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Happy New Year 2011!

Start the year of right by treating yourself and those around you with Love!

For 2011 who cares about Resolutions.....
Just live life right and to the your fullest potential!
If you do this you will have no regrets on the outcome of 2011.

Happy Holidays WNO Fam!

My holiday season has been great so far. I literally spent all of Christmas Day playing Michael Jackson The Experience on Wii. Seriously, I think everyone should own this game. Its definitely one the whole family can enjoy and who can resist great Michael Jackson classics.

For those not familiar, MJ The Experience is a dance challenge game where you earn points for executing dance moves correctly. You can perform as Michael, a duo partner or as a back up dancer. I probably performed Dirty Diana at least a half dozen times. Dirty Diana is so cool because it’s an upbeat, sexy duo w/Michael and a female dancer. Although, the dancers are Wii animations, the chemistry is electric, lol.

Watching the Wii animation of MJ dance so sensually and hearing all of his sexually-charged lyrics made me wonder… how many females have really had an “MJ Experience”??? I love Michael Jackson and this is in no way meant to be blasphemous or disrespectful (may his soul rest in peace) but I can’t help but wonder. MJ the man always seemed timid and asexual but MJ the artist was hot!!! I’ve never looked at MJ and thought “he can get” it but for those few moments this weekend I spent as Dirty Diana, MJ could have definitely taken me home.

MJ is not alone. There are many artists who exude so much sex appeal on stage/in their music that doesn’t necessarily transpire to their personal lives (or at least what we perceive of it). I can remember my mom saying she felt that way about Luther Vandross, how is music would make women swoon but she never could actually imagine him making a women swoon. I know some women will want to burn me at the stake for what I am about to say BUT… I feel the same way about Maxwell. The same has been said about Ne-Yo. Some haters have made the claim about Trey Songz (yes, that was bias because when Trey says he will beat it up, I believe it!!!).

IDK. While rumors of homosexually have plagued all of the aforementioned, that’s not even my point. I know plenty of heterosexual guys that just don’t have what it takes to get me hot & bothered. **CallMeKarrieShrug – yeah, eff a Kayne, I’m owning this in 2011** Maybe it’s the male equivalent of a female tease w/a weak sex game. Am I reaching? Probably so, but them n***** shoulda never gave me a platform. That’s what happens when you unleash the random mind of CallMeKarrie. #evl

What do you think??? Who are some of the artists selling sex that you would not patronize if given the real-life opportunity?

Yesterday was World AIDS Day. Relationships and dating can be full of wonderful things, sex being one of them, but it is important to be responsible. When you have unprotected sex, you are literally putting your life in the hands of your partner.

I remember Hydeia Broadbent from her appearances on Oprah and other large media outlets as a young AIDS victim and advocate. She is beautiful and her philanthropy is amazing & inspiring. I was pleased to see her recent blog post on Necole Bitchie yesterday. Although doctors believed she would not live past the age of six, at 26, Hydeia is still dynamic in her AIDS awareness efforts.

Here is Hydeia's blog “What does HIV Mean To Hip Hop”:

Since HIV is hitting the African American community the hardest it should mean a lot. While HIV is not something that just affects African American, and Hip Hop is not something just black people enjoy or support, we can’t ignore the facts.

Just like Hip Hop runs through the blood of our inner cities, so does HIV. Like Hip Hop, the fight against AIDS has been watered down. We are complacent with the medical advancements made just as Hip Hop is complacent with its commercial success.

Hip Hop’s lyrical content seems to be only about sex, popping bottles, and clothes. It has forgotten how to make people think. Today’s Hip Hop reflects a void of understanding within our community.

When it comes to AIDS in the African American community we have chosen to turn a blind eye and not talk about it. It makes us comfortable to ignore the subject. The fact is our community is being hit the hardest. How can we remain silent any longer?
What happened to the Hip Hop campaigns in the early 1990s that told us to “Rap It Up?” Maybe some people are happy that we, as a community, have not learned how to work together in fighting HIV/AIDS or learned how to educate our brothers and sisters on safe sex. A line that replays in my head from Nas’ song “If I ruled the World” exclaims, “It’s elementary, they want us all gone eventually.”

AIDS has not gone away. It has become a silent killer in the African American community because we have forgotten how to speak up and speak out. We don’t seem to care about our neighbors or ourselves. This is evident in the lack of responsibility people are taking with their own sexual health. CDC estimates that more than one million people are living with HIV in the United States. One in five (21%) of those people living with HIV is unaware of their infection. This means that people could be unknowingly infecting others. At what point will we start talking about HIV without our minds drifting to the long held misconception that it is a gay disease? The H in HIV stands for human, meaning any part of the human body that gives life, or preserves life can transmit HIV.

While African Americans make up only 12% of the US population, we make up 50% of all new diagnosis of HIV. For my African American women, HIV infection is nearly 15 times as high as that of white women and nearly 4 times that of Hispanic/Latina women.
My Black men, unlike the lyrics in today’s Hip Hop would have you believe, our sexual behavior does have consequences. You account for two-thirds of new infections (65%) among all blacks.
We have to talk to our sexual partners about HIV and STD’s like our life depends on it because guess what, it does. We have to become responsible for the images we portray and the lifestyles that we glamorize. I challenge you today to: 1) Get tested. Know your status. Early detection can be the difference between life and death. 2) Educate yourself on HIV/AIDS. 3) Talk about it to your family friends’ co-workers. Talk about HIV on Twitter, Facebook or whatever social media site you may use. Just speak up.

AIDS is killing our people because of our fear of being judged if we bring up the subject. Well excuse me but I cannot and will not sit back and watch the demise of my community because of fear of what people will think of me, can you?
Who will be the new pioneers in Hip Hop? Who will be the new voice of protest within our community?

December 1st is World AIDS Day. This is an opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have passed on, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services, BUT December 1st is also the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.The act of one person standing up for what is right set in motion the act of followers following and speaking up!
Who will be the Rosa Parks of today?

Twitter: @HyDeiaBroadbent
Website: http://hydeiabroadbent/

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