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give these types of
conversations a platform
away from the classroom.
i also think she grapples
with a lot of ideas and
i love that she?s not afraid
to put that work on display.
i?m thankful.
-Bianca
l Brooklyn

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l Michigan

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to think and improve upon myself and others.
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Archive for July, 2009

Super Michael Jackson Brothers

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

I haven’t played Super Mario in more than 10 if not 15 years,yet I still remembered some of the sequences. Creepy. Remember freezing a game in the morning and comingback home to try and play it after school? Yikes, the combo if Michael and Super Mario made me smile. Enjoy.

In 5 Easy Steps

Monday, July 27th, 2009

I let my anger kill a relationship once in ’07. I didn’t really letthe anger kill it, but I wasn’t mindful of the ways in which mycoping mechanisms were impacting my relationship. This summer, I thought that I was doing success simply becauseI got out of bed, and put on my happy Black girl routine [...]

20 Questions Friday {7.24.09}

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Love, Love, Love Shiny Black Girls. 1. Why is it so hard for Black people to understand that CNN,Cornel West and Dyson will always talk about Black povertybecause it makes them money? 2. Why does Sam Adams Summer Ale taste so orangey anddelicious? 3. Why is it so hard to call family members you haven’t [...]

{Black} Feminism 101: Crib Sheet

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Note:“I eat the pussy, the pussy I eat.” Yup. Those are the lyrics. Yup. Those are children on the stage. Further evidence that BET/Lil Wayne and Drake are a symptomof the problem, not the problem itself. I have a Google alert for Black women and feminism,and so I receive links to sites when the subject [...]

Black Women x Art x Human

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Via Afrocloud I saw this video and thought about the ways inwhich Black women, are not simply just allowedto be in mainstream media. I mean be. Be mommas, be human, be friends, be b-girls. But it is up to us to create that space. The time for begging to be recognized as a humanis over. [...]

Sprite. Coke. Oral Sex. Black Man. White Woman.

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Is this real or viral? If so, here are the Board of Directors.Have at it. Herbert Allen ? Director since 1982, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Allen & Company Incorporated, a privately held investment firm. Contact info: (212) 832-8000 Ronald Allen ? Director since 1991, Former Chief Executive Officer of Delta airlines. [...]

Threat to the White Male Power Structure

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Photo from President Obama’s Cabinet Meeting The best thing I have read in the NY Times in a month, is a comment. 3. ORS Toronto, Ontario July 20th, 2009 6:25 am I find it amusing that the arrival of Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor on the national scene has sufficiently scared some people into thinking [...]

Beauty in the Small

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Will the woman who runs Beauty in the Small please email me? m.dotwritesXXXXXXXXXXgmail I have a question for you, and there is no way for me to reach you. I am a big fan. ~m.

Look What Happened to Your Hip Hop

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

When I first heard it, I was g’chattin’ with @hotcompics. Then I saw it again, and was like that’s cute. Then the third time, I was like, “this is hella obnoxious.“ Old school Breakbeats selling ice cream and cakes. What happened to your Hip Hop? You know what it is, I figured out what struck [...]

20 Questions Fridays {7.17.09}

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Via 1. Why do so many people say they hate feminism, yet theycan’t define it? 2. What would happen if Beyonce responded to Nia Long? 3. What if young people, in schools with high drop out rates, had a powerful and collective voice regarding the futuredirections of their schools? 4. How much longer before California [...]