Image via Dr. Ergo Yesterday, Goldy and I were walking down New Hampshire. It was warm enough that Black folks were on their porches, and young folks of all races were walking their dogs. But on this particular stretch of street there wasn’t a lot of foot traffic. We walked pass an older Black man, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Street Harassment’
Listen to Your Intuiton
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012Kill Me or Leave Me Alone: Street Harassment as a Public Health Issue
Sunday, March 6th, 2011This 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 [...]
The 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 [...]
