Image of director Kasi Lemmons courtesy of Professor Sussoro’s Blog Last fall I tweeted that a barometer of Black women’s freedom would be their ability to control, tell, and distribute their own stories. Having seen Push, and now For Colored Girls, two movies based on texts written by Black women about Black women, but directed [...]
Archive for January, 2011
The Politics of Making a “Black Film” in Obama’s America
Monday, January 31st, 2011On Raising Babies and Leaving Lovers
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011A photo he took of me Labor Day Weekend @ Havana’s. This man made me look like Zora. #Tears. #Ummhmm. Dedicated to @mistmattnash I don’t know what to say. I realized two nights ago that I am grieving the fact that I just walked away from someone who is father material. We are still friends [...]
Survey: New Model Minority- The Book
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011This year I am putting the pieces in place to publish a book based on this blog. I am envisioning that it will be comprised of blog posts and some new essays. Here is where you come in. I am writing this and publishing it for you, so I would Love to have your feedback. [...]
Orisha’s and Clarity for Black Girls #blackgirlsarefromthefuture
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Last night I saw someone dance so, how do you say, he was such a light that I stared. I try not to stare. Staring is rude. However, I was mesmerized. There is always a moment when I am dancing were I go somewhere else, where everyone else recedes and its just me and the [...]
When Fahn Strangers Try to Dominate Me.
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Yesterday I was on the train platform and I was walking past a REALLY handsome gentleman. Like Denzel if he were a pulman porter in the 40′s, but still like 30 though. Square jaw, chestnut colored skin and impeccable eyebrows. He was like “Hi, How are you” (smiling while I type). I responded, “Well Hello [...]
Rap & The Tea Party: Musing on Violence and Rhetoric
Thursday, January 13th, 2011I have been thinking about the resistance to the idea that words influence actions in general violence in particular. In reality, the repetition of words is arguably one of the most powerful forces on earth. Is there a connection between the ways in which rappers and Tea Party members use violent words, and how these [...]
The Gender Dimensions of the Giffords Shooting
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Earlier this week I was wondering aloud on Twitter whether anyone was going to address the gendered dimensions of the point blank shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords allegedly by Jared L. Loughner. I realized that no one would, so it was my job. By a gendered framework I mean aknowledging, naming and analyzing the [...]
On My Mothers Language
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011One of the things that you have to get use to when you meet me is my colorful use of language. It’s sprinkled with Spanish, bear language, slang, feminist theory, Mobb Deep quotes and some occasional Biggie rhymes. It’s fun. I have been wanting to write this post for a while. But I think that [...]
Marsha Ambrosius’ “Far Away” + Black Masculinity + Violence
Friday, January 7th, 2011There are three videos circulating that have me thinking about Black men and masculinity and violence. The first is the new Marsha Ambrosius video, Far Away, we see a story where a young man, who interacts with Marsha, is gay (desires men sexually) or queer (operates outside of the heteronormative ideas of sexual desire). He [...]
