{"id":224,"date":"2010-03-13T17:50:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T22:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcdistrictdiva.com\/?p=224"},"modified":"2010-03-13T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T22:50:48","slug":"for-the-kids-march-13th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/for-the-kids-march-13th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Kids (March 13th edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_227\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcdistrictdiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/s-MARRIES-PILLOW-large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227\" title=\"s-MARRIES-PILLOW-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dcdistrictdiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/s-MARRIES-PILLOW-large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/03\/10\/korean-man-marries-pillow_n_494122.html<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While I was caught up in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcdistrictdiva.com\/?p=212\">Happy Black Girl Day!<\/a>, the rest of the world kept turning. As usual, all types of tricks went down this week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Miseducation of our children continues. Ultraconservatives made <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/03\/13\/texas-textbook-massacre-u_n_498003.html\">radical changes<\/a> to primary education textbooks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>48% of Black women have<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE62846Q20100309\"> herpes<\/a>. PLEASE get tested and treated! (find a free clinic<a href=\"http:\/\/www.needymeds.org\/free_clinics.taf\"> here<\/a>, and check symptoms <a href=\"http:\/\/dermatology.about.com\/cs\/genitalherpes\/a\/genherp_women.htm\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Christians are being urged to <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/201003110046\">boycott<\/a> Glenn Beck because of his <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/research\/201003120055\">attacks<\/a> on Christianity and social justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The apocalypse is nigh. Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann (whom I like to call &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/i119.photobucket.com\/albums\/o132\/PepaGacy\/politics\/political-pictures-michele-bachmann.jpg\">crazy eyes<\/a>&#8220;) have teamed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/03\/11\/sarah-palin-michele-bach_n_495386.html\">up<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>So a man married a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/03\/10\/korean-man-marries-pillow_n_494122.html\">pillow<\/a>.   Are times really this bad? (After re-reading this post, I guess they are).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, to end on a positive note. Here is a clip from Tim Burton&#8217;s Alice in Wonderland. I LOVED this movie! It&#8217;s just a fantasy, and has no subliminal themes or meanings, but nonetheless, I walked out feeling like I ought to be living my dreams, bump what the &#8216;hood says. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was caught up in Happy Black Girl Day!, the rest of the world kept turning. As usual, all types of tricks went down this week. The Miseducation of our children continues. Ultraconservatives made radical changes to primary education textbooks. 48% of Black women have herpes. 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