Talk about the ways in which race and gender structures social media experiences. Peep. Suzanne Labarre writes at FastCo Design, Timeline, by contrast, includes an actual timeline, organized in tiles across two columns like a virtual noteboard, that lets you present your autobiography from birth to now. You do it in your own words and [...]
Archive for September, 2011
On the Racial and Gender Implications of Facebook’s “Timeline”.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011Will Learning How to Pole Dance Keep Your Hetero Man Out of the Strip Club?
Saturday, September 17th, 2011The homie Britni Danielle @ Clutch has an interesting article up, “Please, Baby Please” about the politics of Black heterosexual relationships. The piece starts off in response to an article by Janelle Harris “Whatever it Takes to Please a Man”. Janelle discusses how she considers that when her boo snack goes to the strip club [...]
What’s the Difference Between a “Ho”, Housewife and Your Sister?
Saturday, September 17th, 2011Nothing. I woke up thinking about the way the women are put into categories and are ranked hierarchically. For example, on any given Sunday in a barbershop, you can hear hetero African American men saying, “You can’t turn a “ho” into a housewife”. Or on any given Friday night you can find hetero Black women [...]
What’s the Difference Between a “Ho”, a Housewife, and Your Sister?
Saturday, September 17th, 2011Nothing. I woke up thinking about the way the women are put into categories and are ranked hierarchically. For example, on any given Sunday in a barbershop, you can hear hetero African American men saying, “You can’t turn a “ho” into a housewife”. Or on any given Friday night you can find hetero Black women [...]
10 Thoughts for Black Girls Starting College This Year
Thursday, September 8th, 2011This post is inspired by the work that @blackgirlproject is doing. 1. Meet with your professor to clarify your first assignment. Every professor is is different and you will get a better idea of what they asking for. They may be busy but this is your education to claim, they have theirs. As the first [...]
On Walking Out of Columbiana (I Walked Back in Too).
Sunday, September 4th, 2011Young Cataleya in Columbiana. The Wackness is the last movie that I walked out of. The scene that triggered it was when the main character’s dad gave the going off to college advice of, “Try and fuck a Black girl.” Yeah. I was all set on those. Last night Goldy and I went to see [...]
I Am Still Here.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011New things are on the way. NMM 2.0. Link pages and thangs. The brown girl policy blog is in the pipeline. Shout out to everyone who as gotten at me around participating. The New Model Minority book is in the pipeline as well. The school year has begun. And I am tired. Gone to sleep [...]
