Fallon

Fallon is the founder of the Document the Silence’s website which was central in spreading and organizing the 2007 online campaign, Be Bold Be Brave Be Red: Ending Violence against Women of Color. Because of her commitment to media justice and ending violence against women of color, Fallon envisioned and helped to create the Cyberquilting Experiment which trains women of color social justice organizations to use new media like twitter, wiki’s, Google wave, video conferencing, Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, and blogs to enrich their administrative and campaign work.

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December 16, 2011 at 10:48am

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Topics: black feminism, Black girls, Black woman, Christianity, generational curses, Iyanla Vanzant, Religion, Spirit, Violence Against Women

Iyanla Vanzant’s Peace from Broken Pieces: Generational Curses, “I am my mother’s daughter, no, my mother is me!”

Let me begin by saying that I have a personal bias against what I have come to think of as Lifetime books. You know the kind of one hundred and twenty-page paperback book that once lay on the two for one entering sale’s table of Borders. Yes, Borders, the place where we once upon a [...]

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December 9, 2011 at 9:11am

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Topics: Black girls, black women, Crying, older black, Religion, sexual abuse, Sorrow Tears and Blood, Spirit, younger black women

Let the Wailing Black Women Come: 60% of Black Girls are Sexually Abused before 18

Black Women’s Blue Print reports that 60 percent of black girls are sexually abused before the age of 18. Wow! When I first read this in my Facebook’s newsfeed I was speechless. 60 percent is a nice round number though if we are all honest with ourselves we can see this number being a viable [...]

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December 2, 2011 at 10:07am

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Topics: Awkward Black Girl, Black girls, comedy

New Web Episode of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl: The Exes . . . So, Funny!!!

I have written previously on how much I love the web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. The show is original and features a young black woman who navigates her way through seen and unseen awkward situations on her job and in her relationships. Well, I am happy to report that the show is so [...]

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November 25, 2011 at 9:10am

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Topics: black feminism, Empowerment, Thanksgiving, Violence Against Women

Post Thanksgiving Thoughts on Black Feminism: “My Great Aunt Made Me Go There”

So, yesterday was Thanksgiving and all I can say is that my great aunt pushed the ultimate button and questioned why I consider myself a feminist. I tried to ignore her comments about feminists being lesbians. I tried to take the higher ground when she said, “Our men need for women to help them, cook [...]

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November 18, 2011 at 12:00am

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Topics: black feminism, Black woman, Honoring, Mentoring, National Book Award Winner, Nikky Finney, Poetry, Spelman College, Toni Cade Bambara

Nikky Finney, the 61st National Book of Poetry Award Winner “Honoree,” Taught me how to “Honor” when she “Honored” Toni

I want to join the chorus of the many in honoring Nikky Finney for being awarded the National Book Award for Poetry. Her written words and the recounting of her words in her own voice are amazing. And, I use the term amazing not in the typical ways in which we use it to objectify [...]

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November 11, 2011 at 8:00am

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Topics: Awkward Black Girl, black, Black Business, black feminism, business, comedy

New Web Episode of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl: Part 2 of “The Unexpected”

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November 4, 2011 at 7:33am

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Topics: Awkward Black Girl, black feminism, Black girls, comedy

New Web Episode of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl: Simply Hilarious!!

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October 28, 2011 at 12:00am

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Topics: A Girl Like Me, black feminism, Black girls, Black Men, black women, Christianity, Domestic Violence, Empowerment, Fear, for colored girls, Gender, Girls, Violence Against Women, Women

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: My Black Girl Story of Night Terrors and Somebody Named Jesus

And, so we begin as most stories start, Once upon a time not too long ago . . . “Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.” Soren Kierkegaard For me, this quote speaks of many known and unknown joys and pains. It is a quote that my godmother faithfully recalls [...]

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October 21, 2011 at 9:00am

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Topics: Beyonce, black feminism, Black girls, Black Hair, Black Youth, Black Youth in the News, Sesame Street, Tyler Perry, Women, Youth

Sesame Street Does it Again: New Black Girl Video-Change the World

I tell you, many television and movie companies including Tyler Perry can take a chapter from Sesame Street when it comes to creating positive images of black women and girls. So, last year, Sesame Street’s video, I Love My Hair, went viral with parents excited to see positive messaging about black girls’ hair. However, this year, Sesame Street has [...]

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October 14, 2011 at 10:07am

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness: But Are We Truly Aware of Both??

So, I am sitting here trying to understand why during the month of October Breast Cancer Awareness gets more media attention and corporate sponsorship than Domestic Violence Awareness which is also remembered during the month of October. I know that most women have breast irrespective of their size, pigmentation, and function. And, I also know 1 [...]

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