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jilyandbambi · 11 months

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yeah, if 6 teenage girls and 1 teenage boy had emerged from the Canadian wilderness after 19 months with a 1 year old baby in tow, there would've been no escaping the media hellstorm. They would've been on 20/20 within 3 months. One group interview and a few candids of Shauna holding the baby would've been the price they'd all have had to pay in order to be left tf alone because while in 2023 society pretends to care about trauma, PTSD, and teens' mental health, this was the 90s--when Nicole Brown Simpson was blamed for her own murder, Lorena Bobbit was a late-night punchline, R. Kelly marrying 15 y/o Aalyiah was an open secret, grown men were calling into radio stations to speculate on 16 y/o Britney Spears' virginity, and Monica Lewinsky was doxxed and getting death threats for sucking off Bill Clinton.

What I'm saying is:

Seven teens (the girls + Travis) surviving against the odds for 19 months is the epilogue to a tragedy with enough unanswered questions to keep true crime nerds speculating & reporters digging.

But them being found with an infant? Had it come out that one of the girls was pregnant and gave birth during the ordeal? That's mainstream tabloid fodder. The kind that not even "papers of repute" would turn their noses up at. Barbara Walters, Lesley Stahl, and Mike Wallace would be beating each other and TMZ down to get the first interview, the first photo of the baby. NBC would've backed a U-Haul full of money onto the Shipman's, the Martinez', and the Sadecki's front yard (because speculation as to who the actual father really was would be kept going until it came directly from the source). Did she know she was pregnant when she got on the plane? Who else knew? What was it like giving birth? Did any of the other girls get pregnant? How many of the girls did Travis do it with? Weren't any of them afraid of the same thing happening to them? Did doing it help them cope?

And it wouldn't just be the media. Doctors, child development specialists, psychologists, sociologists, and academics would be calling non-stop to get Shauna and the baby to participate in clinical trials and studies.

The only way they'd have been left alone is if they'd done a televised interview and ended it by pleading to be allowed to go on with their lives in peace

#shauna shipman #wilderness baby #yellowjackets meta #yj meta #yj s2 #yellowjackets #idk what the point here is. the thought just came to me

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Why this low key reminded me of the time Sean Connery said he doesn't like playing golf with women because he likes the company of men at golf. I think it was the infamous interview with Barbara Walters. And I mean ofc you can't force someone. It's his choice after all. He was Uttraphalguni Moon if I'm not wrong.

Sun men never beating the Chad allegations lol

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BOOKS For her, success was never enough

Walter’s outsize ambition may have earned her ‘fame and fortune but not peace,’ new book says

When Walter Cronkite learned in April 1976 that ABC had hired Barbara Walters as co-anchor of its nightly news broadcast, the CBS anchorman experienced what he called a “wave of nausea, the sickening sensation that perhaps we were all going under.”

As Susan Page relates in The Rulebreaker , her compelling, deliciously readable biography of Walters, for Cronkite and the other giants of broadcast journalism, the idea that Walters — a co-host of NBC’s Today show, a morning program that combined hard news with human-interest and entertainment features — would be elevated to TV journalism’s most august position was beyond the pale.

So was her $1 million salary, a much higher sum than Cronkite and his cohort were making.

Left unsaid, at least in public, was arguably the most significant source of their angst over ABC’s announcement:

For the first time, a woman was about to breach their old boys’ anchor club.

Still, the sexism that permeated their reaction, along with that of much of the public and press, was glaringly obvious.

In countless newspaper headlines, this 47-year-old woman who had spent 20 years in the business was referred to as “a million-dollar baby.”

On Capitol Hill, a powerful Democratic congressman declared that the idea of a “little girl” being paid such a fantastic sum was “ridiculous.”

At the end of their first broadcast, Harry Reasoner, Walters’s ABC co-anchor and a self-proclaimed “male chauvinist,” told her on the air:

“I’ve kept time on your stories and mine tonight. You owe me four minutes.”

In the year and a half they worked together, Reasoner often decamped to a nearby bar after the broadcast and loudly disparaged her performance to anyone in hearing range.

ABC’s male-female experiment turned out to be a failure:

Its evening news show remained mired in last place, and its battling anchors were soon replaced.

But Walters would outlast Reasoner, Cronkite and the other male news stars of the day.

A harbinger of the future in broadcast news, she became a three-decade fixture on ABC for her headline-making interviews of major world figures, celebrities and ordinary people who suddenly found themselves in the spotlight.

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Walters’s 1999 interview with Monica Lewinsky, shortly after news broke of Lewinsky’s sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton, scored the largest audience — 74 million people — of any TV interview program in history.

Calling it a master class in effective questioning, a noted Washington trial lawyer advised his colleagues to study it for tips on how to conduct their courtroom examinations.

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But for the most celebrated woman in broadcast journalism, such triumphs were never enough.

Her professional ascent, Page notes, brought Walters “fame and fortune but not peace.”

For all her success, Walters, who died in 2022, had a profoundly disappointing personal life: three broken marriages and a contentious relationship with her only daughter.

Her work was her solace, but even there, she never felt totally secure.

According to Bill Geddie, one of her longtime producers, “She was propelled not by her strength but by her uncertainties.”

These lifelong anxieties could be traced in part to her rootless, unstable childhood.

Her father, Lou Walters — a flamboyant nightclub owner in New York and Miami — made and squandered several fortunes, leaving his wife and two daughters perpetually worried about their future.

Despite the angst he caused her, Walters yearned for her father’s approval and came to share his outsize ambition, and his taste for power and wealth.

Lou had always skated on the edge of propriety, consorting with organized-crime figures and, as Page puts it, other “folk who might have spent some time in prison, or were at risk of going there.”

His daughter had a similar penchant for men with sketchy reputations, including Roy Cohn, Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s right-hand man, with whom she had a hopeless romance, and Donald Trump, whom she interviewed more than a dozen times before he ran for president in 2016.

Her skill at forging connections with powerful men, shady or not, was critical to her success.

Somewhat ironically, that success made her a role model for generations of young women who, inspired by her toughness and resilience, followed her into broadcasting.

“Without Barbara Walters, there wouldn’t have been me — nor any other woman you see on evening, morning and daily news,” Oprah Winfrey observed.

For Walters, however, sisterhood went only so far.

“Barbara was determined to win the game, not change its rules,” Page writes. “The path she ended up clearing for the women who followed her was, first and foremost, one that she was cutting for herself.”

A ruthless competitor, she was “addicted to the chase” for interview subjects, and “woe to anyone, man or woman, who stood in her path.”

Her ferocious rivalry with Diane Sawyer, her younger ABC colleague, in snagging the latest hot newsmaker was the stuff of legend.

Walters’ career was the only thing that kept her going.

At the age of 67, she helped create The View , a hit daytime talk show with an all-female panel, and appeared on it until she was 82.

When failing health forced her to retire, she did so unwillingly.

Shortly before her last appearance on The View , a colleague asked her if there was anything she wanted. “More time,” she replied.

Lynne Olson is the author of nine books of history, including “Madame Fourcade’s Secret War.”

Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a journalist at the Associated Press and the Baltimore Sun.

The Rulebreaker The Life and Times of Barbara Walters Susan Page Simon & Schuster, $30.99

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Why Barbara Walters’ “Rude” Interviews Made for Such Great TV

She lobbed the questions that no one wanted to answer and that no one else could ask. Source: Why Barbara Walters’ “Rude” Interviews Made for Such Great TV

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Barbara Walters, Iconic News Anchor.

Barbara Walters, the pioneering TV journalist whose interviewing skills made her one of the most prominent figures in broadcasting, has passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her love ones.

Walters began her national broadcast career in 1961 as a reporter, writer and panel member for NBC’s “Today” show before being promoted to co-hdst in 1974. In 1976, Walters joined ABC News as the first female anchor on an evening news program.

At that network, Walters launched “The Barbara Walters Specials” and “10 Most Fascinating People” before becoming a co-host and correspondent for ABC News’ “20/20” in 1984. Along the way, she interviewed every US president and first lady since Richard and Pat Nixon.

For more than five decades, Walters was a name to reckon with, whether speaking with world leaders on news programs, in celebrities’ homes for her regular “Barbara Walters Specials” or on “The View,” a daytime talk show in which a diverse panel of women discuss the latest headlines.

Sometimes seen as brash, usually by men questioning her forthright demeanor, she could only shrug at the criticism.

“If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative. If it’s a woman it’s too pushy, if it’s a man it’s aggressive in the best sense of the word,” she once observed. -(source: cnn)

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“it’s what we know, not what you want us to believe.”

#dna #dnaamerica #news #politics #barbarawalters #rip #sip

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Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey. At the age of four though, she and her family moved to East Orange, where she grew up.

After Houston's second album, fans and critics accused her of selling out to white audiences. Although the album was a success, the criticism wasn't quelled.

It all culminated in a cruel incident at the 1989 Soul Train Awards, where she was up for an award. When the presenter read her name aloud, many in the audience loudly booed her.

It was at this same awards show that she met Bobby Brown, who had a much different and dark past. He'd been involved with gangs, had once been shot, and had already had three kids by the time he was 22.

And Houston didn't know it, but when she was dating Brown, he was still in a relationship. Her name was Kim Ward and she was the mother of one of his children. Ward was two months pregnant with another one of his kids when she looked at the news one day and got the shock of a lifetime -

Brown and Houston were engaged. Ward had no idea. The two broke up soon after, leaving Brown free to continue his relationship with Houston.

Just before she got married to Brown, Eddie Murphy called Houston and begged her not to go through with it - but she ignored him and went ahead with the marriage.

She had a miscarriage during the The Bodyguard World Tour, which she told Barbara Walters was "very painful." She also spoke of how the media was the one to break the news, and how that hurt her.

What Whitney didn't know though, was that her father, John Houston, had leaked the story to the tabloids, which the paper confirmed after Whitney's death.

A year after the miscarriage, she was pregnant with Bobbi Kristina.

It was after the Bodyguard, Whitney said, that she became heavily involved with drugs. She felt her star was overshadowing Brown's, and tension ensued as a result in their marriage.

"Something happens to a man when a woman has that much fame," Whitney said.

Growing up in a deeply religious household and involved with her church growing up, she took her vows of marriage seriously. And she was determined to prove the public wrong about their odd pairing. She fell into trying to please Brown to the point where she lost herself and who she was -

Even while Brown was having affairs throughout their marriage. There was also domestic abuse their daughter Bobbi Kristina witnessed growing up around her dysfunctional parents.

In 1996, Houston became pregnant again, and spoke to People magazine, saying that she dreaded another miscarriage.

"My greatest fear is I'll lose this baby and be told I can never get pregnant again," Whitney said. "I have nightmares about it."

Sadly, just weeks after she gave the interview to People, Houston's darkest fears came true. She had yet another miscarriage.

In 2003, law enforcement responded to a 9-1-1 call where they found Houston with a bruised cheek and cut lip. Brown was charged with misdemeanor battery.

In 2005, Brown shopped for a reality show about him and his life, but execs would only agree to it if Whitney would appear. Although Whitney didn't want to be on camera, she agreed to help her husband. The show however, which critics called a "trainwreck" was not renewed for a second season after Whitney refused to appear for it.

Houston's daughter was witness to some of her mother's worst years of substance abuse.

A family member recalls visiting the family, and having a preteen Bobbi Kristina answer the door, advising that Bobby Brown had to put Whitney to bed. The room was covered in dirty clothes and dishes, and the family source could only describe it as "the bedroom of a junkie."

Whitney talked to Oprah of an incident in which Brown spit in her face, in front of their daughter.

"He spit on me. And my daughter was coming down the stairs and she saw it. I didn't understand why that occurred - why he had such a hate for me, because I loved him so much. Bobbi Kris asked me, 'mommy did he just spit on you?' I said 'yes, baby, but it's ok.' She looked me in my eyes and said, 'no mommy, no its not ok.'"

A turning point came when her mother, Cissy Houston, gave her an ultimatum and practically forced her hand to go to rehab. She eventually found the strength in her to leave the relationship, and not look back.

"He was my drug. I didn't do anything without him. I wasn't getting high by myself. It was me and him together. We were partners," she explained.

Sadly, Whitney's voice was never the same after those years. She was developing emphysema, as her toxicology reports showed at her passing.

#whitney houston #bobby brown #bobbi kristina

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allsoundwavesarebeautiful · 3 years

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Cyclonus: i'm Galvatron's right-hand man. right-arm man. i'm his best friend. his confidant. his silly rabbit

Rodimus: is that what he calls you?

Cyclonus: no

#maccadam #transformers #cyclonus #rodimus prime #soundwave posts #incorrect quotes #source: Barbara Walters interview

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Mercy: I just wear pants because they’re comfortable.

Christy: Do you ever wear a skirt?

Mercy: I have one.

Christy: You have one?

Mercy: I’ll wear it to your funeral.

#mercy thompson #patricia briggs #incorrect mercy thompson quotes #moon called #incorrect quotes #mercyverse #christy hauptman #christy is the worst #source: barbara walters/katharine hepburn interview

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Allegedly, The First Episode of the Mysterious Benedict Society’s 2nd Season Will be Titled “A Perilous Journey” and Feature 7 New Characters

”According to sources close to The DisInsider, we can confirm that Disney is looking to cast at least 7 brand new roles for the series’ upcoming second season.

The two biggest characters of the bunch, so far, are named Ana De Leon and Marlon.

Ana is described as Oprah or Barbara Walters type in her 50s-60s who is “smart, esteemed, and a no-nonsense interviewer”. She’s expected to be a one-off guest star set to be interviewing Tony Hale’s L.D. Curtain at some point in the season.

Marlon, on the other hand, is expected to be a recurring character in his 20s-30s who will be a right-hand man to Curtain. While he’s mostly positive, he is also a bit overconfident – to the point that he bullies most everyone else.

The studio is also looking to cast two students between the ages of 12-16 who are friends with the character Sticky, two people “anxiously” waiting in line to get onboard a cruise, and an equally impatient travel agent that works for a cruise company called Zephyr.

While it might not make sense how all the characters are connected, we can also confirm that these breakdowns are specifically for the first episode of the series second season, tentatively titled “A Perilous Journey.”

The rest of the principle cast is expected to return including the aforementioned Hale, alongside Kristen Schaal as Number Two, MaameYaa Boafo as Rhonda, Ryan Hurst as Milligan, Gia Sandhu as Ms. Perumal, Mystic Inscho as Reynie Muldoon, Seth B. Carr as Stinky, Emmy DeOliveira as Kate Wetherall, and Marta Kessler as Constance Contraire.

The series, which is based on the best-selling children’s books by Trenton Lee Stewart and revolves around an eccentric man who gathers four children to stop a global emergency, is expected to return later this year.”

https://thedisinsider.com/2022/01/27/exclusive-character-breakdowns-for-season-2-of-the-mysterious-benedict-society-revealed/

#mbs disney #mbs #Mysterious Benedict Society #The Mysterious Benedict Society #trenton lee stewart

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What begins the record of the issue around the late actor and domestic violence happened during an interview with Playboy magazine in 1965. The original 007 was quoted as saying, “I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don’t recommend you do it in the same way you hit a man.”

Some of his friends say that this is a misquote, and he actually said, “You can do a woman a lot more harm by moral torture than with a slap.” Which honestly, doesn’t sound much better, but I guess the desire is to say that he didn’t actually advocate for physically harming women.

He is also reported to have told Vanity Fair in 1993: “There are women who take it to the wire. That’s what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.”

Adding fuel to this, in 2006, his ex-wife, Australian actress Diane Cilento, released her autobiography, My Nine Lives. In it, she claimed that, during her eleven-year marriage to Connery, he was mentally and physically abusive. When these allegations arose, he canceled an appearance at the Scottish Parliament because of them.

His “friends” put out a statement saying the actor told them, “I don’t believe that any level of abuse of women is ever justified under any circumstances. Full stop.” It’s since been echoed from the original Times story as though the actor himself released a public comment, but the actual phrasing was:

The Edinburgh-born movie star has always maintained he was quoted out of context and last week told friends: “My view is I don’t believe that any level of abuse against women is ever justified under any circumstances. Full stop.” Sources close to Connery said he had been “hurt and annoyed” that alleged comments from 40 years ago were still being dredged up.

Snopes points out that the statements he made are not simply “alleged” because there is even an on the record, on-camera interview with Barbara Walters where he continued these statements. Also, Snopes provides the full passage from the Playboy article that shows Connery made those statements:

“I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman — although I don’t recommend doing it in the same way that you’d hit a man. An openhanded slap is justified — if all other alternatives fail and there has been plenty of warning. If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I’d do it.

I think a man has to be slightly advanced, ahead of the woman. I really do — by virtue of the way a man is built, if nothing else. But I wouldn’t call myself sadistic. I think one of the appeals that Bond has for women, however, is that he is decisive, cruel even. By their nature women aren’t decisive — “Shall I wear this? Shall I wear that?” — and along comes a man who is absolutely sure of everything and he’s a godsend. And, of course, Bond is never in love with a girl and that helps. He always does what he wants, and women like that. It explains why so many women are crazy about men who don’t give a rap for them.”

#domestic violence #intimate partner violence #connery

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Proof (Javier x Reader) {MTMF}

Title: Proof Rating: PG-13 Length: 1600 Warnings: Fluff. Notes: You can find everything about Maybe Today, Maybe Forever here. Set May 4th 1998. Summary: The final article comes out.

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IRREFUTABLE PROOF — DEA BRIBED COLLEGE STUDENT TO RUIN FORMER AGENT’S CREDIBILITY

The DEA has maintained that Annette Morley’s termination was related to her perfidious actions, concerning her relationship with Javier Peña. The couple sat down with The Post to clarify why they chose to conceal their relationship.

“It wasn’t an ideal situation,” said Peña when questioned about why he and Morley kept their relationship quiet while working for the DEA. “We were working to take down dangerous organizations, we couldn’t risk something happening to our daughter. We suffered to keep it a secret. Annie gave birth alone, while I filed paperwork at the office. We couldn’t risk anyone knowing that two DEA agents had a child together — our daughter would’ve become a target.”

Could they not trust the DEA with that secret? Morley was quick to clarify why she chose to lie about her daughter’s paternity, “It was hard enough to be a woman working for the government. I was subjected to sexist comments regularly and I feared how I would be treated if they knew that Javier and I were together.”

It should be noted that both Peña and Morley denied that Peña was the father of Morley’s daughter, yet only Morley was disciplined. Documents collected via the Freedom of Information Act suggest that this was an intentional decision meant to minimize Morley’s participation within the agency. Correspondence between high-level authorities, conclude a pattern of suppression targeting women throughout the agency.

The DEA ardently denies claims of sexual harassment, citing that their agents undergo a seminar about harassment in the workplace during their on boarding. Sources within the DEA have confirmed numerous reports of sexual harassment claims made against all levels of management.

Evidence provided to The Post by a source close to Peña and Morley, and verified by the University of Miami, concluded that the DEA had orchestrated a scheme to pressure one of Javier Peña’s students to falsely claim that they had been having an affair. The source showed receipts of a sizeable money transfer in return for making the claims to the University.

Following The Post’s reporting that DEA agent Chris Fiestle had numerous disciplinary claims against him, the DEA has placed him on paid leave. An anonymous source has provided The Post with information and confidently identified Fiestle as the individual who facilitated the DEA’s bribery scheme. A second source, within the agency, provided documentation of the bribery which had been signed off on by two high-level figures.

Due to the investigative journalism of The Post we are pleased to report that The Office of the Inspector General released a report that a full audit of the DEA’s inter-agency procedures, practices, and correspondences. The Post is working with the OIG to corroborate the reports made in the paper. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a secondary review of misconduct.

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It was done. Finally. With today’s issue of The Post, you no longer had to dread the next front page story you’d read. Vickers had exceeded your expectations — not just by addressing what you had endured, but uncovering a whole culture of misconduct.

“I don’t want to speak to the press,” You told Javier as you sat across from him at the kitchen table. The phone was ringing for the fifth time since you had gotten out of bed and you were certain it was the same type of call you’d already put up with.

MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN had been hounding you since the first article — but now it seemed to have ramped up. They were all desperate for a sit down interview.

“Not even Barbara Walters or Diane Sawyer?” Javier teased, trying to play off the obvious distress you were in. You were appreciative.

You laughed, shaking your head. “No, I’m not sitting down for 20/20. I’m humbled, but no. I’ve done what I intended to do.”

Monica sighed heavily as she folded the newspaper in half and sat it on the table beside her coffee. “I’m so glad he respected my request.”

“I told him all along that the article wouldn’t run with your name in it.” You assured her. Monica had spent the night — too anxious about the forthcoming article to spend the night at her own place. “I can’t help if the DEA brings you into it, however.”

She smiled grimly, “I know. I just don’t want my parents…” Monica shook her head, “And what about work? How am I going to work for the government if my name gets black balled?”

Javier cleared his throat, “I won’t let that happen. No daughter of mine is going to be harassed by those fuc—“

You shot him a look.

“Freaks.”

“Mommy, did daddy say a bad word?” Josie questioned as she licked the butter off her toast.

“Freaks isn’t a bad word.” You shook your head, “Josie, eat your toast right. Please?”

Josie scrunched up her nose as she folded her bread in half and ate the center out of the toast. “But fuck is bad?”

“Josie!” Javier snapped his fingers, “What have we talked about?”

She tried to look as sheepish and adorable as possible, “I sassy daddy.”

Monica stifled a laugh.

“That’s an interesting way to say you’re sorry, Josie.” His brows rose upwards as he stared at Josie. “Josefína Selina Peña—“

“I’m sorry, daddy.” Josie stuck out her bottom lip as she slid herself off her chair and walked around the table to grab at you, pressing her face against your stomach and pretending to cry.

“Are you hiding with me?” You laughed. “Do I get to play good cop?”

Monica leaned down to Josie’s height, poking her in the side, “What have we talked about bad words?”

“That they’re bad.” Josie offered quietly, before she squirmed out of your hold and dropped onto the floor as she crawled under the table.

Javier rubbed at the back of his neck, giving you a look. “We’ve created a monster.”

“We’ve created a little girl who isn’t acting like she just turned five.”

Stevie barked, padding through the kitchen and ducking under the table to join Josie.

“I a baby again!” Josie announced, remaining beneath the table.

Sofía leaned over the side of her high chair, trying to look for Josie. “Sissss!” She made grabby hands, wiggling as she tried to get out.

“Josefína.” Javier said warningly, pinching at the bridge of his nose.

She popped her head out from under the table, “Daddy are you mad?”

“No.”

“You sound mad.”

“He’s not mad, Josie.” Monica told her with a gentle smile. “But you can’t be saying grown up words.”

“But daddy says them.” Josie said as she crawled out, “I wanna be like daddy.”

“Good lord,” Javier chuckled, grinning at you. “Be like your mother, she’s a far better example.”

“Only because I mind my p’s and q’s.” You teased, nudging Javier’s foot under the table. “Good cop says to go easy.”

“Bad cop is going to eat Miss Josie’s pancakes if she doesn’t get back in her seat and eat them.” He warned and that prompted her to scramble back into her seat.

Monica started laughing again, “Is this what I miss out on every morning?”

“Every. Morning.” You shook your head. “Josie’s always getting into mischief.”

Javier fixed Monica with a droll expression. “Yesterday she ate Stevie’s kibble.”

Josie clambered back into her seat, picking up her fork and shoveling a mouthful of pancake into her mouth.

“Josie, please don’t choke.”

Javier nudged her in the ribs, “Small bites.”

“I’m stress eating.” Josie announced, making dramatic gobbling noises as she mimed eating another bite as she chewed her first.

“What are you stressed about?” Monica questioned.

“Life.”

The three of you started laughing. Josie had a hell of a sense of humor. You weren’t sure which one of you she got it from, but she could not kill with her dramatics.

“You know,” You started, looking from Monica to Javier. “That was exactly what I needed.” You rolled your eyes. “From the mouths of babes.”

“Who, me?” Josie questioned, giggling like a mad woman.

“Yes, you, goober.” You laughed.

Javier leaned over and kissed the top of her head, “No more bad words, JoJo.”

She tilted her head up towards him, grinning broadly. “But it made mommy laugh.”

He pursed his lips, “Then it’s fine. Just this once.” Javier stood up then, moving around the table to you. He rested his hands on your shoulders, squeezing both of them tightly. “Want more coffee?”

You nodded your head, “I think I may just work for a half a day today.”

“Do you still want me to stick around?” Monica questioned.

“If I get home early, you’re welcome to leave.” You assured her as you watched Javier take your cup and head for the coffee pot. “Get a jump start on your weekend.”

“Honestly, I think we may just stay in.” She shrugged, “You guys still on for dinner tomorrow?”

You nodded, moving your pancakes around your plate, dabbing up more syrup. “Javier’s cooking.”

“I hope he’s not grilling.”

“What am I cooking?”

“I don’t know,” You hummed. “What are you cooking for dinner tomorrow?”

Javier sat your coffee cup in front of you, “Wanna help make enchiladas?”

You shrugged, “Sounds good to me.”

“My favorite.” Monica smiled. “I can’t believe the semester’s almost over.”

“I can.” Javier sighed, rubbing at his forehead. “It’s still awkward.”

“We’re not bringing that up.” She offered with a shake of her head.

“You mean I shouldn’t invite Elena for dinner?”

Monica and Javier both glared at you and offered in unison a firm, “No.”

“Neither of you are any fun.” You laughed, grinning at them.

The situation with DEA was finally put behind you and now you could just savor this little family of five you’d created despite everything.

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African American Literature Suggestions from NMU English Department

The English Department at Northern Michigan University has prepared this list of several dozen suggested readings in African American literature, with some materials also addressing Native American history and culture. The first section contains books that will help provide a context for the Black Lives Matter movement. It includes books that will help readers examine their own privilege and act more effectively for the greater good. Following that list is another featuring many African American authors and books. This list is by no means comprehensive, but it does provide readers a place to start. Almost all of these books are readily available in bookstores and public and university libraries.

Northern Michigan University’s English Department offers at least one course on African American literature every semester, at least one course on Native American literature every semester, and at least one additional course on non-western world literatures every semester. Department faculty also incorporate diverse material in many other courses. For more information, contact the department at [email protected]. Nonfiction, primarily addressing current events, along with some classic texts: Joni Adamson, Mei Mei Evans, and Rachel Stein, editors. The Environmental Justice Reader: Politics, Poetics, and Pedagogy. This classic collection of scholarly articles, essays, and interviews explores the links between social inequalities and unequal distribution of environmental risk. Attention is focused on the US context, but authors also consider global impacts. Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. A clear-eyed explication of how mass incarceration has created a new racial caste system obscured by the ideology of color-blindness. Essential reading for understanding our criminal justice system in relation to the histories of slavery and segregation. Carol Anderson, White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide. A very well-written but disturbing and direct analysis of the history of structural and institutionalized racism in the United States. Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. Anzaldua writes about the complexity of life on multiple borders, both literal (the border between the US/Mexico) and conceptual (the borders among languages, sexual identity, and gender). Anzaldua also crosses generic borders, moving among essay, story, history, and poetry. James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time. A classic indictment of white supremacy expressed in a searing, prophetic voice that is, simply, unmatched. Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me. A combination of personal narrative in the form of the author’s letter to his son, historical analysis, and contemporary reportage. Angela Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? In this succinct and carefully researched book, Davis exposes the racist and sexist underpinnings of the American prison system. This is a must-read for folks new to conversations about prison (and police) abolition. Robin DiAngelo, What Does It Mean To Be White? The author facilitates white people unpacking their biases around race, privilege, and oppression through a variety of methods and extensive research. Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarshnha, editors. Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories From the Transformative Justice Movement. The book attempts to solve problems of violence at a grassroots level in minority communities, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The most well-known narrative written by one of the most well-known and accomplished enslaved persons in the United States. First published in 1845 when Douglass was approximately 28 years old. W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk. Collection of essays in which Dubois famously prophesied that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” Henry Louis Gates, Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow. Must reading, a beautifully written, scholarly, and accessible discussion of American history from Reconstruction to the beginnings of the Jim Crow era. Saidiya Hartman, Lose your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route. In an attempt to locate relatives in Ghana, the author journeyed along the route her ancestors would have taken as they became enslaved in the United States. bell hooks, Black Looks: Race and Representation. A collection of essays that analyze how white supremacy is systemically maintained through, among other activities, popular culture. Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Narrative of a woman who escaped slavery by hiding in an attic for seven years. This book offers unique insights into the sexually predatory behavior of slave masters. Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. A detailed history not only of racist events in American history, but of the racist thinking that permitted and continues to permit these events. This excellent and readable book traces this thinking from the colonial period through the presidency of Barack Obama. Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life Any of LaDuke's works belong on this list. This particular text explores the stories of several Indigenous communities as they struggle with environmental and cultural degradation. An incredible resource. Kiese Laymon, Heavy: An American Memoir. An intense book that questions American myths of individual success written by a man who is able to situate his own life within a much larger whole. Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color This foundational text brings together work by writers, scholars, and activists such as Audre Lorde, Chrystos, Barbara Smith, Norma Alarcon, Nellie Wong, and many others. The book has been called a manifesto and a call to action and remains just as important and relevant as when it was published nearly 40 years ago. Toni Morrison, The Source of Self-Regard. An invaluable collection of essays and speeches from the only black woman to win a Nobel Prize in literature. Throughout her oeuvre, Morrison calls us to take "personal responsibility for alleviating social harm," an ethic she identified with Martin Luther King. Ersula J. Ore, Lynching: Violence, Rhetoric, and American Identity. Ore scrutinizes the history of lynching in America and contemporary manifestations of lynching, drawing upon the murder of Trayvon Martin and other contemporary manifestations of police brutality. Drawing upon newspapers, official records, and memoirs, as well as critical race theory, Ore outlines the connections between what was said and written, the material practices of lynching in the past, and the forms these rhetorics and practices assume now. Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric. A description and discussion of racial aggression and micro-aggression in contemporary America. The book was selected for NMU’s Diversity Common Reader Program in 2016. Layla F. Saad, Me and White Supremacy. The author facilitates white people in unpacking their biases around race, privilege, and oppression, while also helping them understand key critical social justice terminology. Maya Schenwar, Joe Macaré, Alana Yu-lan Price, editors. Who do you Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States. The essays examine "police violence against black, brown, indigenous and other marginalized communities, miscarriages of justice, and failures of token accountability and reform measures." What are alternative measures to keep marginalized communities safe? Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo, Is Everyone Really Equal? The authors, in very easy to read and engaging language, facilitate readers in understanding the ---isms (racism, sexism, ableism etc.) and how they intersect, helping readers see their positionality and how privilege and oppression work to perpetuate the status quo. Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. An analysis of America’s criminal justice system by the lawyer who founded the Equal Justice Initiative. While upsetting, the book is also hopeful. Wendy S. Walters, Multiply / Divide: On the American Real and Surreal. In this collection of essays, Walters analyzes the racial psyche of several major American cities, emphasizing the ways bias can endanger entire communities. Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery. Autobiography of the founder of Tuskegee Institute. Harriet Washington, Medical Apartheid. From the surgical experiments performed on enslaved black women to the contemporary recruitment of prison populations for medical research, Washington illuminates how American medicine has been--and continues to be shaped--by anti-black racism. Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Autobiography of civil rights leader that traces his evolution as a thinker, speaker, and writer.

If you would like to enhance your knowledge of the rich tradition of African American literature, here are several of the most popular books and authors within that tradition, focused especially on the 20thand 21st centuries. Novels and Short Stories James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Nella Larsen, Passing Nella Larsen, Quicksand Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison, Beloved Richard Wright, Native Son Drama Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf August Wilson, Fences August Wilson, The Piano Lesson Poetry A good place to begin is an anthology, The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, edited by Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton. It includes work by poets from the 18th century to the present, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Countee Cullen, Rita Dove, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Yusef Komunyakaa, Claude McKay, Phillis Wheatley, and many others. Here are some more recent collections: Reginald Dwayne Betts, Felon Wanda Coleman, Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, The Age of Phillis Tyehimba Jess, Olio Jamaal May, The Big Book of Exit Strategies Danez Smith, Don’t Call Us Dead

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409. Monica’s “glaze” lipstick (3/2/1999)

You know, the one thing I remember from the Monica Lewinsky Barbara Walters interview was articles about the Club Monaco Glaze lipstick Monica was wearing, and how women wanted it. When MacArthur Center mall in Norfolk, VA opened a couple of weeks later, the Sephora store reported that within minutes of opening, Glaze was sold out, and only a few lip liners remained. 4

People were tired of the drama, they just wanted the lipstick:

ABC also solicited responses to the interview via the Internet, where many viewers seemed more interested in how Lewinsky looked than what she said. One viewer wrote to ask what shade of lipstick Lewinsky had been wearing, and three dozen others soon joined the e-mail chorus clamoring to know her color. Anchors at “Good Morning America” promised to try to answer that question on today’s show. 1

The lipstick retailed for about $13, and immediately following the interview waiting lists began for the lipstick. 3

Looking back now, the hype it surprises me since that color was so common back then. We were nearing the end of the doodoo brown lipstick craze of 1997, 1998 and going into a lighter shade of doodoo brown. That shade kinda fit.

My doodoo brown go to back in high school was Stone Edge, from Revlon. Always bought it at Target, back when the makeup department at Target was at the front of the store, next to the purses and accessories.

I know I mentioned the Monica interview years ago, but this was the first time I had ever seen the whole thing. I received it in a tape box I bought off of Ebay, and I put the whole thing, commercials intact on DVD. Luckily for us and my slow internet connection, I found another copy with the commercials on archive.org.

Monica’s interview almost had as many viewers as an Oscar telecast. 1

One thing she mentioned was that she began her internship in Washington at the White House to get away from that teacher she was having an affair with in high school and into college. That kinda stung me, because I recently read the book My Dark Vanessa about a years long dangerous affair a woman and her prop school teacher had.

Two major sources of awkwardness was Barbara Walters asking Monica in the interview how to describe phone sex since “people may not know what it was”. Of course, there was also discussion over ~ThE dReSs~. I didn’t know that Monica gained weight shortly after wearing the dress and couldn’t fit in the dress again, so she just threw it aside.

One slightly less awkward moment was this pee joke:

“The president and I were having a very intimate discussion and he … said that he wished he had more time for me and I said … ‘Well, maybe in three years, you might’ …

“And he said, ‘Well, I might be alone in three years.’

“I was very stunned to hear him say that, and so I said, ‘Well, I think we’d be a good team.’ And he said, ‘Well, what are we going to do when I’m 75 and have to pee 25 times a day?’

“That to me certainly indicated that it was a thought that had crossed his mind.” 5

A face palm moment was Monica mentioning that she stayed up all night waiting for Bill to call her after the 1996 election with promises that he was going to get her back in the White House. He didn’t and Monica went crazy (her words) near the end of their relationship

Right, the commercials. I wasn’t surprised at who advertised during this interview. Advertisers spent about $800,000, for ad space 2. I saw commercials for weight loss pills like Merida, and rom com movies like Notting Hill, The Other Sister, She’s All That, and Forces of Nature. Also, a news promo about “cheating on your spouse”.

Also, this MasterCard commercial implying that my girl Olive Oyl bought a wonder bra.

But this commercial, THIS COMMERCIAL, is the winner. It’s a local Augusta, Georgia ad for American Auto Commercial and it stars Bill, Monica, and Betty Currie. I uploaded it to my YouTube channel.

Finally, I put Instagram filters on Monica and Barbara, and put them on my instagram.

1 “Huge Ratings for Lewinsky.” Los Angeles Times, March 5, 1999. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-05-ca-14057-story.html.

2 Press, Associated. “ABC Asking Five Times the Norm for Ads on Lewinsky Interview.” Deseret News, March 2, 1999. https://www.deseret.com/1999/3/2/19432130/abc-asking-five-times-the-norm-for-ads-on-lewinsky-interview.

3 Staff, Jean Patteson of The Sentinel. “LEWINSKY’S LIPSTICK HAS BECOME THE RAGE.” OrlandoSentinel.Com. Accessed March 20, 2020. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1999-03-25-9903240362-story.html.

4 “Short Takes.” Daily Press, March 17, 1999.

5 Connor, Tracy. “CLINTON ‘MAKES ME SICK,’ MONICA SAYS – CLAIMS HE’S SORRY ONLY THAT HE WAS CAUGHT.” New York Post, March 4, 1999. https://nypost.com/1999/03/04/clinton-makes-me-sick-monica-says-claims-hes-sorry-only-that-he-was-caught/.

#monica lewinsky #barbara walters #1999 #bill clinton #1990s tv #club monaco #lipstick #sephora

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