This one is for Jonzey and all the Black girls in the world who live to tell stories. I reread Martha Southgate’s Third Girl From the Left this week and I was moved by the fact that I read this book in 2005 when it came out, but I think that the fact that I [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Appreciation for Martha Southgate
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010What Should I Write About?
Saturday, June 19th, 2010I have a bit more time on my hands, so I wanted to reach out and ask you all what you want me to write about. Here are some of the ideas that I have: 1. Quick Post on Joan Morgan and David Ikard’s interview in the academic journal, Beats, Words and Life. They talk [...]
The Crack Project: On Philippe Bourgois
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010If you know me, you know that I am fascinated with crack, the dominant discourse around it and the lack critical discourse around it, as it pertains to Black + Latino inner city neighborhoods. And how it affects men, women and children differently. I plan on doing a post on my crack project proposal, but [...]
The Connection Between Protecting and Dominating Women
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010Within the comments section of my post “Black Women x The Streets x Harassment” , which Latoya has up on Racialicious, Gregory Butler explained the connection between being protected and being dominated in a straight forward and profound way. He writes, It took me years to reach the point where I could defy the social [...]
Thinking about Tea Cake + Violence
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010You all know that I LOVE me some Their Eyes Were Watching God. A couple of weeks ago, Mark Anthony Neal posted a piece about Tea Cake as an Imagined Black Feminist Manhood. I like the idea of taking Tea Cake for this purpose. However, I was insistent that Tea Cakes violence be dealt with [...]
On (Black) Masculinity: It’s Fragile + Illusive
Sunday, June 6th, 2010Harry Brod’s essay “Studying Masculinities” has some straight ahead information on teaching and understanding masculinity. I reread it last night and was reminded of how good it is. I am going to post excerpts below, with some comments. On How Privileges Work [All]Men, as do whites [men and women], have a vested interest in not [...]
Acting White and Black English
Sunday, June 6th, 2010If you correct my English I might curse you out, give you a side eye, or a simple blank stare. If I am not at work,? I don’t speak standard English. It is not what is most comfortable to me. Last year, on one of my blog posts cross posted on Racialicious I began to [...]
Negros + Pre Prom Parties
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Driving over to the Celebration in Black Writing festival in Philly on Saturday, I noticed that a party was happening on the sidewalk in front of a apartment building. The host point out, driving down Diamond street in South Philly, that the festivities that we observed were a pre-prom party. The scene was eclectic. Balloons, [...]
