The Closing of Lenox Lounge and Symbols of Blackness Image via Harlem Bespoke I remember when President Obama was elected and there was a lot of discourse on how symbolic the election was, and folks were right it was incredibly symbolic. Symbols are powerful because they inspire people. Now, there is a picture on The [...]
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013New Model Minority: The Book Survey….Questions for Those Who Filled it Out in 2011:)
Saturday, December 15th, 2012So. About 30 of you filled out the survey which is wonderful, but I don’t know who you are. Let’s remedy this. Send me an e-mail to m.dotwrites dot gmail or you can fill out the Nmm labs form here to receive updates. Thank you again for filling it out. When I have thought of [...]
Big Announcement: New Blogs – Race in DC.com and BlackGirlEverything.com
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012As many of you know I fractured my wrist in a car accident earlier this year. In the above photo I am at breakfast, having been out of the hospital for about a week. The wrist fracture sucked not only because my wrist was broken, but because it set me back in terms of my [...]
Can You Explain to Me What a “Ho Tape” Is?
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012I think that one of the reasons why some Black women have a hard time talking about Black women’s sexuality within academic settings is because of the emotional dexterity and vulnerability that comes along with doing so. For instance, there is a line of feedback in my paper that says “Can you explain what a [...]
A Thin Line Between Protection and Domination: Thoughts About that Cleveland Bus Video
Friday, October 12th, 2012Last week, I reached out to @sassycrass and @dopegirlfresh because I wanted to write about the thin line between protection and domination for Black women. Lo and behold, it appears that the opportunity to write about the issue has made itself known sooner than I expected. When I talk about the thin line between protection [...]
Black Women Who Run from Their Genius (May) Make Themselves Sick. ~Kathleen Collins
Sunday, September 30th, 2012Kathleen Collins on the set of her film Losing Ground I have been obsessed and fascinated with Kathleen Collins for the last year. She is a Black woman filmmaker, a film professor, a momma, she attended Skidmore and the Sorbonne. She died in 1988 of cancer at 46. First I learned about her from Jaqueline [...]
Kathleen Collins and the Redemptive Softness of Black Women
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012Still from the film “Losing Ground” directed by Kathleen Collins. This post has been a long time coming. I Love Black women filmmakers, because I believe that Black women filmmakers see us. Not just the uplifting “We shall overcome” versions of us, but they see us in all of our beauty, contradictions, nuanced, strength and [...]
Black Women’s Hair & Gabby Douglas: Standing Straight in a Crooked Room
Saturday, August 4th, 2012In the book, Sister Citizen, Dr. Melissa Harris Perry argues that many Black women in the US find themselves standing straight in a crooked room because of how we experience both racism and sexism. According to Harris-Perry, Black women are standing straight in a crooked room when they are confronting race and gender stereotypes, black [...]
Love and Hip Hop Atlanta and Carol’s Daughter Transitioning Kits: Some Preliminary Feminist Thoughts
Saturday, July 21st, 2012I have watched the last four episodes of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, while taking notes, fractured wrist and all, because I knew that culturally this show represented a kind of shift in Black women on reality television. Furthermore, I knew that I needed to commit to watching the show. I was at a [...]
8 Things Having a Broken Arm and a Fractured Wrist Has Taught Me
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012My hand in the cast after the cast has been cut open the day after surgery for observation. Yes, the surgeons wrote “Yes” on my left thumb to ensure that they operated on the correct hand. Holy shit Gina. The day after I wrote the most recent post I got into a car accident where [...]
