Would You Love To See TV Show 'Girlfriends' Return? Do This, & It Just Might!

Persia White (Lynn), Jill Marie Jones (Toni), Golden Brooks (Maya) & Tracee Ellis Ross (Joan)

On February 11th 2008 after 172 episodes and eight seasons, The CW pulled the plug on one of the most successful US sitcoms. The finale wasn't wrapped with a proper ending, and it was pretty much left up in the air. Girlfriends got cancelled and viewers had no idea what in the living hell happened to any of the characters.

MAC Rodarte - The Petition! Sign It! Help Save Lives!

I'm not a make-up enthusiast, but follow a few on Twitter. I was alerted to the MAC Rodarte controversy by @wandesworld and read about it here on @vexinthecity website.

You can also check out this feature on Colour Lines where Vex In The City is mentioned among other bloggers who did their online activist part to raise awareness to their readers.

On Colour Lines it stated: "MAC announced it plans to change the names of the offending products and send $100,000 to a still-unnamed charity that benefits Juarez" 

To a lot of people this just isn't good enough and on Vex In The City's site she states the purpose of the petition:

"The petition calls for MAC to donate 100% of the profits from this the Rodarte collection and names three reputable charities recommended by  Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez and Casa Amiga - two reputable non profit agencies working with families who have been affected by the Juarez femicides." 

If you have time to come on my site and catch up on my rants, then take some time to sign the petition and make a difference. I'm not even asking you. In this instance I'm telling you to. Get your priorities straight. Doesn't take more than 2 minutes. I actually timed myself and it took approximately 38 seconds!

Go here to do your part!

Please & Thank You!

Many Thanks to Olivia from Healing Beauty for setting the peition up and for Vex In The City for spreading the word via Olivia.

Want Better Black Programming From The BBC? Then Let's Start Here!

Myself and Shona Vixen have joined forces and started a campaign called "We Demand a Better Balance For Black Programming On The BBC!"

All we ask is for your support.

Support Us HERE

Let me be...and keep it real.

A lot of you will have no problem on Twitter re-tweeting crap videos, links to blogs, competitions, give-aways, contributing to dumb ass trending topics with a quickness, and commenting it on it for 3 tweets in a row. I myself am one of those people too. Some of the same people moan and complain that there isn't good enough representation on televison for Black people. I too have been one of those people!

I am T.I.R.E.D. of hearing my own damn echo, getting mad, sitting down and doing nothing! So we are NOW going to TRY and do something about it, but we need your help.

Support Us HERE

In a nutshell the BBC needs to up it's game when it come to Black programming. It's the same thing, poverty, rape, destitution, crime, big bellies, famines, AIDS, malaria n flies. And just when you thought we'd seen it all. Black folks living amongst a rubbish dump.

ENOUGH ALREADY! IT'S THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER!

CAN WE HAVE A BALANCE?

We are NOT saying this type of programming needs to stop. Awareness is vital and necessary. What we are asking for is simply a balance. Show the good and positive sides of life in Africa and the BBC.

We have started a Facebook campaign, and a petition to the BBC will be created over the next few days. [We want to get the wording on it JUST RIGHT] so won't put it out there just yet.

All we are asking for is 2 things [that's if you believe in it] simply join the group on Facebook and when the petition is up online and running SIGN it.

OK one more thing...spread the word please, RT on Twitter put it in your FB status. E-mail it to your friends and family. The same way you can RT that damn Lady Gaga video or Whitney attempting to sing, we ask you to do the same of this.

We really want this to go somewhere and with a collective effort and the awesome power in numbers hopefully they will sit up and take notice.

I don't care if you live in Timbuktu, Botswana or the Outer Hebrides. Support n Sign!

Support Us HERE

Whether you're black, white, red, blue, green or yellow I don't care. You maybe a white mother to a mixed race child who is equally concerned about the constant negative depictions about Africa. This isn't just for Black people to sign. If you enjoy Black programming and want a better balance from the BBC then this is also for you. Remember the BBC airs documentaries GLOBALLY. It's not just a 'UK thing!'

It has to start somewhere folks. We want it to be one of those Facebook groups that just from the amount of members alone it gains press coverage, but we will be doing that anyway. We have the contacts for newspapers like The Guardian, Observer, The Independent, The Voice, Pride and Ninety Nine magazines here in the UK. We will be also contacting Nigerian publications as well to make them aware of the campaign, as this all started because of the 'Welcome To Lagos' three part documentary.

Support Us HERE


Please and Thank You
LondonDiva and Shona Vixen

Images from "Welcome To Lagos"