Author Archives: Julianne

My piece on indie female rappers is now out in the New York Times. SUNDAY ARTS & LEISURE IT’S ME AND LENNY KRAVITZ JUST CHILLIN IN THE CUT LET’S GET IT

My mom is doing great, and thanks to all for the crossed fingers and nice emails. Little known fact: tumors on the heart are incredibly rare and almost always benign. They found one on my mom’s ventricle or some shit … Continue reading →

Mama Escobedo is going in for a quadruple heart bypass in the morning. Obviously I am terrified, with the bad kind of butterflies in my stomach and dread, not just because a quadruple heart bypass is fucking major cardiac surgery … Continue reading →

To quote Why Black Women Are Angry: “Don’t push Mr. Nice Guy because still waters run deep.” MODED! IN YA FACE!

Mo sends these amazingly fucked up and/or hilarious commercials – from 2007 advertising a play house for little girls. She sez:: “I hate it when I do my laundry and it doesn’t get clean!” The Rose Petal Cottage: A place … Continue reading →

Martin Luther King, III has announced he and his wife are expecting a child with his wife, Arndrea Waters. Now if that isn’t beautiful, I don’t know what is. Happy MLK Day, part two.

BEYONCE IS READY TO SCAB HER’DELF, which is incredibly messed up, though unsurprising. Every scab means NBC’s that much more liable to shut off the Friday Night Lights! Don’t do it, Beyaki!

From the comments section of Nicholas Kristof’s blog, regarding his column “Hillary, Barack, Experience”: Someone should raise an issue of whether the manner in which Bill Clinton is campaigning for Hillary Clinton is ethically, if not legally, appropriate of a … Continue reading →

Found this on YouTube and thought it was dope. Happy MLK Day.

Some very exciting things gwan ’round here as of late. Only, I can’t spill any of it yet. Let’s just say this: You know what time it is. And also: tune in to Faded Radio tonight where Pete and Schnippz … Continue reading →