementation and carrying out policies and procedures for the public good) books and theories now include stress as an inherent problem to the success of public organizations and entities such as governments. If human relations theory is right, and we should see an organization as a person. Then right now the largest and most powerful federal organization smokes....



Here's a link to a new pill that works with a support group.

At least that's what the tv commercial said...

Martini's up for new purple pumps

Martini's down for smoking....BAD OBAMA, BAD!!!!

http://www.stress.org/

DIRECT from the Pink BLACKBERRY: BUSH REGRETS

As our blackberry went buzzing today, posh couldn't believe it! President Bush would like to apologize a few days after meeting with President Elect Barack Obama, a few days before the holiday season, and just minutes away from his departure.

Key regrets:

President George W. Bush said he regrets the display of the ``Mission Accomplished'' sign as backdrop for a speech he gave about a month after the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
``To some, it said, well, `Bush thinks the war in Iraq is over,' when I didn't think that,'' he said in a CNN interview today. ``It conveyed the wrong message.''

``I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said,'' Bush said. He cited comments he made after the Sept. 11 attacks, when he said of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden: ``I want justice. There's an old poster out West that said, 'Wanted, dead or alive.'''

Posh is not surprised at the new found reflection. People often find God, Mahatma Ghandi, or some other type of new religion after tramautic experiences. Maybe he found God, or is scared the Lord might strike him down for repeated lies.....(don't worry, these sentences only apply to you if you believe in a Higher Power).

Bush also said he might write a book- The Audacity of False Citizenship, Statements, and Intelligence- just kidding on that title. I think they are still deciding....

Read the article

Martini's up for regret!!! Thanks Bush, after all these years.

posh is STILL POSH: NON PARTISAN

In order to combat the backlash that will surely come because of previously congratulating Barack Obama, posh must be frank. We will always be posh, we will always be non-partisan, but we will always be black owned as well. Though our president elect is the 44th president of the U.S. he is the first bi-racial president! He is the first president to identify himself as anything but white. He is the first african-american. Therefore, we must celebrate this achievement, because its posh.....The American reaction was posh, amongst some of the scariest national threats to the economy, our national security, and the average American citizen's quality of life, it was definitely time to elect a candidate that embodied the current situation in America....

Again- this is smart, this is fashionable.

So we will forever be a non-partisan blog. We will forever champion what is smart and fashionable....But if Sara Palin did not know that Africa was a continent, I apologize, she will not be mentioned in this blog- picking her was not smart or fashionable and neither is she.

With all that said......if you have tickets to the inauguration, let posh know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We would love to be there!

Is it Posh?cELEbrities, POLITICS, and RAP Lyrics????

source: AP

So we have a black president!!!!!!!!!!

Shout outs to Barack, Michelle, and the crew for representing the common man and bringing inspiration to countless people......

From involving popular celebrities such as Beyonce, Mary J, Russell Simmons, and P. Diddy in Miami, Philadelphia and other major cities, to families bringing children, grand children, etc to get into the act, this event was definitely historical...


source: AP

So now, as you drive down the streets, of major cities- such as Atlanta - you start to hear a song...MY PRESIDENT is BLACK by Young Jeezy. You peek into the car and see an energized black person screaming my president is black at the top of his/her lungs. You begin to think to yourself- was this what the election was all about? Is the president black? I thought he was mixed....and isn't celebrating such a historical moment with "Jeezy lyrics" downright distasteful??? Several people seem to think so...

But hear at posh, mecca of smart and fashionable, we think differently

SO yes, if anyone at posh hears On the RECESSION, My PRESIDENT by Jeezy…….It gets blasted, and why…for the same reason that “ALL my SINGLE ladies” by BEYONCE gets blasted on a good day (which is now everyday because my president is black, but we digress) because ITS CATCHY. It’s on the RADIO 24/7 and its called MEDIA influence. When you hear “My president is black” and it makes you feel good…..is that wrong? If it is a different way that has helped you identify with one of the most poignant happenings in history….is that DISTASTEFUL? African Americans have always had an artistic/musical past….Let’s not go back to African dancing and drums and the like. Musical expression is one of the pinnacles of our cultural make up.

Not only did Jeezy create a song in reference to the event, but he supported the campaign as well. Though he cannot vote, this rapper took time on Saturdays to volunteer his time and phone bank for our PRESIDENT ELECT, here in the RED state of GA. Cameras flashed as Beyonce, Puff Daddy, and others visited people in line major states, but Jeezy worked when the cameras WERE OFF. There are maybe two (I don’t know how many) videos of his phonebanking in Austell, GA. So read the lyrics. Read his shouts out to Booker T Washington and Jackie Robinson. Read his charge to the black community trying to buy shoes, pay bills, and deal with their current situation. Read his allusions to Martin Luther King, and lying politicians….SIMULTANEOUSLY. Listen to Nas and his appreciation for black HISTORY….

Like he said in the song, win, lose, or draw Barack was OUR President. So you cried on your couch when you heard the news. I felt enormous responsibility when I heard the news…..and others did God knows what when they heard the news. But if JEEZY’s SONG. “My President is Black” in particular was in their “God Knows What", we wouldn’t call it DISTASTEFUL in the like……it’s definitely ethical, it’s definitely appropriate, and TASTE is clearly a matter of opinion. It’s actually an interesting amalgamation of current society, generational norms, and modern music.