I got an email from fellow LiteraryMama, Elrena Evans about her latest writing and publishing endeavors, including the release of Mama, PhD: Women Write about Motherhood and Academic Life which she co-edited with another wonderful LiteraryMama, Caroline Grant.
In addition to checking out their blogs (which feature giveaways!), you can also enjoy the trailer they created […]
Seems not everyone is a Kara Walker fan…
…actually it’s me bitching about mommy memoirs. In case you couldn’t find the print version:
“Ain’t I a Mommy?” by Moi
Multi-tasking stats: While composing this mini-entry, I counted down the hours until I see TechBoo; listened to my stomach growl; and realized that I forgot to mail my grandfather the Father’s Day card I got for […]
I have an article in the current (summer) issue of Bitch magazine. The article is about why black women don’t tend to write “momoirs” (mommy memoirs).
If you’re not familiar with Bitch, the mag bills itself as the “feminist response to pop culture”. In addition to my piece, which I’m quite proud of, you’ll also find […]
I’m so lame. Tapestries of Hope has been on my to-blog list for a minute, but I hadn’t gotten around to it because it deserves much more than a rush job, and that’s where I am these days. But Amy Jussel at ShapingYouth has done the damn thing–and done it right. Here’s an excerpt from […]
You can also check out this review and related content over at 3BlackChicks and ShapingYouth.
A few months ago, I viewed the trailer for Girls Rock!, a documentary which chronicles a 5-day-long Rock ‘n Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, Oregon. At the camp, the girls form bands, write music, and ultimately perform for a […]
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/8178466?GT1=39002#
Girl, 12, told she can’t play ball with boys
You play ball like a girl.
That used to be an insult. In Beaverton, Oregon, it’s becoming more like a fantasy.
This is a first. I actually have a tiny backlog of things I want to blog about. It’ll be a minute before I can get to them, though. However, a little quickie presented itself, and I decided to do a drive-by post of it.
A friend and neighbor of mine is part of […]
I’ve requested a review copy of this. So far, no response.
An Interview with Filmmaker Daphne Valerius
conducted by s. e. anderson
Filmmaker Daphne Valerius takes a stark look at the relationship
between media images and the self-esteem of African American women
in her moving documentary The Souls of Black Girls. Here, she shares
the purpose behind her passion, and […]
The gender and age of the defendants shouldn’t matter. What they are accused of doing–and appear to have actually done–is despicable. And […]
