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April 2, 2010 at 8:00am

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Topics: black feminism, Christianity, Crying, Empowerment, Gender, Girls, History, Mothers, Patriarchy, Poverty, Violence, Violence Against Women, Women

Seven Women at the Cross: A Black Feminist Speaks of Widows

This week I had the opportunity to speak at Spelman College’s 8th Annual Seven Women at the Cross. For those who are not familiar with Seven Women at the Cross Services it is a time when women preachers and speakers recount the last seven days of Christ living on Earth through the stories of the [...]

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March 19, 2010 at 7:14am

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Topics: black feminism, Black girls, Empowerment, Gender, Girls, Masculinity, Men, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Patriarchy, Pop Culture, Violence Against Women, Women

Women’s Her-story Month: Why Not Sex Workers (Sofia Maldonado’s Mural)?

There is a “moral panic” that Keysha Whitaker highlights in “Latin Female Artist draws criticism for Times Square Mural” brewing on the streets of Times Square where Sofia Maldonado, a young Puerto Rican-Cuban woman, is under fire for creating a mural that for many embodies the sins of rap videos . . . big booty [...]

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March 12, 2010 at 9:30am

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Topics: black feminism, Black girls, Coretta Scott King, Empowerment, Gender, Girls, Healing, Maya Angelou, Mo'Nique, Mothers, Patriarchy, Precious, Spirit, Violence Against Women, Women

Women Her-story Month: Do You Have a Chosen Sister?

I speak as a – a sister of a sister. Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on my birthday. And for over 30 years, Coretta Scott King and I have telephoned, or sent cards to each other, or flowers to each other, or met each other somewhere in the world. We called ourselves “chosen sisters” [...]

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March 5, 2010 at 9:06am

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Topics: black feminism, Empowerment, Gender, Girls, Healing, Love, Mothers, Patriarchy, Religion, Spirit

Women’s Her-story Month: A tribute to Old Black Women Healers

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom. –Maya Angelou So, how do you make a little black girl believe that all she has gone through does not determine her ability to [...]

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February 26, 2010 at 2:53pm

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Topics: Al Sharpton, Black Politics, Masculinity, Men, Patriarchy, President Barack Obama, racism, Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley and Al Sharpton: The Street Fight Edition who will wear the Hood Crown

Some of you are wondering what this word “prognosticator” means. Well, I’m glad you asked young grass hopper. Webster defines it as someone who predicts the future or as someone who speaks powerful insights. Perhaps, at one point Tavis Smiley and Al Sharpton spoke powerful insights on behalf of Black communities. Of course, this was [...]

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December 11, 2009 at 7:47am

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Topics: black feminism, Facebook, Fairytales, Gender, Girls, Media, Patriarchy, Precious, racism, The Post-colonial world, The Princess and the Frog, Violence, Violence Against Women, White Privilege, Women

The Princess and the Frog, but what about the White Frog’s Hunters?

Today the Princess and the Frog opens across the nation. Of course, I’m going to go see the movie, however like most cynics I wrote a blog about the movie before it premiered approximately two months ago to be exact. So, if my argument is proven wrong by actually seeing the film, I will write [...]

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December 7, 2009 at 7:09am

By Summer M.

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Topics: Gender, Masculinity, Media, Patriarchy, President Barack Obama, White Privilege, Women

Today in Post-Race History: Full Corps Press

I don’t follow the comings and goings of the White House press corps, so I’m wading in uncharted water here. (I come from a long line of water waders, so I think I’ll be ok.) Yet I did watch the clip of last week’s exchange between White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and American Urban [...]

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December 4, 2009 at 9:24am

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Topics: Beyonce, black feminism, Black Panthers, Crying, Gender, Humor, Masculinity, Men, Oprah Winfrey, Patriarchy, Precious, Violence Against Women

Beyonce Says Big Ego, but Ruth says, “Eat your [damn] eggs, Walter Lee”

So, why is it that every time I talk about black women’s lived experiences feeble-minded always on the black woman’s titty black man hollers in his best tonka truck voice, “We got it hard not black women?” Wow. My first immediate response is, “Did I say anything negative about the black man?” No. My second [...]

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November 20, 2009 at 9:54am

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Topics: black feminism, Gender, Girls, Humor, Patriarchy, Precious, Violence Against Women, Women

We Are All like Precious’ Mother, Mary, Gotta Have a Man!!

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s my best friend flying away at supersonic speeds into the distant sunset with her new boyfriend. As she soars hugging her newfound beau who she only met a week ago on eHarmony, does she look back to see her best friends staring at her in utter disbelief? No. [...]

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November 19, 2009 at 5:24pm

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Topics: American Values, Black Males, Black Youth Project, Community Violence, Empowerment, Family, Gender, Girls, Gospel, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Masculinity, Media, Men, Music, Patriarchy, Politics, Pop Culture, Violence, Women

Donnie McClurkin vs Tonéx: Round ONE

The homosexuality controversy in black faith communities has reached a feverish pitch, especially with Tonéx’s and Donnie McClurkin’s recent admissions. Probably most renowned for the rumors regarding their sexuality, these two black gospel singers have become the centerpiece to the debate of the role homosexuals should play in black faith communities. Unfortunately both men’s [...]

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