Jesus Christ, now that's something that I will never be able to un-see.

They sure have. I'm not saying that looks were never a factor before, but having a talent was a requirement.

Honestly? I didn't even think that her face was marketable enough to elevate her to superstar status (as I find her looks to be generic enough to get lost in the sauce of today's Black pop-n-B acts) and her not blowing up until her third album proved that to me. Had it not been for Jay-Z's insistent pushing of her…

I didn't watch it either, but it's clear to me from her recent and upcoming bookings (Whitney and MJ's daughters, the Kardashians, and now, Meagan Good's soon-to-be-hubby) that ratings were the only thing that she wanted out of that.

"Mad Men gossip! January Jones and Jessica Paré HATE each other, mostly because JJ is jealous, furious and bitter that she's not the hot one anymore."

All this shows me is just how desperate Oprah is in saving her network, as having Curtis on OWN wouldn't have even been considered a year ago.

Wait, this Katy Perry thing is actually happening? I thought it was a terrible rumor.

If you'd told me that this chick would be more than the Lumidee of 2005 back then, I'd have laughed in your face.

Although I'm the first person to holler that she has no business having any kind of music career and have been over her soap opera with Ike Brown for a while, I certainly don't want her to be chewed up and spit out by the parasitic industry that has been shoving her down our throats either.

Dear Robyn:

Is there a man or lesbian on the planet who would be like, "Yeah, no...I was gonna sleep with you, but your hair really needs a comb run through it..."

Honestly?

At the end of the day, folks need to realize that there is no such thing as 'good' or 'bad' hair.

I was actually being facetious, though I wouldn't be surprised if such a claim were made.

The sad part about it is that I first came into the Naptural Nazi fold thinking that they'd be more enlightened than the Bra Strap Length Loonies until I caught wind to the fact that they are two sides of the same coin.

That scene (and that movie) will never get old to me. And Word to the Black Hair Police being the cyber equivalent of Madame Re-Re's salon. You mentioning 'bra strap growth' brought me back to some teeth-gnashing memories of message board battles over this shit.

"I think it's because we've been still conditioned to not know what real black hair looks like."

I'm not going to act as if I don't manipulate/twist/drench/soak/pin-tuck my hair as many times as I choose to leave it be, as rocking many different 'dos is a main reason why I decided to go natural in the first place. However, like you said, those folks are obsessive about achieving the perfect…

As long as you can convince one of them to dress like Lita Ford...

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