Treat Ya Self: Oyin Handmade

OYIN HANDMADE

Oyin Handmade nourishing hair and body products are hand-mixed from natural and nourishing ingredients. Developed by ‘grand mixtress’ Jamyla Bennu, Oyin Handmade cosmetics are specially formulated with a
focus not only on aesthetics and styling, but the nourishment and health of your hair and skin.

Closed for Christmas orders, the Oyin webshop will reopen Jan.5th 2009. You can then use your U People Discount Code: upeople09 to shop. (First time orders only)

Meanwhile, browse Oyin Products at www.oyinhandmade.com
and listen to their hilarious Honey Kitchen Podcast about hair and body care madness.

Jamyla and Peirre Bennu of Oyin Handmade were guests on U People Episode #17 .

Also check out YouTube video reviews by their customers who are in love with their products.

Treat Ya Self: Not Just Tea

NOTJUST TEA
Flowering Tea Pot Gift Set

http://www.notjusttea.com

Enjoy the delicate beauty of the flowering glass teapot with a sample selection of our Not Just Tea hand-blended teas. Three hand-sewn flowering green teas are also included in the gift set. The flowering glass tea pot holds 8 oz of tea

Purchase here.

U People Discount:

If people mention U People, it will include an complementary 2 oz Coconut
Vanilla Chai tea sample with their order.

Live with U People #56 “The Best of U People”

This week Olive and Hanifah talk about Reverend Warren and review some of the best U People Stories.

Check them live every Thursday at 9pm EST at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-with-u-people

NOTE:LIVE WITH UPEOPLE WILL NOT BROADCAST NEXT WEEK CHRISTMAS DAY BUT WILL RETURN JAN 1ST (NEW YEARS DAY AND OLIVE AND HANIFAH’S 3RD ANNIVERSARY)

Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Melissa Etheridge spar over Prop 8

She is wack and a natural blonde! Lizzy oh Lizzy if I could muzzle you it would be so cool. I wishh I could take you down a few decibels everytime you speak luckily Melissa Etheridge, my lesbian superhero does it for us all. Huzzah and then she sings a pretty ditty abut Christmas. That right Elizabeth, Christmas is also a part of the gay agenda.

Live with U People #55: Wintertime Gansta

Live video by Ustream

U People goes live and little loopy. Hanifah and Olive are giddy and excited about the coming holiday.The crisp weather, holiday cheer, and gangsta behavior from wayward governors put is in mind of a simpler time.

We give thanks for all the awards bestowed on the film. Congrats to U People!!!

Also for the work of African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change
Check us and them out this December 20th to celebrate Kwanzaa. Hanifah performs and Olives got a little something to share. We also have another give away. Who can guess this newest song.

As always we love U People

Rachel Maddow: Blagojevich Profanity Theater

Really folks, really.

So Illinois is plagued by potty mouthed politicians who are so empowered that they don’t even have to be ashamed when they get caught. Wow.

This my friends is privilege. The financial crisis has shown the true spots of people in power in government. 50 Cent, Jon Gotti this cat is truly Gangsta. He is now also ignoring a plea to step down by Obama.

Check out Rachel Maddows totally enhanced historical reenactment.
BTW Rachel I heart U.

News: Jury Award at Image+Nation Montreal

U PEOPLE 12/10/08:   U PEOPLE was awarded the 2008 Jury Prize for Best Documentary at Montreal’s premiere LGBT Film Festival IMAGE+NATION. We could not make it out to Montreal to support the film, but it seems the film was fine without us. We hope this is the beginning of more awards to come to which we feel the film deserves.The Montreal Jury Prize is actually the second award presented to U People. It won Best Doumentary at this years Queer Black Cinema Film Festival in NY in October.

News: U People TV Premiere on LOGO

U PEOPLE TV DEBUT ON LOGO!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009 8PM EST

U People just signed a licensing deal with LOGO Networks to debut the film February 7, 2009 8pm EST. U People will be apart of their LGBT documentary series Reel Momentum. U People had established a relationship with LOGO from the first music video Make a Move with was the ccatalyst to making U People. The relationship grew with the debut of a second music video that supported the film “Do You Mind”  appearing on New Now Next this past September 2009. Do You Mond can now be seen on LOGO on Demand. U People LLC looks to develop its relationship with LOGO as time progresses.

Olive and Hanifah would like to thank everyone who bought Music Mix Download Cards, and donated towards the success of the film and the movement. We would like to thank our Fiscal Sponsor Women Make Movies, Open Meadows and other private funders. We would also like to thank all the musicians who donated their music to the soundtrack, all the folks who were at the brownstone April 8th and 9th of 2006 for whom there would be no film. There is more the come and I’m happy to announce that this milestone is just the beginning.

U PEOPLE HOME MOVE DEBUT PARTIES

We would like to celebrate this milestone in the film’s history with those who have supported the film from the beginning. We want everyone gathered around the TV to share in the experience of this amazing movie’s national television debut. If you are a U People fan and want to share the movie with others on February 7th then read the following. Setting up your own U People Home Movie Debut Party is simple.

1. Find a home that is open to having a gathering and also has the LOGO Network. That may be your home or a friends. Keep it in the family. We are not asking you to pack your house with the neighborhood. 5-10 friends max or whatever number you feel can fit in your livingroom comfortably.

2. Start sending Evites or emails out to folks and a few reminders as we get closer to Feb. 7th.

3. In January, we will be debut our new NING community , forum site where you an announce  your U People party/group in your area and begin to strengthen your community. More info to come.

4. You and your friends can then join Olive and Hanifah live online after the debut. You and your friends can call into the show and scream with us!! We will also be posting a U People conversational guide towards the end of January which you can use to spark conversation after the movie.

6. As the host of your own U People Party you are eligible to win the U People collectors edition DVD that will go on sale in February 2009. More info to come.

That’s is. Real simple and alot of fun.

Live with U People #54: Go Olive it’s your Birthday!

Its Olive’s Birthday and we are having a good time talking about well… Olive and all else that pops up in our heads at the moment. So wish Olive a Happy Birthday in the comments and see if you can guess the name of the movie that the song she sings in this episode comes from.

See ya’ll next Thursday at 9pm when we are live with U People.