in particular the line of...Nothing. 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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Race Class Gender’ Category
What’s the Difference Between a “Ho”, a Housewife, and Your Sister?
Saturday, September 17th, 2011Author 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 [...]
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 [...]
Walgreens is Going to Sell #WhiteGroceries?- Race, Food and the City
Monday, July 25th, 2011I just came from the local co-op where a half gallon of organic milk was nearly $5.00 and the cereal, much of which looked like granola and berries was $5.00 as well. I like granola in yogurt. I DO NOT like granola as cereal. I had a $5-6 budget for cereal and milk this morning. [...]
Race, Class and Prostitution in the City: Washington DC’s Black Madam- Odessa Madre
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011For @AlaiaWilliams for continuing to remind me to write this. Readers are a precious commodity. In the essay “Working for Nothing but a Living” Dr. Sharon Harley describes the life of Odessa Madre, a dark skinned Black woman who became a Madam in the 1940′s because as a high school graduate, who as dark skinned [...]
A Feminist Analysis of Sheryl Sandberg and the ‘Male Dominated’ Silicon Valley
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011In a society organized by and for men, it makes sense for women to be exluded from pursuing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). STEM research and jobs spur the innovation for our Capitalist economic system. You can’t have innovation, at least how we are thought to conceive of it, without STEM. Which leads me [...]
Tip Your Servers, It is How We Survive.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011#Dedicated to Jerm the Perm and to everyone else on that shift work for tips. For the last two summers I have worked as a waitress at some point. #AutonomyisExpensive. Depending on the state in which you live, a restaurant may pay a server between $2 and $4 dollars an hour. This means that servers [...]
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. [...]
Using your Voice Makes You a Target
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Returning a book back to the library Monday, I decided to look at the magazine section. I came across the most recent issue of The Nation and decided to pick it up. I know that Professor Harris Perry had discourse with Cornel West and Chris Hedges in May around President Obama’s positions and policies around [...]
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 [...]
