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August 14, 2009 at 1:08am

By Supernerd

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Topics: Addictions, American Values, health, Pop Culture, Women

“Skinny-Bitches are [NOT] evil”

In 2001, Mo’Nique in Queens of Comedy came to the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis. She enters from a rotating pyramid. As she steps on the stage, she gives Memphis its props, and then says to all the “fat girls” “…stand y’all fat asses up and take a motha-fuckin’[sic] bow.” She goes on to [...]

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August 10, 2009 at 10:22pm

By alexm

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Topics: black feminism, Empowerment, Media, Patriarchy, Pop Culture, Women

The Problem with “America’s Next Top Model”

A couple of months ago a good friend of mine asked me to accompany her to America’s Next Top Model auditions here in chicago….

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July 28, 2009 at 10:21am

By Summer M.

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Topics: Politics, White Privilege, Women

A(nother) Word on Bootstraps

On the day the Senate Judiciary Committee considers her nomination: I didn’t watch much of the Sotomayor hearings. I found them boring, and frankly, in some weird way they reminded me of my oral exams. And who wants recall that trauma on a weekday afternoon–especially when one is supposed to be writing a dissertation and [...]

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July 20, 2009 at 9:36pm

By alexm

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Topics: Empowerment, Media, Music, Women

The Beauty of Perserverance

As I was perusing twitter the other day, I came across the following link that was posted by @afrobella. The video is of Lauryn Hill performing at the Apollo in 1987, getting boo’d off stage (yes back in the day you could boo at kids). As a person who has chosen writing as her lifelong [...]

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July 17, 2009 at 1:54pm

By alexm

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Topics: health, Women

Dealing with Stress

Whatever point you are at in your life, its easy to just get caught up in that moment, whether it be your marriage, your career, or even friendships. One of the most critical things I’ve learned is…

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July 17, 2009 at 7:14am

By Fallon

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Topics: black feminism, Crying, Empowerment, Girls, Patriarchy, Women

The Meltdown: Judge Sotomayor . . . It’s Okay to Cry??

Surrounded by white men in suits. Cameras flickering then flashing. Hands laid flat upon table. Nodding pensively. Swinging pendulum of opinions “we are happy” to “we have many reservations.” Judge Sonia Sotomayor listens as senator after senator summarize their thoughts about her appointment to the highest court in the land . . . a court [...]

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July 9, 2009 at 3:31pm

By Supernerd

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Topics: Homophobia, Music, Women

Some Black women and gays love denegration?

As we prepare for CNN’s Black in America 2 (July 22nd & 23rd), let’s “keep it poppin’” with a discussion about some black women and black LGBT folks. In my experience, some women and black LGBT folks are into being disrespected. Disrespect for me ranges — from dancing and signing songs that screams: bitches, punk, sissy, battyman and [...]

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July 7, 2009 at 2:59pm

By Summer M.

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Topics: Girls, Media, Michael Jackson, Music, Pop Culture, Women

A Word (or Several Hundred) on the BET Awards

It’s taken about a week for my feelings about the BET Awards to be articulated as something beyond, “I hate Debra Lee,” or “If Harriet Tubman got frequent flyer miles, she’s now really upset there weren’t more blackout dates,” or “Where’s Nat Turner and Denmark Vesey when you need them?”** or “How long before they [...]

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July 6, 2009 at 9:22pm

By Fallon

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Topics: black feminism, Disney, Empowerment, Fairytales, Girls, Women

I Don’t Won’t to Be No Disney Princess!

Like most little black girls growing up in abusive homes, I dreamed and sometimes daydreamed of being rescued from my reality. I wished I had a fairy godmother who would flick her magical wand singing, “Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. Put ‘em together and what have you got bibbidi-bobbidi-boo,” changing my alcoholic father into benevolent king, [...]

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