I am busy prepping for the end of the semester. Grading papers, working on my teaching portfolio (shout out to everyone on Twitter who shared their teaching statement with me) and I am being observed for the second time this semester on May 3rd. Pray for me, I need to leave myself enough time to [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Gone ‘Till May 3rd
Sunday, April 24th, 2011Black Feminist Love x Black Feminist Sex
Thursday, April 7th, 2011A few weeks ago I was on a date with Mr. Playful, on the third try of attempting to see that daggumit new Matt Damon flick. I was telling him that dating a Black feminist is awesome because yes means yes, no means no, and everything turns on consent. He just kinda looked at me [...]
Musing on the Genealogies x Sex x Digital Black Feminisms #BettaComeCorrect
Monday, April 4th, 2011On Friday, on the Crunkfeminists blog, Crunktastic wrote a post titled “How Chris Brown is Effing up my Sex Life: A B-Side to Dating While Feminist.” In the post, she discusses the challenges that Black feminist face when a #boosnack has some janky gender politics. As you can tell, I am clear on calling folks [...]
#ChangeJobs #ChangeGods
Monday, April 4th, 2011A few weeks ago someone on Twitter said, women make friends at the club so easily. “Girls make friends so quickly. Yal be in the club “Hi you’re pretty, i’m pretty. Lets be pretty together…” In the name of all things #VurnerableyFearless. Two weeks ago, I was hiding, hiding from a spirit when I met [...]
Sometimes the Intern Game Reminds me of the Crack Game
Monday, April 4th, 2011Well. The New York Times has a piece up about interns working for free. Shout out to @rafikam for the tip. Ross Perlin writes in an op-ed, The uncritical internship fever on college campuses — not to mention the exploitation of graduate student instructors, adjunct faculty members and support staff — is symptomatic of a [...]
