Excuse the baby talk-ifying of the word “friends,” but I spent last weekend with my good pals, Bethany & Jayme, and their four-month-old Lulu. She’s their first baby and my first baby friend. Friendship was solidified two months back when Lulu smiled as she sharted in my hand. That ne’er do well, I’m-the-adorable-personification-of-every-United-Colors-of-Benetton-ad, oopsie-with-a-wink smile. Granted, she was wearing a diaper and a onesie, so she didn’t literally shart in my hand, but if you’re within a ten-foot vicinity of a shart taking place, you can get your Meredith Baxter-Birney on and claim to be the victim of said shart. Thems the rules. Continue reading
Neighborhood Watch ≠ Wannabe Vigilante
28 Mar
Trayvon Martin: When neighborhood watch goes wrong.
I’ve watched enough Steven Seagal movies about enacting justice to last a lifetime. I’m not ashamed. Okay, I kind of am. Anyway, the point is, vigilantism looks cool and fun (and sometimes awesomely ridiculous) in a movie. Good guys win, bad guys lose/die, and the world is tidy again. Real life, however, is a LOT more messy. Offering protection/seeking justice as well as making preemptive strikes towards a perceived threat, no matter how bogus the threat is, can destroy lives. Continue reading
None Of Yo’ Bidness
26 MarSo you know how your boss gets all up in your grill at work?: “Why were you late?” (To quote P!nk: “Sometimes it beez* like that,” aka I pressed the snooze
button.); “Oooh, what are you eating for lunch?” (Stop playing. It’s just Quiznos. I’m lucky if they even used Boar’s Head meat on this sammich.); and “Do you have any plans for the weekend?” (Ugh, can we just not talk in the elevator or in life? Thanks.) Well, the Associated Press reports that employers now not only want to get up in your grill, but they want to inspect it for any potential jankness aka they want your Facebook password, so they can look at your page before deciding whether to hire you. Like Kanye West says, “That shit cray.” And who would’ve thunk it, but the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) agrees with his sentiment. Continue reading
Where in The World is The Next Gloria Steinem?
23 Mar
The only requirement for being in Rockapella? Looking like a Hall & Oates reject.
A few days ago, the New York Times published an article that essentially asked, “Where in The World is The Next Gloria Steinem?” Cue Rockapella because we got another hit theme song on our hands. But seriously, at this point, the threat against women’s rights is certainly a Snooki aka a Code Orange, so where is, as Rush Limbaugh not-so-eloquently put it, the Feminazi, or Femipanther, or FeminLin (someone who’s a really big fan of feminism and of Jeremy Lin) to carry on the torch that’s been held by Steinem? Continue reading
Pills, Pills, Pills
23 Mar
Maybe if birth control was as cheap as a pack of gum the gov't wouldn't give an eff?
Republican State Representative of Arizona Debbie Lesko proposed a new law which would give employers the power to demand proof that women are on birth control for non-sexual purposes. Ms. Lesko, please heed the advice every Black mom gives her children when she takes them to the hair salon: “Sit your Black ass down and act like you got some sense.” True, Lesko isn’t Black, but the sentiment still applies. Continue reading
Nice & Easy
21 MarAllow me to re-introduce myself. My name is Blaria, Blar to the I, A. Okay, okay. This was PSA for people who try to spit fire when writing in WordPress. You just end up mangling Jay-Z lyrics. My apols, Hov.
Anyway, welcome to Blaria (aka Black Daria), folks. This is the home base for me to be sarcastic and snarky and sassy (watch out every Black female actress, I’m gunning for your position as “best black friend” to a “Zooey Deschanel” type in an upcoming TV sitcom/movie). So come back here every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to read about what melts my butter (that’s a good thing) and what chaps my hide (that’s a bad thing because I put on two coats of cocoa butter and I still got chapped).
Ok, y’all. Hope you enjoyed this post because this is as nice and easy as I will be on this blog. See you on Friday!

So I typed "Black Friday Black Women" into Google so I could, hopefully, get a picture of a Black woman with the words "Black Friday" and this is what popped up. Thx, Google! #trifling
