So any penny we make over the minimum that we need for survival is greed? I am typing on a laptop which I bought with money I didn't need for survival. I am greedy. My brother took on a part-time on top of his full-time job to buy a nicer car than he has. Greedy bastard. My Dad worked 2 jobs since I was 8 years old…

It's greed for a woman, or anyone, to work beyond what they need for survival. She is a woman who works. So on one side we have people telling woman on public assistance "Get a job." On the other side we have people telling women "Stop working so much, you greedy thing."

Getting paid to work isn't greed. Greed is stealing or committing fraud to get monetary gain. Getting paid for your services is working.

It seems that your morals and her morals don't line up on this issue. She seems to believe that SodaStream isn't doing anything morally reprehensible. I have sat through hour-long discussions with friends on both sides of this debate so it seems that there isn't just one "right" answer. Thoughtful, morally aware…

In kids that young you as the parent/adult teach him or her what's "normal." My nephew is overweight at 4 years old and when I'm over I ask him to put down his hand-held gaming thing-y and we hula hoop in the living room instead. I've never heard a human being laugh so continuously as when we hula hoop. He's most…

No one "needs" a penny more than to clothe him or herself from the elements, basic shelter, water, and basic food to survive. Everything above that is gravy.

It's not just actresses, though. Eminem has done car commercials. George Clooney, the consummate "Movie Star," has several commercial overseas. Another huge Movie Star, Brad Pitt, did those Chanel No. 5 commercials.

I think that's what sets wealthy people apart from the rest of us. And how generational wealth passes on and on and on. She works a ton——movies, Broadway, commercials——gets with someone who also makes a ton of money and whatever offspring they have never have to work a day in their lives.

I'm just not really familiar with her solo stuff (which I guess is part and parcel of the convo we are having now). I only know "Motivation" with L 'il Wayne which I believe is her biggest solo hit.

I love it!

We threw my Mom a pretty big 60th birthday party. People flew in from various parts of the US, we had a ton of food, booze, music, etc. I don't think you need to be Oprah to celebrate 60 years on the planet in style!

FYI: Typo in headline.

Interesting. I think of KR as an R&B singer but it could be a chicken-or-the-egg type argument. To me, she doesn't sing songs with big hooks like Rihanna and Beyoncé, and even Nicki Minaj ("Starships") do and that's what I think of when I think of pop music—-big hooks. But like you point out it could be how she is…

On her new album she also raps (or something akin to rapping/spoken word). And she often makes up nonsense words, like on her song "Countdown." She just straight-up sings made-up words in that song.

I think she just wanted to start a business. She says in interviews that she's lost passion for acting and only acts sporadically now. So now she's trying to be a "lifestyle guru" in the vein of Martha Stewart.

I totally agree! Kelly Rowland is so stunningly gorgeous and has a great voice but she still has yet to "break out." I wonder how much of it is being an R & B star vs. being a pop star. I think of Fantasia, Chrissete Michele, Jazmine Sullivan, Ledisi, etc. who are all IMMENSELY talented but are not on the public…

About half the jobs I applied for did. They wanted to see my coursework. And several interviews I had asked me about specific courses I took, one interviewer even asked about a professor I had (she is well known in the field). And all grad schools ask for them as part of your application materials.

I think she just repeated a word—-I think she knows it's not a rhyme :-).

A very interest topic! I find some Black woman to be conflicted about Beyoncé because of this reason. The thinking that she owes much of her success to the fact that she has the "idealized" Black female aesthetic: light skin and blonde weave.

I feel like a grandma mentioning this but I worry primarily about the students of color this course may attract... It's hard enough for college students of color to break into the job market after college due to the fewer corporate connections they may have to their White counterparts. Having a course with "Beyoncé"…