February 2011
New Model Minority: New Post: Making 'Black Films'... →
ill-litter:
newmodelminority:
Last fall I tweeted that a barometer of Black women’s freedom would be their ability to control, tell, and distribute their own stories.
Having seen Push, and now For Colored Girls, two movies based on texts written by Black women about Black women, but directed by Black men, I am…
At Sundance ‘11, Pariah won the Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic.
...
January 2011
I blocked the husband from my email months ago...
Today, I bought a flat rate envelope. I blocked the husband from my email months ago, erased the ties that allowed him to send emails that reeked of anger, cruelty, and bitterness. Sometimes, I wonder if the armor of my email security settings have bounced back sweeter messages, apologies, good wishes. Wonder is not enough to try and find out, because I live in my apartment with my cats and...
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New Post: Making 'Black Films' in the Age of...
Last fall I tweeted that a barometer of Black women’s freedom would be their ability to control, tell, and distribute their own stories.
Having seen Push, and now For Colored Girls, two movies based on texts written by Black women about Black women, but directed by Black men, I am incredibly mindful of who gets to tell which story and why. Story telling is powerful because it is through...
Temple U.'s Disability Studies Blog. Good stuff. →
dancingonembers:
http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/3032735708/tumblr.com
When in Doubt. #LOVE.
My entire Friday class is comprised of students
of color. Its a discussion section. #wow. #Excited.
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the...”
– Howard Zinn (via kateoplis)
.Kinky.Curls.: Why I Went Natural: A Search For... →
lefthandscribble:
For those who don’t know I joined the ranks of women who said “No” to the creamy crack after my last relaxer on October 31, 2009. Initially when I decided to stop relaxing my hair my Ace (my Dad’s term for best friend) had decided to go natural. When she told me this I…
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We were talking, and then he hoisted me
against the wall and grabbed my face.
I was electrified.
When I untangled myself, he asked, “Why is your face red?”
I’m like blood, you just picked me up and pushed me against a wall and attempted to devour me.
Didn’t I just tell you I am an energy conduit? It goes in. It comes out.
#ComeonSon.
Watchmelodysblog:
Lauryn Hill in chicago last night- she killed this!
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WatchMy Homie Tahir is doing an awesome project fusing data science and rap music lyrics. For boom bap heads, this is lightweight awesome.
Please share and RT widely so can get his money right for this project.
marcopacifico:
This is pretty cool. The Hip-Hop Word Count: A Searchable Rap Almanac by Tahir Hemphill — Kickstarter
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I am currently writing a response to this...
on the rise of the new global elite by Chrystia Freeland in The Atlantic Magazine. Here is an excerpt,
“As an example, she described a conversation with a couple at a Manhattan dinner party: “They started saying, ‘If you’re going to buy all this stuff, life starts getting really expensive. If you’re going to do the NetJet thing’”—this is a service offering “fractional aircraft ...
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New Post "New Model Minority the Book: Survey."
This year I am putting the pieces in place to publish a book based on this blog.
I am envisioning that it will be comprised of blog posts and some new essays.
Here is where you come in. I am writing this and publishing it for you, so I would Love to have your feedback. I have created a short 90 second survey.
Fill it out here.
I am going to write two or three original essays that will be in...
I wrote this and I was free. "Orisha’s and Clarity...
Last night I saw someone dance so, how do you say, he was such a light that I stared. I try not to stare. Staring is rude. However, I was mesmerized.
There is always a moment when I am dancing were I go somewhere else, where everyone else recedes and its just me and the music. His whole joint was like that.
I knew he was touched by and dealt with the Orisha’s. I went and spoke to him and I...
My shit is so real tell new people I meet....
Yes. I am waiting for my aquemini. I am terrible. I will remember your birthday before I remember your name.
Why? When you were born tells me more about you than your name.
I am an 11. I was told 3 years ago right around
the time I came to self identify as a writer. It was only this afternoon that I put two and two together with this being 2011. #PowZOMBA.
jbarri asked: your blog is so relevant and needed, what you post is so enriching and thought provoking. thank you so much for what you're doing, thank you so, so, so much.
Re-reading a blog post about Tionna Smalls on...
and re thinking what it means to be a Black girl on the internet.
I must admit when I started my column, I was a grammatical-mess (still am) but my voice was unique and my advice was real and soon the uppity folks at Gawker welcomed me with open arms. My pay at Gawker was minimal but I thought and still feel that it was a great opportunity. If it wasn’t for Gawker, many of you would never...
Nigeria's Promise, Africa's Hope... →
mybutbeautiful:
Courtesy of BLACKACRYLIC
18.01.11
Excellent article written by Mr Chinua Achebe for the New York Times discussing what Nigeria can do to live up to it’s post-colonial dream. A must read!!