January 2012
Lisa Bonet is a #BlackgirlfromtheFuture....she...
Isn’t that interesting gina?
To make the choice to NOT voltron?
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“But the choice to open this film about a queer, Black woman with this song,...”
– Adreana Clay on the opening sequence in Pariah. Awesome reading of the opening by the way. There is something hella unapologetic about that film. Not mean and assholish. But like. Nah B, I am a human being. Chill….
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“You can be “born this way,” or have a desire or attraction to the...”
– 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...
Victory!
ellamaesavannah:
I did well on my two dental school tests :) I feel great! I was kind of down about certain things in my life, but now I know I am supposed to be here! I don’t need to compare myself to anyone. With hard work, I am succeeding. I will try even harder to soar :)
Saweeet! I am proud you little bear.
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homemadelove:
Sins Invalid is a San Francisco/Bay Area based performance project that celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of color and queer and gender-variant artists. Since 2006, our performances have explored themes of sexuality, embodiment, and the disabled body, impacting thousands through live performance.
We’ve consistently heard from people who can’t make it to...
Ya'll need to come off the plantation.....
Dee Reese and Nekisa Cooper made Pariah for 500K...
Why is it that when Lucas says “Ya’ll need to come off the plantation and see this film”, did it garner the kind of press and conversation?
Cooper and Reese flipped a fucking miracle. Black girls being intimate on screen? Black girls demanding to be treated like human beings on screen?
Shiit gina. Even straight Black women don’t have sex on the silver screen, unless it is...
I wish e-street had a nail salon in it.
“Cross-racial struggle made clear the work that white women needed to do in order...”
– Becky Thompson, “Multiracial Feminism: Recasting the Chronology of Second Wave Feminism,” in Nancy Hewitt, ed., No Permanent Waves: Recasting Histories of U.S. Feminisms (via ohgeeznora
)
This was on the comps list. #goodshit.
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“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...
Holy shit gina I voltroned the binary b/w men and...
On the spot.
Binaries work to keep us ALL in check boo. They were like wooooh. Both groups of stereotypes are opposite of each other. I was like Word up.
They are more alert/alive in the afternoon. #womp.
#itIswhatitIS.
Little bear asked me if "For Colored Girls" the...
#keepingtheTextAlive.com
And a little bear brought up how feminists...
Both Goldy and I were mentored by the same Black...
Even though we didn’t know each other then. #BlackCreativeshaveOneDegreeofSeperation.
First one down. I can't tell if they are...
They seemed to be really excited to talk about stereotypes about men, women and feminists.
Big assed glaring mistake on my syllabus re-dates. Crap. o.0 Otherwise it is perfect. #liveandLearn. #allcityNotperfect.
r got me watching paranormal activity 3
latinosexuality:
he better be staying the night.
saweeeet.
@afrolicious 2 from 9 hunned. o.0
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This is what Transphobia looks like #2
ryansallans:
Esoterica: Comrades: →
newmodelminority:
cultureofresistance:
I beg of you to never recite pledge of allegiance again. It’s brainwashing. Think about it. We’re being taught this from the very beginning of our education. It’s one of the first things we’re taught and we recite it nearly every day for the next…
Ahhh. Ok. Makes sense. I think he may have been Jewish.
Swim before lunch or after....After...I think?
“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– (via thechocolatebrigade)
BOOM.
There it is.
(via goddessofcheese)
See. And this is why I am reclaiming deviance…#apparently…It does appear to be deviant to me…. but that is how it is read..o.0
Comrades:
cultureofresistance:
I beg of you to never recite pledge of allegiance again. It’s brainwashing. Think about it. We’re being taught this from the very beginning of our education. It’s one of the first things we’re taught and we recite it nearly every day for the next thirteen years. I’ve only recently realized this. I only ask you to think about what you’re saying.
-aaronsacommie
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Do you ever log onto twitter and it raises your...
@afrolicious…I mean..I am on my square…voltroning….and reading tweets I got angsty…:/
Dude Kara Keeling AND Delany are coming. I am...
#nerdshit.
#Blackshit.
I don't want my sense of self to be so tied to...
…but it was still nice to hear.
So...was just speaking with a boss bear about my...
re student complaints and asking her advice and she says “I heard you were a good teacher.”
#pointsfingeratChest.
Moi?
Little bitty allcity?
#BIGTEEFSMILE FOR OAKLAND!
Roe v. Wade Anniversary 2012 →
Afrolicious: This strategy of flooding an ignorant... →
brownisbeautiful:
newmodelminority:
brownisbeautiful:
Let’s try something different in 2012.
Dammn. Gina. What article are you speaking of? If you no want to plug them, inbox me. Also…what are the alternate solutions that you suggest?
#sitsinofficeWorkonSybwaitingforyourResponse.
The most recent…
True. I wish we could be like Ghandi bears and figure out how to use slactivism for...
“Movements begin when oppressed people make — and keep remaking — a deeply inward...”
– Parker J. Palmer: Real-World Change Can Come From Within (via sociolab
)
#theRosaParksdecision
This strategy of flooding an ignorant article with...
brownisbeautiful:
Let’s try something different in 2012.
Dammn. Gina. What article are you speaking of? If you no want to plug them, inbox me. Also…what are the alternate solutions that you suggest?
#sitsinofficeWorkonSybwaitingforyourResponse.
“We no longer drink at separate water fountains, it’s true. But...”
– Why Am I Not Surprised?: Racism = Prejudice + Power (via sociolab
)
Changeseeker is one of my oldest blog readers. So happy to see that they wrote this post. #brilliant and honest.
b r e e g a n t: Measured in Dreams →
breegant:
This is a brief statement on my career aspirations that I wrote for an internship. Any critiques, edits, commentary would be much appreciated. Peace.
Straddling the fence between campus life and “real life” was really only distinguished by the communal all-nighters in the 24-hour…
Hello Honey. I hope my feed back helps.
For me, it seems as though your essay/statement...
Really trying to remember the book from Black...
that details how during reconstruction The State and White social systems organized to paint Black women as lewd and lascivious and Black men as rapist savages. Both for the purposes of denying Negro People citizenship and all that that entails and political and economic autonomy.
#allcityFollowstheMoney
Dealbreaker: My Wife Is Gay | GOOD →
thefeeloffree:
lenachen:
This may be one of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever encountered about marriage. Though I am pretty opposed to the institution, I’m touched by this piece precisely because this couple illustrates that the bonds of true friendship and partnership don’t have to come in the form of a heterosexual, nuclear family. Despite all the prejudices and misconceptions working...
Eshu's Playground: Tales of an exhausted educator →
somewhitenonsense:
I am an educator. Not a teacher by training, profession, or plan; not compensated; rarely appreciated. But I educate. Mostly, I educate white people. I don’t have to do this, and I often resent doing so, and it comes at great personal cost. But life has taught me thus far…