NY Times article on Black Film in the early 1990′s titled “They’ve Gotta Have Us” by Karen Grigsby Bates Note: There will be a few blog posts on Pariah and Black women’s directors over the next few weeks as I move like a squirrel with a flashlight trying to finish this paper. I cannot have [...]
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Why Black Women Film Directors?
Sunday, February 5th, 2012The Choices that Creatives Make
Saturday, December 31st, 2011Image via Metro Times Dedicated to Jonzey and our conversations about Hennessy / Carol’s Daughters sponsored art. This post is about money, artists and how corporations are deliberate and never neutral. Spending the last few months teaching a multiracial group of young people about race, art, class, history and feminism, I have learned a lot [...]
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 [...]
On Syd the Kid’s “Cocaine” Video
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011I have contended that in a world premised on oppressing women, openly Loving a woman is probably one of the most radical things you can do. The homie @danyeezy, just put me on to the new Syd the Kid video. Syd is the only woman member of OFWGKTA . @Danyeezy reblogged a link to Syd’s [...]
On Cyd the Kid’s Video for “Cocaine”
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011I have contended that in a world premised on oppressing women, openly Loving a woman is probably one of the most radical things you can do. The homie @danyeezy, just put me on to the new Syd the Kid, the only woman member of OFWGKTA . Her video titled “Cocaine” reblogged a link from the [...]
Black Girls and Sexual Violence; A Response to @DopegirlFresh
Thursday, August 4th, 2011Image from Rihanna’s Man Down video. One of the reasons why I write about my experiences with street harassment, and the gendered and raced aspects of violence and the threat of violence, is to create a space to talk about how Black women historically and currently have to fight for the right to not be [...]
Making Connections between Odd Future x Jay Z x Beyonce
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011In my head I have been trying to make sense of Beyonce, Jay-Z and Odd Future and how audiences have received, accepted and criticized their work. I have written about Beyonce here and here. Jay-Z here. I add Odd Future because I have yet to see a feminist analysis of them and I am theorizing that there is a [...]
On Black Men Telling Our Stories?
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011One of the reasons why I have devoted nearly a year and half to working on a project on Black women’s sexuality is because I am sick and tired of Black men speaking for us. Telling our stories. Stories help us to understand who we are. Stories are how we make sense of the world. [...]
Starting a Women of Color Policy and News Blog
Monday, June 13th, 2011I am in the process of laying out the foundation for starting a women of color policy and news blog. I get sick and tired of the janky way that rape, sexual harassment, the debate around food stamps and “domestic” violence are framed, discussed, archived and shaped. I personally think we can do better. Ann [...]
And You Even Licked My Balls: A Black Feminist Note on Nate Dogg
Sunday, March 20th, 2011So I have been thinking of Nate Dogg in general but rap music in particular and the difference between how I as a Black woman and how White men relate to rap music. While I understand that sexism and patriarchy is systemic, that we LEARN and are taught how to be “men” and “women,” how [...]
