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, 2012Some Historical Ideas on Race, Class and Neighborhoods in DC
Sunday, January 29th, 2012Map detailing borders of the Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood in DC. I am a board certified nerd. Meaning, I have library cards from three states, and I would get one more if they would let me. Given my card carrying nerd credentials I am one of those people who takes pamphlets from museums and libraries. [...]
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 Kim Kardashian’s Empire and Race
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011On Clutch Danielle Belton has an excellent and problematic post titled, “Celebrating the Black Beauty on White Women”. She discusses in general the politics of race and women’s bodies as well as the politics of White artists performing what has historically been seen as Black music (see Eminem, Elvis and Adele). I am really interested [...]
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 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 [...]
Will Learning How to Pole Dance Keep Your Hetero Man Out of the Strip Club?
Saturday, September 17th, 2011The homie Britni Danielle @ Clutch has an interesting article up, “Please, Baby Please” about the politics of Black heterosexual relationships. The piece starts off in response to an article by Janelle Harris “Whatever it Takes to Please a Man”. Janelle discusses how she considers that when her boo snack goes to the strip club [...]
What’s the Difference Between a “Ho”, Housewife and Your Sister?
Saturday, September 17th, 2011Nothing. I woke up thinking about the way the women are put into categories and are ranked hierarchically. For example, on any given Sunday in a barbershop, you can hear hetero African American men saying, “You can’t turn a “ho” into a housewife”. Or on any given Friday night you can find hetero Black women [...]
What’s the Difference Between a “Ho”, a Housewife, and Your Sister?
Saturday, September 17th, 2011Nothing. I woke up thinking about the way the women are put into categories and are ranked hierarchically. For example, on any given Sunday in a barbershop, you can hear hetero African American men saying, “You can’t turn a “ho” into a housewife”. Or on any given Friday night you can find hetero Black women [...]
Author Martha Southgate on Why the Film “The Help” is a Symptom of a Larger Issue: My Thoughts.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011In entertainment weekly, one of my favorite authors, Martha Southgate (@mesouthgate) discusses the film “The Help” stating that, There have been thousands of words written about Stockett’s skills, her portrayal of the black women versus the white women, her right to tell this story at all. I won’t rehash those arguments, except to say that [...]
