Precious Williams's Blog, page 3
August 4, 2010
The Aftermath
I recently wrote an article about my struggles to overcome the lasting effects of childhood abuse & I've been receiving lots of emails asking how and where I eventually found help. So I thought I'd post some links and thoughts here...
I'm in my 30s now and most of the abuse in my childhood had taken place by the time I was about six. And yet thirty-or-so years later, my life is still impacted by what happened way back then. One of the biggest mistakes I made in dealing with (or...
July 30, 2010
June 12, 2010
Facial Acupuncture - better than botox, by Precious Williams
Hollywood stars' shortcut to younger skin
Facial acupuncture is the Hollywood stars'
shortcut to younger looking skin. Precious Williams tries it
first published in The
Telegraph
Who wouldn't want to look
10 years younger in just 20 minutes? In America, you can - as long as
you don't mind lying in a darkened room with needles protruding from
your face, eyes and ears.
The rich, the vain and the famous
(reportedly Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cher...
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"I once drank five bottles of champagne in one afternoon....."
My first ever celebrity interview,
fresh out of journalism school in 1999 with the great Nina Simone, while
she was on probation for shooting her neighbour's kid in the kneecaps.
Blues
diva Nina Simone speaks to Precious Williams. The Big Issue -
Feb 99
there is no alcohol left in the house. It's not even 11
o'clock in the morning, yet the 65-year-old jazz legend has already
drunk a whole bottle of Baileys. Through a series of...
"I once drank five bottles of champagne in one afternoon....." __ the legend Nina Simone
fresh out of journalism school in 1999 with the great Nina Simone, while
she was on probation for shooting her neighbour's kid in the kneecaps.
Blues
diva Nina Simone speaks to Precious Williams. The Big Issue -
Feb 99
there is no alcohol left in the house. It's not even 11
o'clock in the morning, yet the 65-year-old jazz legend has already
drunk a whole bottle of Baileys. Through a...
June 10, 2010
about the stalker....
Please note that I have attracted the
unfortunate attentions of a stalker who insists upon attempting to
spread malicious falsehoods about me, even impersonating me on occasion.
The person concerned regularly defames
and offends against various authors and journalists, has been in legal
trouble - in one case, even imprisoned - for such actions before and
appears to be emotionally unstable and motivated by envy.
The stalker also served a lengthy jail
sentence for perverting...
May 17, 2010
Is being white something that can be learned? by Precious Williams
first published in The Independent....on 17/5/2010
Race under fire: Is being white something you can learn?
What does it mean to be white? An explosive new book
by an American academic argues that whiteness isn't biological at all –
in fact, it can be learned. Precious Williams disagrees
Monday, 17 May 2010
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It is tempting to tell ourselves that we're on the verge of an...
Is being white something that can be learned?
first published in The Independent....on 17/5/2010
Race under fire: Is being white something you can learn?What does it mean to be white? An explosive new book
by an American academic argues that whiteness isn't biological at all –
in fact, it can be learned. Precious Williams disagrees
Monday, 17 May 2010
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It is tempting to tell ourselves that we're on the verge of an...
April 10, 2010
Hip-hop goes to finishing school by Precious Williams
hip-hop's Professor Higgins, teaches rap stars the rules of etiquette by Precious Williams
article first published in The Times
"Sometimes I've had to approach rappers during interviews, ask them to
step outside, discreetly hand them a bar of soap and a flannel and tell
them to go wash their body," says Angelo Ellerbee, founder and CEO of
Double Xxposure, the world's only finishing school for rappers.
Known
in New York as...
