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OMG… this is a brilliant blog, Renina!!! I think we
disagree, alot; but, your thinking is tour de force
thinking!!!!
-Alex l NYC
Renina continues to
challenge herself and
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
You’re bookmarked based off of this post alone
-Ketchums l Michigan
I’ve read your blog for a long time and this is
my first time responding. You give me reason
to think and improve upon myself and others.
Thank you.
-John l Florida
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Thursday night, I went to a function.
Boom bap deliciousness, but I hadn’t anticipated it.
I had a big work day, and knew I wanted to chill later, so I had given
KB a heads up.
Got a text around @ 6:00 pm saying, “not going to be able to make it tonight.”
I [...]
This one is for T.dot and Black girls desire.
A month ago, I read There Eyes Watching God in one sitting, in Oakland.
I hadn’t read the book since I was a 16. At that time I appreciated Zora’s use of language, but I didn’t have the life experience to appreciate the beauty of the ways in [...]
I strongly suspect that our world is bifurcating into a global gated community where the folks in the first world/ global north will have access to:
Fruits and vegetables
Water
The internet
Physical Books
Information Economy Jobs
Jobs that provide direct support to the information economy
Whereas the folks in the third world/global south will:
Be the nannies, nurses and factory workers of [...]
The reason why Black women’s sexuality and pop culture is one of my research interests is because I know that when you dominate someone sexually, you dominate them physically and spiritually as well.
No one was put on this earth to be dominated, all humans
are intrinsically valuable, so I/we resist.
Before I get into John Mayer, I [...]
Concurrently, I am working on John Mayer jawn,
and a jawn on my new idea about how society is going
break into a global gated community and bifurcate
around food and the internet.
Light stuff, hunh?
The good thing about having these ideas, is that they
may turn into papers, and the back and forth I have with
you all is invaluable.
The [...]
Structural Violence makes population more vulnerable to social, economic, health, and environmental harms. Not only has the United States increased structural violence against its own population in favor of waging direct (and structural) violence abroad, but also a number of other countries, some of which have the weakest social safety nets, have made similar choices, [...]
My homie went to the Jay Dilla Tribute Party on Saturday night in BK.
He was on the line @ 12am.
There were people inside partying and on the line outside.
After waiting in line for 30 minutes, the bouncer told the folks on line,
“Only single women can be admitted, no [heterosexual] couples,
no single men.” (I would imagine [...]
It was in mid semester last year that I learned, while reading Damita Jo Brown’s dissertation, “History is a Hungry Traveler: Black Female Subjects and The Grammars of Liberation” about how Black women who worked as washer women during reconstruction would meet together and discuss who to work for, who to avoid, who paid well, [...]
New Model Minority is an ad free blog, because I see this space as an end in and of it self. No sponsors. No corporation. Just Thugs, Feminists and Boom Bap. Feel free to donate, if you feel moved by the work here. More than your donation I want your comments.Enjoy the site. ~Renina
