Jezebel: black men

"I Always Get Constipated When I Sleep At A New Guy's House; What Should I Do?"

Tracie — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:20:00 EDT

It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. (Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, Rich helps me answer questions about constipation, cross-dressers, and single dads. Got a burning question? Send it to potpsych@jezebel.com. (Please keep them short; they're verrrry hard to read when stoned.)

Uncanny Observations

Anna — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:45:00 EST

January 3, 1964: Time magazine honors Martin Luther King, Jr. with a "Man Of The Year" cover story: "The Invisible Man has now become plainly visible — in bars, restaurants, boards of education, city commissions, civic committees, theaters and mixed social activities, as well as in jobs." January 3, 2008: Illinois senator Barack Obama wins the 2008 Democratic Iowa caucus. Time's Joe Klein writes: "That day has now come, at the highest level of American politics. A black man with a dangerous-sounding foreign name trounced his opponents in the nearly all-white state of Iowa. And he did so because, after spending months getting to know him, the people of Iowa stopped seeing his color and began to admire his character." What a difference 44 years make. [Time, Time]

Oldies But Goodies

Jennifer — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:30:00 EST

"Gettin it together means sharing things with your man like his laughter, his worries, his own special way of 'doin' a thing,' as brother Isaac Hayes puts it. In the world of fashion, the black man has traditionally had his own way of 'doin' a thing,' and even when the rest of the male world went conservative, the black man retained a distinguishing flair and excitement in his dress." Please people, click on the tag to see the full-size, 70's-era ad that this copy accompanied. [Vintage Ads]