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	<title>The BitterOptimist &#187; Reflections</title>
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		<title>Charting The Pirahna-Infested Waters of Dating</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanaa Msemaji</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cheats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cowards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is perilous out here on the dating scene. Gone are the days when you could assume that if a person is hard-core pursuing you, he is single. What&#8217;s up with all the attached men jumping in the pool. Hello, haven&#8217;t you heard, YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE, can you please back up off my terrain? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do White Folks Read Black?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanaa Msemaji</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alice Sebold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwidge Danticat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Octavia Butler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tananarive Due]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twilight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zora Neale Hurston]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I was riding the #4 Train uptown when I noticed a White Woman reading a thick book with a chess piece on the cover, I suddenly became curious, is she reading what I think she&#8217;s reading? I found myself craning my neck, in a very casual  manner, I might add, so as to not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Musings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanaa Msemaji</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Candid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have realized lately, that I&#8217;m, well, pissed off! I&#8217;m fucking mad, about the Last Eight Years, about inconsiderate parkers, about people who put their feet up on the subway, about a whole host of shit. While I&#8217;d like to think that I am a loving, giving, selfless person &#8212; people actually say these things of me, [...]]]></description>
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