Map 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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Race Class Gender’
Some Historical Ideas on Race, Class and Neighborhoods in DC
Sunday, January 29th, 2012Race, 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 [...]
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 [...]
Proenza Schouler = #Assitchstatus
Friday, September 10th, 2010“We can act like wild animals?….” “One day we got so drunk, I thought I heard God speaking to me…” A peoples ability to control how and when they are represented is an indicator of the kind of power that they have in society. In light of that, lets discuss this commercial. First of all. [...]
Black Women’s Complicity in Being Dominated
Friday, August 27th, 2010RHOA fight b/w Kim and Nene. @tkoed and ‘Toya. See, I wrote it! Fan on Facebook. #new Last day to vote for my #SXSW presentation here. After writing several posts in June about Black men, Love, and domination John challenged me to talk about the ways in which Black women are complicit in being dominated, [...]
Ms. Black Feminist Goes to the Country Club
Sunday, February 1st, 2009I have a bad left knee. I moved earlier this week, and I didn’t wantmy knee to look like a cauliflower, so I decided to use a gym pass thatI had been saving for a rainy day. I figured that a little yoga and a little steam room would helpold lefty feel better.The gym facility [...]
