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February 17, 2012 at 10:47am

By Fallon

Topics: Abortion, black feminism, Black girls, black women, Conservatives, Gender, Girls, P.O.W.s (Push Over Women), Pro Choice, Religion, Spirit, Violence Against Women, Women

“There’s a stirring in My Soul”: Conservatives have an Anti-Woman Agenda up their Sleeve

Like most children, I told lies when I was a little black girl. I told big lies. I told small lies. I told white lies. I told lies. And, even had the audacity to argue with my “all seeing all knowing” do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do black grandmother about the usage of lie over her usage of “telling a story.” What does telling [...]

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February 3, 2012 at 1:03pm

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Topics: black feminism, black women, fight, sister, Violence Against Women

Komen, Just in Case you decide Once Again to Screw Planned Parenthood: Some Helpful Sisterly Advice, Hell No!!

Dear Sister (i.e. Komen Organization), Like many of your supporters, I was utterly disheartened by your hasty decision to severe ties with Planned Parenthood because of the unfounded legal witch hunt of Pro-life Congressman Cliff Stearns launched. As one of the few national health organizations that support women and girl’s health, it deeply saddens me that [...]

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January 20, 2012 at 2:29pm

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Topics: Beyonce, black feminism, Black girls, Black Women in Media, Violence Against Women

What would the World be Like if all Little Black Girls Were Treated Like Ms. Blue Ivy Carter

What if we treated every little girl of color like we treat Ms. Blue Ivy Carter? What would the world be like if everyone in the world waited with breath held for every little girl of color Spirit to divinely make their grand entree into this world because as Jay Z so methodically rapped in [...]

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January 6, 2012 at 10:11am

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Topics: 2012, black feminism, Christianity, Hope, Islam, Religion, Spirit, spirituality, Vertus Hardiman

Such a Powerful Video about 2012: A Message of Hope

This is a New Year and being the black Christian feminist/womanist perennial thinker that I am, I want my first blog in the New Year to be about a sustainable hope for a better world. The video above is captivating. And, perhaps, captivating does not capture the feeling of unfettered hope one receives from watching [...]

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December 23, 2011 at 9:47am

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Topics: Abortion, black body, Black Boys, black feminism, Black girls, black masculinity, black women, Gender, Male birth control pill, Masculinity, pregnancy, reproduction, sterilization, Violence Against Women, Virgin Mary

Don’t be like the Virgin Mary, Black Men, give the gift of Non-Conception: Take the Male Birth Control Pill

So, this is the season of, “unto us a child is born,” a time when we remember Mary’s virginal birth. Yes, to say the least, it seems like the idea time to talk about male birth control pills. Yes, you heard me right that in the very near future men will have the option of [...]

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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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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”

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 4, 2011 at 7:33am

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