- Letters to the editor 1963 and 1964
- The Real Housewives of Jackson, Mississippi Circa 1960
- ** Updated ** Links to posts on Aibileen Clark and the latest lawsuit APPEAL info
- About me
- PDF of #100Voicesrespondtothehelp
- A list of critical reviews for American Dirt
- Welcome
- A Mash Up of other Novels and The Help
- It’s 2011, and there’s still a Negro* problem in publishing and Hollywood
- The Importance of Speaking Out
- The Help (movie) cleans up after itself
- Chapter Observations
- Commentary
- For Students
- A List of Interviews with Kathryn Stockett
- Things That Should Not Be (in The Help)
- Why The Help gets on my last nerve
- Classics We Now Question
- My Reading List
- A History of being Misrepresented, Marginalized and Made a fool of
- Separate But Unequal in The Help
- Reviews for the novel
- Wall of Shame and Courage Photos
- Ten + issues that tarnish The Help **Updated!**
- Speaking for Ourselves: We don’t need any “Help”
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An analysis of the novel The Help, its audio version and the movie. Blog est. in 2010
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How to counter The Help
Take one child, inculcate a love of literature by having her/him read a variety of genres. Take time out of your day to give an oral history of your family, your culture, and your life experiences. Encourage questions. Engage in debates. But never try to silence their voice, as was done during segregation. When they […]
It’s okay not to like The Help
May 28, 2011
No really. If you didn’t enjoy this novel, it’s perfectly okay. There’s nothing wrong. For whatever reason some readers didn’t bond with this novel, it’s fine. Just like there’s nothing wrong with the happy-happy joy-joy virus going around the internet from many people who just luvvvvv the book and want to share their experience with others. […]
The Blog that First Revealed The Medgar Evers error in The Help
Page 277 Hard copy of the novel The Help
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- Bridgerton and the Backlash
- Repost: Today is Father’s Day, yet there’s no positive black father figure in The Help
- Of Mammies, Migrants and Book Editors
- Top Ten Ways AMERICAN DIRT & THE HELP Misrepresent
- American Dirtbag: Why Publishing profits off “Othering”
- Rinse, Repeat – American Dirt novel and The Help
- A Teachable Moment: Trump and “Go Back to ________”
- A Critical Review of The Green Book
- Black Lives Matter versus All Lives Matter
- In defense of Black Lives Matter
- The Help’s effect on Children’s Literature
- Is the 2016 election being influenced by Segregationist Ideology?
- This Black Life Matters: An open letter to Shakara
- I’m Back . . . .
- What can “WE” do about Thug Kitchen?
- The Help Unchained in Thug Kitchen
- The Unraveling of Thug Kitchen – A Timeline of events
- Racism for Dummies: From Amos ‘n Andy to Thug Kitchen
- Thug Kitchen: Faking the veggie funk in order to get PAID
- After playing the ultimate Mammy, NOW Viola Davis complains
- How one newspaper’s use of the “N word” for attention backfired
- Reconstructing Mammy: New book planned for GWTW character
- Thank you, Jonathan Martin
- When it was more than a game: The Dolphins scandal and The Ali Summit of 1967
- Bestowing “Honorary Blackness” has its roots in segregation
- “We’re a culture, not a costume”
- Yes, black people lived in England during the 1800s
- The Top Ten Reasons Why The Butler beats The Help
- Coward. Liar. Murderer. Which “life” will George Zimmerman return to?
- Is Trayvon Martin on trial FOR HIS OWN MURDER?
- The Hypocrisy in The Help: Look no further than Rachel Jenteal and Paula Deen
- Defend your life: Paula Deen, Serena Williams and “traditions” like The Help
- Repost: Today is Father’s Day, yet there’s no positive black father figure in The Help
- The Tennessean Series: A Movement Emerges in Nashville
- How the Cheerios commercial highlights a big problem in America, and in The Help
- OT: A back in the day brother, Charles Ramsey
- Deleted wtf scenes from an early script of The Help
- When good Liberals go bad PT 2: The Onion’s tweet backfires
- When good Liberals go bad: Fakin’ the funk Part 1
- Tainted Love: The black actor’s dilemma in works like The Help and Django Unchained
- We are not in control: Thoughts on Django, Lincoln and piling on Spike Lee
- Divided We Stand: Black Intra-racism and apathy in fiction and media
- The Help Unchained
- The Top Ten Reasons Educators should be wary of The Help
- Promoting a stereotype as a role model in The Help
- “Frying chicken makes you tend to feel better about life” WTF?
- MAMMY. MUST. DIE.
- Newest trend in advertising PT 2: Jemima Jewelry, or why not wear a miniature Mammy on your ears?
- It’s all over but the shouting: My venture into ebook pubbing
- LEAVE BLACK MEN ALONE! Fear and loathing of the black male in America Pt 1
Get ready for The Help musical Y’all (click image for larger view)
Then and Now
There was no best supporting actress category in 1935, otherwise Louise Beavers would have been nominated and probably the winner for her portrayal of the loyal, long suffering
maid Delilah in the film Imitation of Life
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In 1940, Hattie McDaniel won the Best supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Mammy, the grumpy, loyal maid in Gone With The Wind
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In 1950, Ethel Waters was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role as Granny, a washer woman and domestic in the film Pinky
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In 1960, Juanita Moore was nominated for her performance as the long suffering, loyal maid Annie, in the 1959 version of Imitation of Life
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In 2012, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer are nominated and win for their performances as maids in the film The Help as MAMMYHOOD PREVAILS
Posts on Aibileen Clark and lawsuit update
African Americans respond to The Help with real life accounts
"Only in America can a rich white woman pretend to channel a poor black maid and have people claim its authentic"
- my quote
Analysis of the trailer and the movie
- Opening day numbers and beyond for The Help
- **Updated!** $ Making The Help Pay $ – product tie ins to the movie
- **Hot off the PRESS Reviews on The Help movie**
- Clash of The Help Trailers – US vs. UK
- The Help (movie) cleans up after itself
- Can you spot the Stock characters in the film?
- Making A Mockery: Why does The (US) Help trailer ridicule women?
- Hated the book, loathed the trailer. The movie looks a mess
- My WTF? Moments after viewing the trailer for The Help
Newsflash
This just in. . . contrary to published reports and fear gripping the nation, it appears people CAN STILL SUPPORT BLACK ACTRESSES without going to see The Help.
We'll keep you updated as this story progresses . . .
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- American Indians in Children's Literature
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- Civil Rights in America- Connections to a movement
- Color Online
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- Katie Couric of CBS interviews Kathryn Stockett
- Lena Horne article by the WP
- Letter From a Birmingham Jail
- Now Rise Books
- People of Color in European Art History
- Phillis Remastered
- Racebending.com
- Racialicious
- Sarah Ockler.com
- Segregation in Publishing
- STANDING ON MY SISTERS SHOULDERS
- The 9 most racist Disney characters
- The Editing Room – Abridged Script of The Help
- The Elephant in the Room
- The Tennessean/Series: A Movement Emerges in Nashville
- The Traveling Museum of Jim Crow Memorabilia
- Vieilles Annonces flickr pages with historical photos, ads and articles
- WIKKID.SEXY.COOL
- WIM – Wednesdays in Mississippi Film Project
Chapter Observations
Why The Help gets on my last nerve
Separate But Unequal
A History of being Misrepresented, Marginalized and Made a fool of
A Mash Up of other novels and The Help
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A Critical Review of the novel The Help 
August 12, 2011
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