their eyes were watching

ABOUT TERESA WILTZ I was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Staten Island, New York and Atlanta, Georgia. Yes, that made for a somewhat schizoid childhood; I quickly learned to flip back and forth between two accents. I like to think that sort of flexibility helped me in my journalism career. After graduating…

ABOUT ERIN EVANS I’m a reality TV junkie. Yes, the good, the bad and the “wow, I can’t believe you watch that.” At 12, I was hooked into the original reality show, The Real World. And over a decade later, I can’t believe it’s still on and that they are taping in D.C. as we speak. I…

Welcome to Their Eyes Were Watching … (TEWW)—The Root’s new culture blog. TEWW is a conversation among women, a black version of The View, if you will, about TV, theatre, music, art and celebrity hysteria. We’ll touch on a bit of everything: from Zora to Zane, True Blood to Tiny & Toya, and Jay-Z to Jill…

Sigh. Round Three/Four/or is it Five? in the Chrihanna saga: Last night, Kanye released a spanking new Rihanna—featuring Lady GaGA!—single on his website. For free. Yes, I think it’s safe to call it a dis track, considering that it’s called “Silly Boy” and the lyrics go something like this: But you`re not ok, tellin’ me…

Is the end of Vibe near? http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i3afff90a1a8b37533c27f21ab6947f86 Sex-starved Kenyan husband sues over boycott. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/09/kenya.sex.lawsuit/index.html DC rapper Wale gets catching buzz http://bossip.com/109911/wale-the-next-dope-mc/#more-109911 Any thoughts on Wanda Sykes performance at nerd prom? https://www.theroot.com/blogs/browntable/wanda-sykes-sorry-no-marion-barry-jokes Obama’s Fourth of July speech will be in Egypt http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050803843.html Women bullying women more at the workplace? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/business/10women.html?_r=1&em ‘The Wire’ Writer George Pelecanos’ latest…