We're in week two of our countdown of stories that shaped the images of black women in popular culture. We've chosen a dozen stories (the good, the bad and the ridiculous) that captured our attention in 2009. Here's the story that made our hot list today:
#5: RHOA Rules (aka "Sheree Whitfield Foreclosure and Funny Business" originally published June 17, 2009) Read the full story

No matter how you slice it, it’s clear that Sheree Whitfield, one of Bravo’s “Housewives of Atlanta” ,had to get out of the fabulous home she pranced around in the first season of the show. But how it went down sounds like the kind of hot mess the show captured week after week (and will be doing again soon). Read the full story