‘It's You, Sweetie'<i>An excerpt from <b>"The Sweet Potato Queens' Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide,"</b> Random House, 2005</i>
The Choices Chicks MakeI spoke to a roomful of young chicks recently. We were all packed into the charming old depot in Forest, Miss., some 40 miles from where I grew up in Neshoba County. They've renovated the building into a downtown art …
[Greggs] Steel MagnoliaI am a woman. I write about it all the time. The dating, the shoes, the makeup, the irrational bouts of temper and the complicated decisions. I often get teased about it. People I meet usually laugh at most of …
[Chick] Quack! Quack!It all started in October, when I became the Hunchback of Noter Damn. After my back went wonky while doing laundry, MRI results showed Degenerative Disk Disease, and there's not a damn thing to be done for it. While I …
[Stiggers] Toot That Honky HornBroadcasting live from Lil' Ray-Ray's rigged satellite dish television network studio and home entertainment center, it's the Brotha Hustle TV Moment.
Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘EmThe Mississippi Legislature made a second attempt at tax reform this year, with the House's approval of Senate Bill 3084 on a 79 to 41 vote. The bill is an attempt at compromise after the last tax bill was vetoed …
Creaming the Bad GuysOn March 10, Mayor Frank Melton called a press conference to thank the U.S. Attorney and the FBI for helping Jackson "clean up corruption" that Melton called "systemic" in the municipal court system.
Cecilia Reese BullockEvery time I'm in the presence of Cecilia Reese Bullock, a construction-company owner and real-estate mogul, some guy tries to pick her up. At least one. Usually more.
Pixes "Doolittle" Book Out"Doolittle is, on one hand, among the most violent pop albums ever recorded, if not in body count then in the starkness of its calamities. It features rape, mutilation of the eyes, vampirism, suffocation, smothering by tons of garbage, and …
My Contribution to St. Patrick's DayIn my Patriotic Twist line of T-shirts, I came up with the idea of making an Irish version of the American flag. Go
Dems Target Abortion RightsIn a move calculated to force a showdown on abortion rights in the state, the Mississippi Legislature declared war on Roe v. Wade last week after Rep. Steve Holland, chairman of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee, added …
Generals Telling Truth About ‘Dash to Baghdad'As Iraq teeters on a civil war the U.S. cannot control, the New York Times has an in-depth story about what happened with generals who protested the U.S.' initial rush into Baghdad: