January 2012
14 posts
“You can be “born this way,” or have a desire or attraction to the same gender or...”
– from the blog “Queer Black Feminist” by Adreana Clay
Reading this reminds me of how some folks have a hard time with sexuality occurring on a continuum. I also don’t know how useful the “born this way” versus it’s a “choice” binary is. Or even if it is in fact a binary. I know that sexuality drives...
“But there’s a deeper, even more critical element here , because it’s the same...”
– James McBride, screenwriter of Red Hook Summer and Miracle @ St. Anna on the politics of being a Black Story teller. #peaceto @afrolicious. #ownMYownShit.
#ProfessionalBlackStoryteller/Historian…I add historians because storytellers are historians…at least that’s what the feminists I rock with...
Watchherbrainsdailychurn:
Did you see Tuesday’s State of the Union address? Check this video and my assessment.
Open Letter to Angela Davis from James Baldwin... →
“You want a job, a vacation, heath insurance, validation, a back rub, a scalp...”
– Ryan O’Connell, What 20-Somethings Want on Thought Catalog (via nikad)
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#DC for those interested in Brazil and the... →
#DC Black History Month Talks (w Dr. Carroll...
Free Admission, Woodridge Public Library,18th & Hamlin Sts.,N.E.(at Rhode Island Ave.),202-541-6226.
Feb. 1, 2012=” Beyond Good Hair:The African Roots of Fashion & Style.”
Feb. 8, 2012=”The Scramble for Africa in the 21st Century.”
Feb. 15, 2012=”On the Cutting Room Floor:The Image of the Black Woman in American Film.”
Feb. 22, 2012=”The...
and this is...
for people in need of closure who consider reaching out because virtual reality isnt enough: log off and do what you gotta do.