Mya ~ “Paradise”

She’s back!! Mya is such a talented and beautiful sister. It’s good to see her back on the scene. So, what do you think about her new video? Leave a comment HERE!

Poem for South African Women
By June Jordan

Our own shadows disappear as the feet of thousands
by the tens of thousands pound the fallow land
into new dust that
rising like a marvelous pollen will be
fertile
even as the first woman whispering
imagination to the trees around her made
for righteous fruit
from such deliberate defense of life
as no other still
will claim inferior to any other safety
in the world

The whispers too they
intimate to the inmost ear of every spirit
now aroused they
carousing in ferocious affirmation
of all peaceable and loving amplitude
sound a certainly unbounded heat
from a baptismal smoke where yes
there will be fire

And the babies cease alarm as mothers
raising arms
and heart high as the stars so far unseen
nevertheless hurl into the universe
a moving force
irreversible as light years
traveling to the open eye

And who will join this standing up
and the ones who stood without sweet company
will sing and sing
back into the mountains and
if necessary
even under the sea

we are the ones we have been waiting for.

Rihanna’s new vid featuring cutie Justin Timberlake premiered yesterday on MTV. Click HERE to check out this hot video!!!
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From working with media organizations like BET to amazing celebrities like T.I., the life of a publicist can be very exciting as well as demanding. If working as a publicist in the entertainment industry has always been your dream, well here is your chance to experience that career firsthand! TDO is joining forces with Nicole Garner, CEO of Garner Circle PR, to offer a one-day mentorship to one qualified applicant. The winner will spend the day shadowing Nicole and get to experience the ins and outs of publicity. TO ENTER: send a short essay (500 words or less) or YouTube video stating what you think the job of a publicist involves and why you are interested in that career. Be creative and have fun writing your essay! The deadline for entries is this Friday!! Click HERE for official contest rules and details.

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Q: Dear Nicole, I am writing about my friend. I don’t know why but she lied to a lot of people about having a boyfriend. She has been lying about it for a year. (WOW, huh?) I was in total shock when I found out too!!! She made an email for him and everything. Now a few guys like her at school and want to go out with her, but she can’t because people will question her current ‘relationship’. So what should she do? Tell everyone she lied and never be trusted again, lie about them breaking up and get a new boyfriend right away, or just keep everything private? I’m worried about her so what should she do?!?! Read Nicole’s advice HERE!

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Keri is definitely a TDO favorite with her amazing talent and great sense of style. So, TDO readers…what do you think about the video concept and song? Leave your comments HERE!

Tickets to President-Elect Obama’s inauguration are in high demand right now. People from all over the world are arranging their travel plans to attend this once in a lifetime event. Tickets have surfaced online for thousands of dollars. But tickets to the inauguration are free and available through your local congressional office.  Tickets won’t be distributed until a date much closer to the inauguration ceremony, but congressional offices have already started taking requests. Contact your representative for more information. To find your representative, click HERE.

TDO side note: Hotels are sold out in the entire DC area. So if you are planning the trip, start hitting up your friends and family in the area to request a place to stay!

Last week we asked T.E.E.N. Diaries readers:

The holidays are coming! Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we at TDO want to know what you have planned. So…how are you spending Turkey Day? Click HERE for results!

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When two unconventional music minds, came together in 2000 as a musical duo, it resulted in Atlanta-based hip-hop soulsters “Slick & Rose.” Named Breakout Act of 2005 by Billboard Magazine and Best Atlanta R&B/Soul Act of 2005 by Creative Loafing Magazine, Nikki “Slick” Ervin counts her Mobile, Alabama upbringing as having the most influence in her musical background. While Sabrina “Rose” Harvey, born and raised in the concrete jungle of New York City, credits her love of hip-hop and her Jamaican heritage with influencing much of her early years. Read MORE!

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Introduced by Philly Radio Jock Kendra G, the Abstinence is Kool movement is making waves through the music industry with supporters like Avant and now Common! For more information about the Abstinence is Kool movement, click HERE!