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 […]
What do you get when you cross presenting your girl-children with role models and icons who look like them, with home decorating?
The Sheroes Project.
Motivated by Maj. Kimbrell and by the desire to decorate BabyGirl’s new Big Girl bedroom, I’ve decided to collect images, preferably but not exclusively black and white, of black sheroes to frame, […]
“Every Day, She Breaks More Than the Sound Barrier”
Maj. Kimbrell is the USAF’s first black female fighter pilot.
Hat tip to Harry Allen, the Media Assassin
from Yahoo! News
by Justin Cole […]
