What Would Thembi Do? » Bad Grammar http://www.whatwouldthembido.com Pontifications, coonery, quips, blasphemy, miscegenation, freshness, concern for celebrity life, the beauty of blackness, the sorrow of work-life, the curse of brilliance, and sassy stories. [Pop culture criticism, entertainment reviews, and humor writing by Thembi Ford.] Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:34:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Craigslist Comedy – “Couch 4 2 Niggas” http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2010/02/craigslist-comedy-couch-4-2-niggas.html http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2010/02/craigslist-comedy-couch-4-2-niggas.html#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:26:10 +0000 Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/?p=3145 You guys really should become a member of the What Would Thembi Do? fanpage (see box in sidebar) because I share links and photos that don’t merit a whole post. Or maybe I just need to decide that they are…

]]> http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2010/02/craigslist-comedy-couch-4-2-niggas.html/feed 5 KGB “Weave” Commercial: Offensive or Corny (Poll)? http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2009/07/kgb-weave-commercial-offensive-or-corny-poll.html http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2009/07/kgb-weave-commercial-offensive-or-corny-poll.html#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:33:19 +0000 Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/?p=2077 I find the eye-bugging, neck-rolling, finger-waving black woman thing (halfway through having a weave sewn-in, no less) extremely tired, but there's something else bugging me about this commercial and I'm not sure what. ]]> http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2009/07/kgb-weave-commercial-offensive-or-corny-poll.html/feed 17 Odds & Ends http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2009/06/odds-ends-7.html http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2009/06/odds-ends-7.html#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:33:38 +0000 Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/?p=1727 So much to write, so little time and willingness to hit the 'publish' button... in the meantime, check out some of my favorite stuff from other sites!

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The photo above is from what Brokey McPoverty has named "possibly the most awesome book ever." As usual she analyzes the pure crazy with panache, and even treats us to a mind-boggling excerpt from this wildly foolish example of misguided Negroness. Laugh riot. ]]> http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2009/06/odds-ends-7.html/feed 2 "What The Eff?" Wednesday: Feel Smarter http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/10/what-the-eff-wednesday-feel-smarter.html http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/10/what-the-eff-wednesday-feel-smarter.html#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:53:00 +0000 Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/10/what-the-eff-wednesday-feel-smarter.html People have been saying and doing a lot of really stupid stuff around me lately. This post serves to remind all of us what dumb really is.

This cannot be blamed on the gas crisis.

I took this one South…

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]]> http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/to-the-bike.html/feed 6 Kwame Kilpatrick, I Blame YOU. http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/kwame-kilpatrick-i-blame-you.html http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/kwame-kilpatrick-i-blame-you.html#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:58:00 +0000 Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/kwame-kilpatrick-i-blame-you.html Much in the same way that it’s inappropriate to say negative things about church-sangin’, if someone makes any old haphazard song about departed loved ones we’re supposed to stay mum on how horrible it is. In this case, I…

]]> http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/kwame-kilpatrick-i-blame-you.html/feed 11 “What The Eff?” Wednesday: Why I Hate Renting http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/what-eff-wednesday-why-i-hate-renting.html http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/what-eff-wednesday-why-i-hate-renting.html#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:19:00 +0000 Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/what-the-eff-wednesday-why-i-hate-renting.html I’ve been living in the same apartment in West Philadelphia for eighteen months now. Having my own place was great at first, but then I started to notice how wack this building really is. Between the groveling black man upstairs…

]]> http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/what-eff-wednesday-why-i-hate-renting.html/feed 14 He’s So Articulate! http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/hes-so-articulate.html http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/hes-so-articulate.html#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:39:00 +0000 Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/hes-so-articulate.html Fox News Houston reporter Isiah Carey is a seasoned journalist and my new favorite person. His hilarious and magnificently-colored news report outtakes give much-needed shape to a backhanded compliment that most of us have received before – “articulate.” We…

]]> http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/hes-so-articulate.html/feed 9 Snoop Dogg on Condoleeza Rice http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/04/snoop-dogg-on-condoleeza-rice.html http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/04/snoop-dogg-on-condoleeza-rice.html#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:20:00 +0000 Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/04/snoop-dogg-on-condoleeza-rice.html “They need us to manipulate and do the bad shit because we conversate and our colour is friendly with other peoples. This colour” – he traces a loving finger down his cheek – “is friendly with every country. That white…

]]> http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/04/snoop-dogg-on-condoleeza-rice.html/feed 8 "What The Eff?" Wednesday: Black Public Access Televison http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2007/11/what-the-eff-wednesday-black-public-access-televison.html http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2007/11/what-the-eff-wednesday-black-public-access-televison.html#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0000 Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2007/11/what-the-eff-wednesday-black-public-access-televison.html I live in Philadelphia where there is no real public access television, otherwise I’m sure I’d have a show by now (speaking of which, what would you think about a Thembi radio podcast? I’m considering it). Since it’s all about…

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