in particular the line of...Image via Dr. Ergo Yesterday, Goldy and I were walking down New Hampshire. It was warm enough that Black folks were on their porches, and young folks of all races were walking their dogs. But on this particular stretch of street there wasn’t a lot of foot traffic. We walked pass an older Black man, [...]
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2012On Seeing Black Women’s Genius: For Whitney Houston
Sunday, February 26th, 2012One of the things that surprised me most about the death of Whitney Houston was the vitriol directed at her in some White mainstream Internet spaces. Many of the comments struck me as being both racist and sexist. I understand that both racism and sexism exists, but I always leave room for myself to to [...]
Why Black Women Film Directors?
Sunday, February 5th, 2012NY 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 [...]
The 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. [...]
