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Month: August 2011

Thowback Jam: "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Dating to an Uppity Black Woman"

Posted on August 30, 2011 Administrator11 CommentsPosted in Common Damned Sense, Sister Sister, Uncategorized

I am reclaiming the phrase “uppity”–and trying to make it positive– because I’d like more Black women to assert their own uppity. Or rather, come out of the closet and admit that they are uppity already,

What if Touré were White?

Posted on August 26, 2011 Administrator26 CommentsPosted in Common Damned Sense, Uncategorized

Throughout my reading this article on Michael Vick, instead of asking myself the question I was supposed to—what if Vick were white—I found myself asking instead, what if Touré were white?

Speak Up Sister: Black Women, Hair and Exercise–A Much-Needed Survey

Posted on August 18, 2011 Administrator12 CommentsPosted in Fly and Fit, In the (New) Know, Sister Sister, Uncategorized

Dr. Rebecca Alleyne is conducting a research project on Black women, hair, and exercise. Spread the word about her important project!

I’m On The Radio (Tomorrow): A Women’s Panel Discusses The Help

Posted on August 15, 2011 Administrator2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized

Join Martha Southgate, Karen Hunter, and me on Esther Armah’s radio show on WBAI 99.5FM tomorrow at 7:30am EST. We’ll be discussing the new movie The Help.

Throwback Jam: "Sister, Love Thyself"

Posted on August 15, 2011 Administrator1 CommentPosted in Sister Sister, Up With Humanity

Usually, I blog about something I’ve read about in the news, but this issue with Black women and self-love is something I don’t need to read about, because it’s going on with me every day

Some Post-Mammy Questions For Today

Posted on August 12, 2011 Administrator6 CommentsPosted in Common Damned Sense, Sister Sister, Uncategorized, Up With Humanity

And so, for those of y’all who don’t regularly read this blog, I’d thought I’d introduce you to the real me.:-)

Chocolate Breast Milk: A Review of The Help

Posted on August 11, 2011 Administrator62 CommentsPosted in In the (New) Know, Sister Sister, Sweetness & Light, Uncategorized

It’s not the story of Black domestics that I resent–or that the novel the movie is based on was written by a White woman. What I resent are the tone-deaf, historically inaccurate depictions.

Watch the Throne: A Twitter Salon

Posted on August 10, 2011 AdministratorLeave a commentPosted in In the (New) Know, Uncategorized

On Wednesday, August 11, at 9pm EASTERN, I’m joining Mark Anthony Neal, James Braxton Peterson, and Salamishah Tillet for a Twitter Salon to discuss Watch the Throne, the latest CD by Jay-Z and Kanye West.

Coming Out of the Black Nerd Closet: A Meditation

Posted on August 5, 2011 Administrator23 CommentsPosted in Black Library Girl, In the (New) Know, Uncategorized

This week, The Black Nerd has been all over the web. A couple of days ago, the actress/writer Issa Rae premiered her seventh episode of The Misadventures of AWKWARD Black Girl. This web series about a nerdy Black girl and her many humorous situations as a result of her nerdiness has become an instant classic. […]

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