The Snob Will Return to Weekly Blogging Tomorrow

After being swamped the last two weeks with all-consuming writing projects, The Snob is resting up today so that I can bring you a blog post (or two) tomorrow. I'd write something witty today but ... I got nothing. That project wiped me out. Until them, check out my appearance from May 2nd on NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin.

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The Snob Talks Secret Service Servicing Sex Workers, Shacking Up and the Marriage of Brangelina on NPR

Unrelated ... yet apropos.The Snob returned to NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin for a stop in the Beauty Shop segment to talk about the recent sex scandal involving Secret Service agents and US military staff in Colombia, a recent story on how shacking up isn't always an indicator of "marriage material" and a brief bit on Brangelina getting married for the kids. I was joined in the Beauty Shop with regulars Mary Kate Cary, Viviana Hurtado and newcomer PG Media's Bridget Johnson.

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The Snob Talks Trayvon Martin, Romney's Illinois win on NPR

The Snob returned to NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin's "beauty shop" segment Wednesday to talk about the tragic death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin (which I wrote about at length on Tuesday), Mitt Romney's recent win in Illinois making it less likely I'll get my dream of a brokered GOP convention and whether or not the joke on actress Sophia Vergara's accent in a recent Cover Girl commercial is funny or offensive. Also in on the chat, Beauty Shop regulars Mary Kate Cary, Viviana Hurtado and Chicago Sun Times columnist Mary Mitchell.

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The Snob Talks Rush, Black Women's Bodies and the Angry Latina Stereotype on NPR

The Snob (me) on a panel at The Washington Center, this week, discussing women in communications as part of Women's History Month. (Journalist and activist Marga Fipp, right.)The Snob returned to the "Beauty Shop" this week on NPR's "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin. Joined by fellow Beauty Shop regulars Mary Kate Cary, Viviana Hurtado and newcomer Lonnae O'Neal Parker of The Washington Post, we discussed Rush Limbaugh finally going one "slut" comment too far, O'Neal Parker's article for the Post about how black women having a more positive view of their bodies than their white female counterparts (even though statistically more black women are overweight), and a recent story on Jezebel about why Latinas feel they can't get angry -- thanks to that whole "hot" Latina anger stereotype that causes others to dismiss and marginalize them when they do get peeved.

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The Snob Talks Santorum, Rihanna, Chris Brown remix on NPR

The Snob returned to NPR's "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin Wednesday, where I took up residence in the "Beauty Shop" segment. Along with Beauty Shop regulars Michelle Bernard, Viviana Hurtado and Mary Kate Cary we talked about GOP presidential wannabe Rick Santorum's preoccupation with what's going on in your uterus and the recent musical collaboration between pop singer Rihanna and her abusive ex-boyfriend, R&B singer Chris Brown. Short version of what I thought: People are typically indifferent to unsympathetic when a friend takes an ex-boyfriend back. When it's someone famous and everyone can pass judgment, I imagine that teeth-sucking derision comes back tenfold.

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The Snob On NPR, Talking SOTU, WaPo's Look At Black Women, and Heidi & Seal's Break-up

On Wednesday, The Snob returned to the Beauty Shop segment of NPR's "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin.  We talked about President Obama's State of the Union address, the GOP response (Ugh, Herman Cain ...), The Washington Post's recent survey on Black American women, and the end of Victoria's Secret model Heidi Klum and "Kiss From A Rose" singer Seal. Normally Michel can count on me to make fun of celebrities because 90 percent of the time I'm the "Who cares?" girl. But it was about divorce. Divorce sucks no matter who you are. Best of luck Heidi n' Seal.

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The Snob Talks Bachmann, the Virginia Ballot and Sports Concussions on NPR

The Snob returned to NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin Wednesday to talk Michele Bachmann suspending her campaign, how most GOP presidential hopefuls aren't on the Virginia ballot (and my suspicion that most of these folks weren't really serious about their election prospects or running), sports head injuries and Janet Jackson hawking weight loss plans for Nutrisystem. I was on the show with regulars Viviana Hurtado of The Wise Latina Club, Michelle Bernard of the Bernard Center for Women and sports anchor Kristen Berset of Washington, D.C.'s WUSA TV.

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The Snob On NPR, Talking Political Wives, Anchor Babies and Kobe's Divorce

The Snob returned to NPR's Tell Me More on Thursday (from St. Louis!) for the Beauty Shop segment. Chatting with Allison Keyes, who was sitting in for host Michel Martin, we discussed how someone must have shouted "DEPLOY THE SPOUSES!" in the GOP race due to the insane number of wannabe First Lady commercials airing in Iowa, obviously there to prove that at least one person can stand these dudes running for Top Gun. I was joined by U.S. News & World Report's Mary Kate Cary, political analyst Michelle Bernard and The Wise Latina Club's Viviana Hurtado. We discussed the Republican wife-palooza, Newt & Callista Gingrich (and Meghan McCain's comments about them), the dictionary definition of the slur "Anchor Baby," and the implosion of Kobe Bryant's 10-year-marriage.

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The Snob On NPR Talking Student Loans, Marriage and Kim Kardashian's Divorce

The Snob returned to NPR's "Tell Me More" Tuesday to chit chat about President Obama's student loan pay down plan, Kim Kardashian's "soap opera" love life, the gender complexities of modern love and marriage, and how the "scarcity model" (re: EVERYBODY MARRIAGE PANIC!) affects women views of relationships and each other. Michel Martin was out Tuesday, so Allison Keyes guest hosted our rousing conversation where I'm pretty sure my eyes rolled out of my head while talking about Kim Kardashian's divorce, as always. I'm a habitual eye roll offender, which is probably a good 60 percent for why I keep getting invited back to the show. Joining me on the show were the awesome Latoya Peterson of Racialicious, NPR Digital News Editor Tanya Ballard Brown and Jezebel Editor-in-Chief Jessica Coen.

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