Saturday I went to a function, even though I was tired. JJ Bear invited me and because she is all Love and because my outfit was hella cute. I went. I told her girl, I ain’t hollern’ at nobody, I ain’t tripping, I just want to get out here some boombap and go home at [...]
Archive for April, 2010
What Ha’ Happen Was…..
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Having My Ass Handed to Me
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Three weeks ago I sat in a professors office, as she went over my usageof comma’s, apostrophe’s, and I also had misspellings and other typos in midterm paper. Plus, I spelled an authors name wrong,? albeit consistently. Ouch! Having been trained to write as a law student,? I learned to use comma’s differently than what [...]
Dating Sans Patriarchy: A Black Man is not His Paycheck
Monday, April 26th, 2010In the comment section of my Musing on Harry Allen post, two Black men stated that they agreed with my date, that he should? be able to walk on the outside, etc. This kind of thinking goes to the heart of patriarchal ideals which basically says that “because I have a vagina” I should be [...]
There is Power in Vulnerability #wingsup
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010“Dear Artists All of Your Answers Are on the Other Side of your Fear.” Whenever I see Pierre Bennu’s tweets , @exittheapple in my stream I get excited because I know that he is going to bring something, witty, irreverent and inspiring. Artists need inspiration, support and? a community of learning. In some ways his [...]
Musing on Harry Allen, Black Nationalism and Black Feminism
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Barkley L. Hendricks Sweet Thang (Lynn Jenkins) Yesterday,? I had a conversation on Twitter with @harryallen, about Black nationalism and Black and White feminism, It all started when I tweeted: If White feminist examined the ways in which they were dominated by white men more closely, they would have more solidarity w/ Black feminist. Harry [...]
Musing on a [Lack of a] US Negro Agenda
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010I dedicate this to Latoya and Matthew. LaToya, write that post girl. Im waiting. Matthew, thank you encouraging me to write honest, from the get go. I think it was Chomsky who said that Democracies by their very nature are fragile. But then again, isn’t any democracy stable? Isn’t it fragile, delicate, tenuous and exceptional? [...]
