Cece Harbor

Cynthia Canteen-Harbor is a writer from Atlanta, Georgia. She has a background in Journalism and New Media and is currently working on her doctorate in business management. She is a community activist who is involved in several organizations to increase the presence of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) careers; amplify the voices of women worldwide through art and cultural programs; advocate for equity for women and girls; and address the images of women in the media and in the workplace. Find Cynthia's blog at www.knowledgemaven.wordpress.com

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Political Voodoo, Ouija Boards and other Hooey

I’m southern.

I’m a sweet-tea-drinking. . .

Black-eyed-peas-and-cornbread-banana-pudding-eating. . .

Sunday-Bible-toting-unapologetically sassy-sarcastic-back-talking-southerner.

And in being a southern lady, there are some things we Belles keep to ourselves and then there are other things that we just have to get off our chest.

You see, everything old in politics is new again. Because we are in the home stretch for the presidential election, they’re pulling out the big guns – between you and me, it’s nothing that we’ve never seen before.

As we’ve listened to the candidates and heard rumblings from their respective political parties, it’s important that we remain focused on what the real issues are: women’s rights, immigration, and the economy. Do not be fooled by the political Voodoo (i.e., Jedi Mind Trick) that’s being played out in mainstream media that would like us to focus on sound bites, inflated statistics and this pervasive xenophobia mindset that is as long and wide and deep as the Mississippi River.

I do declare.

Political voodoo is being used more than you could imagine but like my grandmother would always say, “Jes cuz y’ put ya boot in da oven, don’t make ‘em biscuits.”

Translation: just because you say it’s so don’t mean it’s true; it doesn’t change what it is.

Here are a few examples:

Political Voodoo: Making you believe that you’re paying or funding welfare for (an implied) race of folks to sit on their behinds and that they don’t work.

Belle backtalk: Honey, get over yourself, this is called delusional entitlement. Most of the people shouting ...

Keeping It ‘Real’ Part 1: When ‘BAD’ is really bad

Question: How much dysfunctional, cynical, delusional, pathological and sociopathic behavior can be crammed into a 30-minute TV block? Apparently many. And apparently many times over because this seem to be the blueprint for a “successful” reality TV show nowadays. I’m astounded at the number of shows that tout that they are a reality TV show when in actuality it is a circus …. set to music ….  interrupted by commercials. And I’m astounded at the number of TV stations that claim to cater to women who are actually giving these shows a platform.

To borrow a few words from my President, “…we don’t have time for this nonsense.”

Why was there ever a need for women’s TV? Take a second to think ...

Question: How much dysfunctional, cynical, delusional, pathological and sociopathic behavior can be crammed into a 30-minute TV block? Apparently many. And apparently many times over because this seem to be the blueprint for a “successful” reality TV ...