Tag Archives: Reality Check

Support The Team, Win The Game

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Awake BW

Some of you out there are forgetting not only what’s at stake, but are also forgetting how to even play to win. I’ll be using all kinda sports metaphors in this post – most likely mixed in with my usual … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Hellz YES, WELP | Tagged Listen, Politics, Reality Check, Sunday Thoughts | Leave a comment

Criminal Cops

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Awake BW

Here’s the deal. I’ve decided to stop using the phrases: “Dirty Cops” or “Bad Cops” or anything along those lines. And I’ll tell you why. The opposite of dirty is clean. Toss those dirty clothes into the washing machine and … Continue reading →

Posted in General, WELP, WTF | Tagged HELL NAWL, iCan't, Listen, Race, Racism, Reality Check, White Supremacy, WTF I'm Tired of This Ish | 2 Comments

My Dream for Ferguson on No Indictment Day

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Awake BW

I’d like to see the Ferguson protesters and pretty much all the other cities and counties that have joined them in solidarity adopt what I call Operation Tumbleweed (or not really a hashtag ((yet)) #BoycottThePolice). This is just a dream I … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Hellz YES, WELP | Tagged Civil Disobedience, Cop Corruption, Ferguson, Justice, Listen, Protest, Race, Racism, Reality Check, WTF I'm Tired of This Ish | 17 Comments

This Is What You Get When…

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Awake BW

What happens when you take your 10 hours of street harassment footage and give it to a white male to edit? Well you get just shy of 3 minutes of almost benign catcalling and no white dudes shown even doing that. … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Hellz YES, WTF | Tagged Male Gaze, Male Privilege, Misogyny, Mysogynoir, Reality Check, Sexism, Social Conditioning, Street Harassment, WTF I'm Tired of This Ish | 7 Comments

#FergusonOctober Ignites a Generation

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Awake BW

This post had been a long time coming, and in truth I was rendered unable to write anything coherently for a long while. I still really can’t, but NEEDS MUST and so here I am. I’ve also sprinkled lots of … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Hellz YES, WELP, WTF | Tagged Blogging, Civil Disobedience, Cop Corruption, Ferguson, HELL NAWL, Justice, Politics, Protest, Race, Racism, Reality Check, White Privilege, White Supremacy | 5 Comments

Viola Davis is Beautiful

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Awake BW

Classic African Beauty: ENJOY ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Gurl, BYE. ~*~ For those that don’t know, Executive Producer Shonda Rhimes of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and Private Practice fame has cast the amazing actor Viola Davis … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Hellz YES, WELP | Tagged Love, Pop Culture, Race, Racism, Reality Check, Television, Television Shows, TV, Viola Davis, White Supremacy | 9 Comments

Renisha McBride’s Killer Gets Sentenced

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Awake BW

According to This Article from the LA Times Theodore P. Wafer who murdered Renisha McBride, is getting 17-32 years. At the very least he is gonna do 17 years. I say he got off easy. A couple of people on … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Hellz YES, WELP, WTF | Tagged HELL NAWL, I Told You So, Racism, Reality Check, Renisha McBride | 5 Comments

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Awake BW

It happened one day. From one moment to the next. Things were carrying on as usual and then in the next moment everything was different. This was the day over two-thirds of Earth’s population disappeared. At first some thought it … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Hellz YES, WELP | Tagged Male Gaze, Male Privilege, MEN CAN STOP RAPE, Misogyny, Misongynoir, Rape, Rape Culture, Reality Check, Sexism, Social Conditioning, WTF I'm Tired of This Ish | 4 Comments

Simple Truths

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Awake BW

If Jordan Davis had been alone in his car Michael Dunn would be facing no jail time right now. That is what this verdict says. I guess he’d be sitting around waiting a new trial or waiting to see if … Continue reading →

Posted in General, WELP, WTF | Tagged HELL NAWL, I'm DONE, I'm So Angry, iCan't, Racism, Reality Check, White Supremacy, WTF I'm Tired of This Ish | 12 Comments

The Valentine’s Day Hoax

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Awake BW

I’m writing this because of a lot of tweets I’ve been seeing flowing down my Twitter TL have me pretty pissed off. They relate to Of Course the so-called holiday looming on the near horizon called Valentine’s Day. This is … Continue reading →