July 2012
72 posts
“What we didn’t hear about was a how an African-American women who in the course...”
– As We Watch the Trayvon Martin Case, All of Us Should Know Marissa Alexander « Davey D’s Hip Hop Corner-(The Blog)
yo, can you just go read this post?
(via cupcakesnotbombs)
fuck everything.
(via ethiopienne)
This makes me so angry…
(via musicalandacademicblunderings)
I originally posted...
babsissuchafuckinglady: This is really hard for me...
babsissuchafuckinglady:
As far as I’m sure you know, everybody is going through finical difficulties. I won’t make a long story, but I need money for schooling, beauty blog and make up artistry.
As you are all aware school is expensive as shit and can be extra expensive if you are in the arts ( it’s not just books you are paying for, you are paying for supplies or instruments w.e.).
My beauty...
come fly with me: about my twerk video →
strugglingtobeheard:
well, since someone let me know that someone said, “well it’s public and open and available for criticism.” let me say this about my twerk for mothers day video:
when i posted this video, i posted it on my youtube channel that had NO followers and on my tumblr blog that had about 1,200 at the time. this video was shared on tumblr and the video i had made before was too,...
“I think because we are so used to an embattled position with folks who wield...”
– —Moya Bailey (via theredtree)
Also, decided students will write letters to CeCe...
latinegrasexologist:
and i’ll mail them.
Latino Sexuality: Media Justice: Last Post →
latinegrasexologist:
my column comes to an end.
I didn’t want to write this post. Who wants to write a “goodbye” or “last post” piece? What I really didn’t want to do was realize this part of my life was wrapping itself up. I was afraid of what that would mean. Then, I put my trust…
we love u b.
Black Girl Dangerous Writing Workshop: Oakland and...
blackgirldangerous:
The July/August Black Girl Dangerous Writing Workshop is now OPEN. Register today!
The Black Girl Dangerous Writing Workshop is a workshop for queer, trans*, and gender-non-conforming writers of color.
Oakland: This offering is a 4-week workshop, taking place on consecutive Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8:30 pm, beginning July 24, 2012, in Oakland, CA. We’ll workshop...
The Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical...
feministcarepackages:
The Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence
crunkfeministcollective:
Welcome to the pre-release version of theCreative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence.
While we are waiting for the finalizing of the designed version of this Toolkit, we wanted to make the contents of the Toolkit available...
A Meeting at the Kitchen Table: POC Feminists...
crunkfeministcollective:
A Meeting at the Kitchen Table: POC Feminists Envisioning the Future
POC Caucus CFP SEWSA 2013
Calling on some of our People of Color feminist foremothers, the POC Caucus panel hopes to examine where we are as POC academics, cultural workers, and artists and where we’d like to be. As we look at the interracial POC dynamics that both propel and impede our...
Asian Americans Less Likely to Report Domestic... →
crankyskirt:
fascinasians:
Asian-American victims of domestic violence rarely seek help from police or health care providers – “an alarming trend” among the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, says a Michigan State University researcher.
While cultural barriers can discourage victims from seeking help, there also is a lack of culturally sensitive services available to them,...
rambly thoughts
guerrillamamamedicine:
—i thought, as a mama, that twerkin for mothers day/liberation was one of the most brilliant interventions i had seen for reclamation of black mamas and their bodies, and i am not saying ‘mama’ as just those who are women and parents, i mean i thought it was a reclamation of what some of our bodies do, can do. and how that so relates to birth and biological mothering in...
“Already their stories were becoming lies because nobody wanted to listen, nobody...”
– Dionne Brand, Another Place, Not Here. New York: Grove Press, 1997, 60-1
Andrea Smith -- Native Americans and the Christian... →
blackraincloud:
james-bliss:
Andrea Smith’s second book, much less frequently referred to than her first, offers (white) leftists (yet another) important case study in working with people who you don’t like or agree with or understand. That is, working with people.
ETA: Or you can read an earlier version that was her dissertation at UCSC.
Yes.
