This one is for Afrolicious and the notion of Appophenia. Last Saturday on the way home on the metro platform I was tired. I had been dancing. Bier was consumed. I spent the afternoon reading, and the evening posted up with my friend All Spirit and then the night dancing. All Spirit bounced early, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Street Harassment’
Kill Me or Leave Me Alone: Street Harassment as a Public Health Issue
Sunday, March 6th, 2011The Connection Between Protecting and Dominating Women
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010Within the comments section of my post “Black Women x The Streets x Harassment” , which Latoya has up on Racialicious, Gregory Butler explained the connection between being protected and being dominated in a straight forward and profound way. He writes, It took me years to reach the point where I could defy the social [...]
Black Women x The Streets x Harassment
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010This “Black men walking on the outside of Black women on the street” business touched a cord here on my blog, and opened up a really interesting discussion on race, gender roles, Black men and women, and patriarchy. I plan on doing a some follow up posts to address some of the issues that came [...]
