Is Chivalry Dead?

Recently I was accused of not being a gentleman for opening a car door for a lady.

Yes. The definition of the word is "the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code." It is associated with ideals of knightly virtues, honor, and courtly love. Today's society has greatly decayed to a standard that strays far from this definition. Chivalry requires cooperation from both genders.
Before I delve any further into this issue, we need to define the term "lady." It is defined as a woman (used as a polite or old-fashioned form of reference) of superior social position. Both the roles of males and females has evolved and been warped into something a lot different. The average person's sense of morality has been decayed.
The first point i'm going to discuss is premarital sex. Back in the time period where chivalry was very alive, this subject was seen as taboo. Women were a lot less promiscuous than they are today. Men would go through greater lengths for a virgin than someone who has been around the block. Knights would slay dragons and climb tall towers for a virgin. A woman who has lost her virginity and has had many partners has less of a value than a virgin princess. A new car is always better than a used one. Today's woman is very unlikely to have a fairy tale true because of this. Simply put, they aren't worth as much anymore.
Another, less chauvinistic reason for the death of chivalry, is woman's current social standing. Women have come a very long way in terms of civil rights. They are becoming more and more independent. Simply put, there is no need for it anymore. Because they are coming out of the kitchen, they don't need men to do as many things for them anymore. Sure a car door being opened for you is nice, but not necessary. Women's are becoming more and more equal to men. It would be like one bro opening the door for another... except a bro with a vagina. Women own their own cars now. They can open the door for themselves.
Men are taking advantage of women's rise in status, well, black men mostly. Any time there is an opportunity for them to do less work, believe it is going to be utilized.

Personally, I don't see any reason for chivalry to be dead. A lady deserves a gentleman, and a gentleman deserves a lady. But if you aren't a lady, don't expect a gentleman.

The War

Just another product of this matrix
This maze I’m in amazes me at times
I just wanted to be at peace with you
And if I gotta settle for a piece of you,
then I gotta say peace to you.
With all due respect I do respect you enough to expect…
effort is all i ask.
If we gonna last more, I gotta ask for more
and if that means that I’m askin for too much
I’m sure we’ll end up as our last or…past
we bash
we blast
we shoot
we lose
we pass…..war

-Olubowale Folarin

Go: A Poem By Kevin Porter

Go.

- Kevin Porter, Jr.

It's Not a Music Video, It's a Portrait

Chippy D

Daughter of Laurence Fishburne, Montana (aka Chippy D) has recently debuted the preview to her upcoming sex tape. Not only this, but she didn't mention anything to her father about it before it appeared all over the internet. I can't imagine how he felt when he saw his daughter naked and knees deep in pornstar penis. Sorry Morpheus, your daughter's a whore.

More About Nothing

Wale's new mixtape, More About Nothing dropped today. I'm just now cruising through the 21 tracks and so far i'm pleased. The mixtape is pretty diverse, with a little something for everybody in it. Although being from the DMV, I've been following Wale ever since he was strictly a gogo artist. I was sad that this mixtape didn't feature any of his original gogo and hip hop mix that many of us expect from Wale. Overall, a good mixtape.

Download here

My Take on Inception

Christopher Nolan pulled a page right out of the Sopranos' book with this one. For readers who haven't seen the movie yet, I suggest you navigate away from this page because i'm going to discuss the details.

As most of you know, the movie cuts off before we are able to verify Cobb's totem. The message we are supposed to get is that it is irrelevant whether Cobb is currently in limbo, or reality. The only thing that matters is that he got what he wanted most, to go home and see his children again. Limbo, or not, it was real to Cobb.

After that being said, some people still would like to know. I'm not completely sure but there are some things I would like to point out.

Either way, Cobb's totem would prove useless. The purpose of a totem is to tell if you are in the dream world, or reality. It works like this:

The totem is only known by the owner. He/she is the only person in the universe who knows it in and out. The exact, size, weight, ect. The architect of the dream would not be able to recreate a person's totem accurately because they don't have enough information about it. However, three people knew about Cobb's totem. Since he got it from his wife, she knew everything about it. He also told Ariadne the key to his totem. So Ariadne would be able to accurately recreate the totem in the dream world, and so would the projection of Mal. So whether the totem fell or not in the ending, it would not indicate a dream state or reality.

Secondly, the whole concept of limbo is incredibly confusing. When Mal and Cobb visited the first time, they were the only two inhabitants, leading me to believe that it is a collective unconscious. This is what I believe happened. In the order of events, Cobb and Ariadne wash up on the shore of what is supposed to be Limbo. It is the same world that Mal and Cobb had created thousands of dream years ago. They find Fischer, who along with Ariadne leaves limbo.Cobb then gets stabbed by Mal. Dying in Limbo is supposed to wake you up into the previous level of the dream state. There are many possibilities here. However, when Cobb arrives at whatever state Saito is in, he is the only one that washes up on the shore. Maybe being killed by Mal took him into a deeper level, where Saito resided. Since Saito was injured throughout all the levels, it is possible that he died in the first limbo before Cobb did. That is why he was extremely aged and Cobb was unchanged.

There are many ways it could have ended but I think this is the most likely. What are your thoughts?