Over the break, I was going back over my old posts and I saw that in two thousand and eight that I wanted to make a documentary after seeing Byron Hurt’s Barack and Curtis. In fact, I stated that I wanted to do FLOTUS and Nicki Minaj. When I met with Boss Bear yesterday and [...]
Archive for the ‘Quickems’ Category
Free
Thursday, February 21st, 2013Heart is broken. But I am free. And perhaps, most importantly, I have been transformed. I am stubborn and typically only listen once I hit a bottom, I also listen if two different people tell me the same thing, I listen to the person I am dating, I listen to people who are more spiritually [...]
Logical and Emotional
Sunday, December 30th, 2012I am as logical as I am emotional and this confounds people. Breaks them into little unintelligible peaces. Why? What do you do with someone can think linearly, who can identify the logical conclusion of a line of reasoning, but who also understand that she has the right to cry if she so feels moved. [...]
Is it Me Or…………….
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012In August, I ran into a friend from the Bay who I knew when I was in high school. We chatted it up and exchanged numbers, and I assumed we may connect for an after work function, at the max. He has sent me a text message once, after we exchanged numbers, again a couple [...]
Bodies or Taxes: Ideas on Gender and Technology
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012I am beginning to think that part of my calling is at the intersection of technology and social justice. I just had a really long conversation with a man of color who is a cybersecurity expert and it became clear to me that there is a difference between #ConservativeBlackpeopleiwithaGoodGovermentJob who care about social justice and [...]
Brave x Beasts of the Southern Wild
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012I saw both Brave and Beasts of the Southern Wild this weekend, and I hadn’t thought about the connection between the two movies until this morning. I don’t read film reviews (ironic no?) so I am often in for a surprise when I see a movie. With regard to “Brave” it is interesting that [...]
All City Real Talk for @JessSolomon, @Mqueez, @Afrolicious
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012I 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. [...]
Listen to Your Intuiton
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012Image 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, [...]
Watching “The Best Man”: Old Movie, New Feminist Lens
Sunday, March 18th, 2012Last 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 [...]
On Black Women’s Sexuality
Saturday, February 4th, 2012The second time that I saw Pariah I decided to change my paper’s title, or even to give it a proper title because of the direction the paper is taking. The working title is “I am Not Broken, I am Open: Toward Hetergenous Representations of Black Women’s Sexuality”. After walking around with a notebook [...]
