Category Archives: Capitalism

CFC’s Favorite Things: Crunk Holiday Gifts

Posted on November 21, 2012 by moyazb
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So it’s that time of year again where conspicuous consumption, The United State’s favorite pastime, goes into overdrive. Here at the CFC, we’d like to counter the external pressure to buy the latest expensive gadget that will be obsolete by the next manufactured buying push, by suggesting you gift differently. Last year, CF Crunkista got this tradition off to an excellent start and we are building on that work this year. Basically, boo capitalism but if you are going to spend, here are some awesome products, people, and projects to support this holiday season. Products The soon to be released, …Read more »

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The Wait of the Nation II: Parent Companies, the “Bain” of our Existence!

Posted on July 16, 2012 by sheridf
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On May 24th I posted the blog “The Wait of the Nation” in response to the four-part HBO documentary “The Weight of the Nation,” and I specifically focused on part three “Children in Crisis.”  My major concern is both the blaming of individual parents as the primary problem and the marketing of obesity clinics as a primary solution.  For the record, I do not believe parents have no role in children’s health and that health care clinics are not important,  however, I am extremely bothered by the trend of conflating weight-loss, previously considered part of the beauty and cosmetics industry, …Read more »

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Interrupted Attachments: On Rights, Equality and Blackness

Posted on May 17, 2012 by ashoncrawley
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Remaining attached to certain ideals even when – and sometimes, most especially after – privileges that accrue to such concepts have been pointed out and problematized, should force us to ask some serious questions about the relation of citizenship and subjectivity, the relation of citizenship as subjectivity, to ongoing processes of exclusion and violence. The questions would be something like: Who am I? Who do I want to be? Attachments to certain concepts rehearse, reiterate and revise – through an uninterrogated longing and desire to be an individual, a self-determined thing that seeks the power of the state for validation …Read more »

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On the Queerness of Self Love

Posted on May 14, 2012 by moyazb
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While conducting a seminar with college students about self-esteem, Yolo Akili heard a young person say something that remains an important touchstone for those of us trying to do liberatory work in our communities. When talking about loving oneself, a Black woman said, “Self love? That shit’s gay!” I’ve turned this statement over in my head a million times as it so accurately and unintentionally reveals so much about the constructions of sexuality in our culture. “Gay” has become an all purpose insult that means something is not cool, wack, aberrant, and not worth your time. How deep is it …Read more »

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Reconciling the Non-Profit “Post Industrial” Complex with Black Girls in Mind

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Reninaj
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Who is Anna Julia Cooper? Click here to learn more. Awesome FIRST wave Black Feminist. On Monday, I went to visit the Score Small business mentoring office to learn about the benefits and limits of a 501 (c) (3) versus an LLC or a conventional corp. #planning. #wingsup. I was REALLY surprised to learn that a 501 (c) (3) is seen as being owned by the public because of the tax exemptions that it receives. I was really surprised to learn that there was an entire series of tax exempt classifications. I also learned that, To be tax-exempt under section …Read more »

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Love Overflow: A Red Reflection (and a Trigger Warning… SMH)

Posted on February 14, 2012 by moyazb
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It’s early on Valentine’s Day, an invented holiday by U.S. greeting card companies (for real, look it up!). I just learned about Too Short’s “Fatherly Advice” to young boys about how to “turn girls out” in a video for XXL. While this is not shocking for Too Short, it also speaks to the culture we live in, where encouraging boys to rape girls is not something that automatically trips the “do not post/publish” kill switch. This is not a question of individuals’ values, as the hastily drafted XXL apology suggests, but indicative of a culture so steeped in misogynoir (Black women hatred) …Read more »

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Culo, Coffee and Crime: More on Disrespectability Politics

Posted on January 23, 2012 by crunklife
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Popular representations of Black and Latina women

From an Australian researcher claiming Beyoncé’s name and her celebrity bum with a horse fly, a pissed Wisconsin congressman attacking the national obesity campaign by deriding the First Lady’s derriere, to Diddy riding on somebody else’s butt for more fame in his new book called Culo, across the academic, political, and the popular, our booty remains integral in what CF crunktastic has deemed disrespectability politics. I came across Culo as a recommended Christmas stocking stuffer from Amazon. The accompanying website bends over backward to market the “coffee table” book as high art by telling the would-be buyer that “culo” is …Read more »

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Some Reflections on the Limits of Sainthood

Posted on January 16, 2012 by crunkadelic
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 How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages …Read more »

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Some Thoughts on Jay-Z and Those “Occupy All Streets” T-Shirts

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Reninaj
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Sometimes, for the life of me, I cannot figure out why we expect rappers to be invested in social justice. Rapping is a job. This is not to say that they can’t be. I only ask why we expect them to be. When Kanye showed up at OWS NYC, I thought this is interesting. The US has an interesting history of Black celebrities using their voice to advance causes on the behalf of those who have less social power than they do. Think Muhammed Ali. Think Sidney Poitier y Harry Belafonte. Think Lena Horne. There are countless others. There were …Read more »

Category: Activism, Capitalism, Pop Culture |

Leave Kim Alone!

Posted on November 7, 2011 by crunkista
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I upgraded my cable package a few years ago and have been keeping up with the Kardashians for a few seasons now. I’m not sure what happened the first few years, but thanks to E! marathons I am certain that I’m up to speed. I have no problems admitting that I’m a fan of the show. It only comes second to my beloved Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane. I thoroughly enjoy watching both shows for very similar reasons: 1)   I enjoy celebrating women’s stories. 2)   They represent different models of quirky and loving families. 3)   The women are ambitious, …Read more »

Category: Capitalism, Pop Culture, Relationships |

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