Karen Owen & Melissa Petro: White Girls, Hoe Sh*t, & Feminism

by Joanna(JuJuBe)

I recently read an article asking whether Karen Owen, the former Duke student whose "thesis" recording and rating her sexual activities has gone viral, is a feminist hero. I say no. Some have said that since "men do it all the time" HER actions should be seen as statement of female empowerment is ridiculous. We should be working to get men to STOP this sort of behavior rather than encouraging women to sink to the same level.

Now, I am not going to join in the chorus of people condemning Ms. Owen for daring to be a sexual woman and pursuing gratification through carnal activities. She did nothing wrong by engaging in sex with multiple partners. I do not believe that women should have to keep their legs closed while waiting for Mr. Right to come along, I feel that a woman has just as much right to pursue sexual gratification as a man.

I am simply saying that her choice to compile a list rating and discussing in graphic detail each of her partners should NOT been seen as a heroic action, but rather as a serious lapse in judgment. You cannot email anything that you would not want to go public. I believe her list was a serious breach of the privacy her partners deserved. It is one thing to gossip with your best girlfriends about the size of a man's penis and quite another to put it out there is cyberspace where it could possibly get into the wrong hands.

I believe that Ms. Owen should be held responsible for her violation of the rights of her partners in college. If any of the men on the list decide to sue OR to press charges for violation of their privacy, she should be taken to task for her poor choice. I hate to see her hailed as a hero simply because her list is seen as "revenge" by the female collective on the male collective. Imitating the actions of men who violate women does not solve any problems, it only exacerbates tensions.


In another example of piss poor judgment, art teacher Melissa Petro, who holds tenure at a school in the Bronx, decided to go into detail about her past as a stripper and a sex worker. Like it or not, teachers are role models for children, and elementary school students do not need to know about the sex lives of the people who stand in front of their classes delivering lessons.

Again, I am not knocking Ms. Petro for her past actions. However, there was no reason for her to publish articles on the internet using her real name. Children are computer savvy. How many parents are prepared to have a conversation with their young kids about the sex trade, and the role their teacher played in it?? Really, she should have been more discreet about what she shared online.

Ms. Petro has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into her actions. Now that this story has gone public, there is no way she can act as an effective teacher and role model for young children. She made a very poor decision, one that could and should remove her permanently from the classroom.

QUESTION: How different would the media coverage be, if were they Black?

Booty poppin' lil white girls? See what you did Beyonce?

Dammit Beyonce, see what you did? Because of you, now we have 8yr old little white girls dressed as hookers dancing on stage all over the damn internet. Yep, because of you, Beyonce, white folks are a tad bit upset at us black people because of your "Single Ladies' song, and video. Yep, just like back in the day when crack finally made it out to the suburbs.

Back then nobody cared when it ravaged the hood when VCRs suddenly started coming up missing 'n shit. Nope. It was only until the white folks started getting hooked that it became a problem, which created much Anglo-Saxon outrage. You know, sorta like this current viral video has lately:


Now look Beyonce, when it was little black kids and them gays doing it, it was cool; nobody cared. Yep, not even black folks. Shit, we thought it was cute to see lil Tyneesha 'n 'em all over YouTube emulating you and your video. Hell, and when the gays got a hold of it, they lost their rabbit ass minds on and off the internet. Shoot, it was only a matter of time before lil white girls would exposed to this out in the 'burbs Beyonce.

Nope, I'm not gonna blame BET this time Beyonce!

Uh-huh, and us black folks laughed out asses off at them homos, 'cuz, well, you know how we do when it comes to them girly men anyway. But now I turn on my TV last night and I see a white man on CNN Headline News mad as hell over this shit. I swear I think he even called you a n*gger when he spoke, Beyonce. Yep, he said f*ck you and your big nose husband and all that hippity hoppity nonsense.


Yes, them folks was that mad, and just like back in the day, Nancy Reagan, who is now 163yrs old, is working on a new "Just Say No," commercial. Damn right, Just Say No to black culture and this type of f*ckery. See Beyonce? See what happens when you popular? No, I ain't talkin about lil female chipmunks singing your stuff in movies. I'm talkin about white folks having to justify and accept this mess like we do.



SAVE US OBAMAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Let's all go to the Compton Ghetto Cook Out for Black History Month! Bring your "Weaves" and "Nappy" hair, but leave your "Baby-Momma" at home!!

We're not Ghetto, we're different!!

You know what I like to do to celebrate Black History Month? I like to read about influential Black leaders and put on my gold teeth, tack on a tacky weave (No Britney Spears) and enjoy some malt liquor and fried chicken at a good old Compton Cook Out. Oh, YOU ain't know?

Officials at UC San Diego are condemning a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month.

(Click here to see the actual invitation! It's a riot!)

A Facebook posting advertising Monday's 'Compton Cookout' invited people to a condominium complex off-campus.

The invitation urged all participants to wear chains, rapper-style urban clothing by makers such as FUBU and speak very loudly.

Female participants were encouraged to be "ghetto chicks" with gold teeth, cheap clothes and "short, nappy hair."

The invitation said the party would serve watermelon, chicken, malt liquor, cheap beer and a purple sugar-water concoction called "dat Purple Drank.

That's a good ass time right there...

Matter of fact, they're right! I will include a list of ten well known "ghetto girls!"

Does former NBA star Reggie Miller need to have his penis glued to his stomach next?

One of my good friends who screws dates nothing but white women has often told me that white women are more stupid easier fooled than Black women. To him I would always say that White women will be the death of him. But somehow he seems to always come away unscathed as he moved on from one to the next. Donessa T. Davis was not as lucky as my friend; not this time at least. You see, my man 'Nessa pictured above was recently caught up in a "love" triangle. Actually, he was caught up in a situation with his wife and three other women. Surely you've heard the story of how they set him up, beat his ass and glued his penis to his stomach right?

Well, how about this guy was arrested for child abuse, theft, unlawful phone use and harassment with a death threat in a domestic abuse investigation after his recent situation? I guess when you have your penis glued to your stomach and your ass whipped like a slave by four white women you'd be a little pissed and would have to resort to a little harassment to regain some level of respect. I mean given his "real n*gga" past with arrests, restraining orders and such, what else can we expect. Shit, if I had to chew through rope to escape an ass-whoopin by four ugly white women I too would have some shit to say to a few people.

Yeah, being thrust into the spotlight in an embarrassing way can make you do silly things. Hopefully former NBA star Reggie Miller doesn't resort to such behavior. You see, it's been alleged that Reggie has a thing for married women. When I first heard this I was shocked and though obviously they're confusing Reggie for his sister Cheryl; you know how aggressive some lesbians can be; surely Reggie "nice guy" Miller would do no such thing. According to reports, Reggie was the recipient of a restraining order in an attempt to have him stop harassing the fiance of a businessman who's soon to be wife is white. Instead, Alex von Furstenberg paid to have one of those banner advertising planes fly over Malibu beach with a banner that said:

REGGIE MILLER STOP PURSUING MARRIED WOMEN".

Further, according to an interview with Alex von Furstenberg, in a recent confrontation with Reggie, Miller is alleged to have threatened him and said, "he had friends with guns." I knew Reggie Miller had a mean three pointer when he played ball. But friends with guns? Reggie Miller thugged out? Who knew? I'm sorry, but he doesn't come off as the "Straight Out of Compton" type of guy, but hey you never know about those Black guys when they try and get with white chicks. I imagine they play hard on that thug stereotype since women tend to go for that sort of thing. Hopefully this is now a dead issue with Reggie, this white chick and her fiance. The last thing we need to hear in the news is that he was kidnapped, had his teeth fixed instead of gluing his penis to his stomach.

I still don't know if white women are easier than Black women. But I do know that white women aren't playing and they're getting gangster on that ass. All you white girl loving brothers out there better pay attention. Keep on f*cking around thinking you can get over on these white girls and get your ass McNair'd or your little willy tucked and super-glued between your legs. Trust me, that's far worse than having a Black woman pour hot grits on your ass. At least that's what I think. I don't know what you may have to say about this, but maybe white women are easier hence brothers doing silly stuff such as I mentioned above. I'm just sayin', certainly it can't be because they're freakier.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE WHITE GIRLS GONE?

Forgive me father, for I have sinned. Yes, I did watch BET this past weekend. It started somehow changing channels on New Years eve. I was sitting here bored just channel surfing, and for some reason the images of Black people made me stop. Well, actually, it was an image of a scantily clad Black woman that did it (I think she was Black).

Well, not just that, but since I don't have a clue as to what's hot musically, I figured it couldn't hurt watching them countdown the best the year 2008 had to offer. To be honest, I didn't even know they made music videos anymore. Hell, I thought that was a forgotten art since all they ever do is focus on ring tone friendly nursery rhyme driven hooks and melodies.

But anyway, before getting to see Keyshia Cole's dysfunctional family, the music videos made me think: Where have all the White Girls gone? Seriously, where have all the White girls gone? Ok, so I'm sure they're still around. But how come we don't see them anymore. Could it be that they're tired of falling in scary movies when the monster gives chase?

Could this be the reason we see more of them doing stuff like this...

So who's fault is it? Is it hip hop? Black women? Have all the White girls all of a sudden, for the love of attention from Black men resorted to the shit you just saw in the video above? How come they're all over BET these days? Used to be they would only be on there after hours in those 1(900) number phone bone commercials. Is it Black men who are to blame? Before you think I'm trippin, lemme tell you that there are videos like this all over the internet. Seriously, Google that shit! I mean I remember when White girls would all be in a circle together on the dance floor doing that one move they all know how to do. You know the move, right? Its not really a move its a dance; its called the White girl. Yeah, its how they all danced. Or so I used to think. Nowadays I just don't know anymore. I mean, do they still all go to the bathroom in a group?

No seriously, all jokes aside, I am amazed at just how all of a sudden flat booties are out of style. Damn right they are. Pancake booty has been replaced by the now famous tramp stamp, the standard booty clap, AND MO' JUNK THAN FRED SANFORD. Oh well, I guess the Chinese chicks are next. Might as well, hell they've been taking over the NBA since Yao Ming. But in all seriousness, it kinda makes you wonder why they used to laugh at Sarah Bartman back in the day. As a Black woman she was put on display in circuses as a sideshow act because she had a big butt. Talk about degradation, huh? Having to be in display all over the world as a freak because of genetics, had to be a tough pill to swallow for her.

But now here today, I see nothing but White girls on BET and elsewhere with much ass shakin that shit. Implants maybe? I don't know. But its a damn shame dark skinned women ain't in style anymore. If they were, I probably wouldn't be bitching or feel guilty about watching BET like I am today as I beg for forgiveness. After all, all I saw were White girls...oops, I mean light skinned women on that network. Which is cool because at least its not sisters being degraded, or degrading themselves. Come to think about it, wasn't that the reason BET decided to pull the late night show UNCUT from the air years ago?