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cultural analysis via my opinions, editorials and reviews

The Smell of Trees Weeping

May 012012
 

I love the smell of trees weeping.

 Posted by Iris Eben at 9:17 pm Life No Responses »

Abandoned in Public

Apr 292012
 

I met a stranger yesterday. Her fine strawberry-red bangs stop short of warm, but dull eyes. The stress of managing a midtown eatery, has left crows-feet that age her far beyond the 28 [...]

 Posted by Iris Eben at 10:36 pm Life identity theft, Iris Eben, privacy online, the digital age No Responses »

Skipped Occupy GSU Walkout

Mar 222012
 

“Stop the hikes!” is the rallying cry you may have heard last Tuesday upon walking past the Georgia State University courtyard. An 11:30 walkout by Occupy GSU, an organization petitioning against rising tuitions [...]

 Posted by Iris Eben at 11:58 pm Life education crisis, Georgia Regents, Georgia State University administration, HOPE scholarship funds, Iris Eben, Occupy GSU walkout, student loan disbursement, tuition hikes No Responses »

Bitchy Aunt Flow

Mar 182012
 
 Bitchy Aunt Flow

“Vagina are like wounds that don’t heal” ~comedian Bo Burnham. Truer words were never spoken. “It” comes by various names. Aunt Flow, T.O.M (Time of the month), The Crimson Wave, good old-fashioned Period, [...]

 Posted by Iris Eben at 11:52 pm It's a Woman Thing, Life, Rantings a case for birth control, Aunt Flow, Iris Eben, menstrual symptoms, pain relief, tampons and pads, that time of the month, women's reproductive health 2 Responses »

Dancers are my superheroes

Mar 082012
 
Dancers are my superheroes

  The Alvin Ailey dance company is the most renowned African American dance company in the world, and one of the best dance companies period.   Have any questions or comments? Speak! If [...]

 Posted by Iris Eben at 10:31 pm Life african american dance company, Alvin Ailey choreography, Alvin Ailey dancers, Alvin Ailey Dane company performance, Houston theater, Iris Eben, society for the performing arts houston, wade in the water No Responses »

Houston

Mar 072012
 

The roads sway and intertwine like the sandy spindles of an unfinished wicker basket. Laden with the gas guzzlers that greedily ingest and cough the not so hidden treasure of Texas-oil. A commodity worshipped just [...]

 Posted by Iris Eben at 11:42 pm Life Houston gentrification and revitalization, Houston livestock show and rodeo, Houston police, Iris Eben, Texas architecture, Texas highways, visiting Houston No Responses »

“Good Deeds” Gone Wrong

Mar 012012
 
"Good Deeds" Gone Wrong

 Enduring nearly two hours of overacted archetypes and uninspiring screenwriting is too high a price to pay for seeing “Good Deeds.” The story is an F-rate chick film at its best and simply [...]

 Posted by Iris Eben at 10:26 pm Life "Good Deeds" film review, actress Thandie Newton, black movies, filmed in Atlanta, Good Deeds actors, Iris Eben, showing in Atlanta theaters, Tyler Perry production No Responses »
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