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Watching “The Best Man”: Old Movie, New Feminist Lens

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

Last night I watched The Best Man. What is significant about it is that watching the film with an eye towards representations of Black women, I knew that there were going to be major distinctions and differences that I would see now that I didn’t see before. The first difference is in the opening when [...]

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On Being Honest and Saying No.

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

I finally laid it down with SD on Friday. He saw me and wanted to sip and I said sure. But we needed to talk first. I basically said listen, I need to get off this ride. I adore you, we have a lot in common but you come at me like you want to [...]

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A Love Letter to Ms. Fancy.

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Image courtesy of Harry Cutting. He has awesome stuff, check him out. A few weeks ago I woke up and realized that I am the person that I wanted to be when I was thirteen. At thirteen my closest friend was Fancy and we were in middle school together in East Oakland. We were nerdy, [...]

Posted in Fresh Girls., Nikia J. | 6 Comments »