Life. Feminism. Pop Culture.
For @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 … [Continue reading]
Looking for a database of Odd Future's lyrics, I came across this article last fall in The Voice by Zach Baron. I remember reading it, but I didn't have the head space to process and write about it. Baron writes, To condemn Odd Future for their … [Continue reading]
Earlier this year I said that Mambu Badu was the freshest thing since Honey Magazine. The Quirky Black Girl magazine from 2000 that articles on Lil Kim and Lauryn Hill. The articles seemed to reflect a vision of Black girls that wasn't as focused on … [Continue reading]
In my head I have been trying to make sense of Beyonce, Jay-Z and Odd Future and how audiences have received, accepted and criticized their work. I have written about Beyonce here and here. Jay-Z here. I add Odd Future because I have yet to see a … [Continue reading]
In 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, … [Continue reading]