I have been reflecting on why I have been scared of taking these next steps. The thing about it is, is that it is fear. Fear that I won’t have the people in my life now that I have had because I am not only working way more, but moving in new and other circles. [...]
Archive for the ‘Black Girls Make Choices’ Category
All City Real Talk for @JessSolomon, @Mqueez, @Afrolicious
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012Reconciling the Non-Profit “Post Industrial” Complex with Black Girls in Mind
Friday, March 30th, 2012Who is Anna Julia Cooper? Click here to learn more. Awesome FIRST wave Black Feminist. On Monday, I went to visit the Score Small business mentoring office to learn about the benefits and limits of a 501 (c) (3 versus an LLC or a conventional corp. #planning. #wingsup. I was REALLY surprised to learn that [...]
What Awkward Black Girl and Trans Women Have Taught Me About Black Gender Politics
Friday, December 9th, 2011Where in the hell do I begin? I will just start with me and the two questions that have been on my mind since Moya (and I believe a loose collective of folks) wrote the criticism of Awkward Black Girl‘s usage of transphobic and homophobic language in a recent episode of the web series Awkward [...]
On Black Girls and Pleasure
Monday, November 7th, 2011Waaaaay back in 2008 I wrote a blog post in the summer time, right after we learned that Erykah Badu was pregnant with her little bear about the fact that Black women’s bodies do not belong to themselves. Looking back I realize that I was inspired by the fact that that in public people feel [...]
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 Mambu Badu and Black Girl Problems Tumblr x Essence’s New White Male Editor
Thursday, July 14th, 2011Earlier this year I said that Mambu Badu was the freshest thing since Honey Magazine. The Quirky Black Girl magazine from 2000 that articles on Lil Kim and Lauryn Hill. The articles seemed to reflect a vision of Black girls that wasn’t as focused on racial uplift, natural hair guides, and finding a “good Black [...]
A Note Black Gender Relations in 2011
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011After writing that post on Nate Dogg, I spoke to Rob and learned that there is an entire dating blogosphere were men, Black and White, blog about their relationships. I always KNEW these blogs existed but I didn’t know that they existed across race and I didn’t know how popular they were. The second thing [...]
3 Questions on Art and Desire
Sunday, November 21st, 2010Is my work such an integral part of me, that if you don’t get it, I can’t fuck with you? Is this being dogmatic? Or am I just being honest? Would I even have to ask myself these questions if I were born male? These questions came out a conversation with @hotcombpics this morning. As [...]
Now That You Got It, What ‘Chu Gone Do With It.
Thursday, November 18th, 2010Yesterday, I was sending an email to someone and I came across an old Law school colleague in the little auto fill jawn, so I decided to look her up. Be careful when you do that shit. I did a search and learned via the NY Times that she got married last fall to a [...]
