Category Archives: Gender

the light of us: a mother’s day mix

Posted on May 10, 2013 by jalylah
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call it our craziness even, call it anything. it is the life thing in us that will not let us die. Poet Lucille Clifton’s language for lineage was cherished. “roots,” a poem from her  1974 collection An Ordinary Woman named it light and I choose to liken it to mothering. it is the light in us it is the light of us it is the light, call it whatever you have to, call it anything I call it mom. I call it a practice of unconditional love that this weekend calls us to celebrate. To all who mother, thank you. Such living …Read more »

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Truth. Be. Told. An Interview with Katina Parker

Posted on April 12, 2013 by moyazb
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If you’ve been looking at my posts lately, I’ve clearly been on a kick of interviewing people who are creating work in the world that inspires me. The latest installment comes from multimedia maven Katina Parker about her project Truth. Be. Told. that highlights Queer Black Visionaries and their work in the world. Let’s take a look! Oh and full disclosure, I’m honored to be in the number! 1. What is Truth. Be. Told.? Truth. Be. Told. is an episodic TV series documenting the lives of Queer Black Visionaries. Each half-hour episode features an intimate conversation with a noteworthy interviewee …Read more »

Category: Activism, Film & TV, Gender, LBGT*QIQTSAA, Media, Race, Sexualities | Tags: , , , , ,

Live Unchained: An Interview with Kathryn Buford

Posted on April 4, 2013 by moyazb
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When I wrote my open letter to Quvenzhané Wallis, I began with a quote from Warsan Shire, a brilliant poet and writer who spoke the truth of giving your daughters difficult names. The equally amazing Jessica Solomon, a part of the Live Unchained organization, reached out with their intent to celebrate Warsan and other Black women creatives through an event in DC. I am excited to share my interview with Kathryn Buford, one of the many magical folks behind Live Unchained. Enjoy! 1. What is Live Unchained? We’re an arts media and events organization that features works by and showcasing women across the …Read more »

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From the Margins to the Mainstream: In Defense of Henry Enuta & Other Intersex People Around the Globe

Posted on March 28, 2013 by crunkadelic
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A Guest Post by Sean Saifa Wall On March 26th, 2013 in Sapele, the Delta State of Nigeria, Pastor Henry Enuta was physically stripped and humiliated in public because he is an intersex person.  According to news reports, he was almost killed by a lynch mob before being taken into custody by police.  Most of the headlines covering this story grossly refer to Mr. Enuta as a “hermaphrodite” because he has genitals that are characteristically male and female.  To sensationalize this story and humiliate Mr. Enuta even more, media outlets have published pictures of him bare chested and with torn …Read more »

Category: Activism, Gender, LBGT*QIQTSAA, Sexualities, Violence | Tags: , , ,

thank you: a cfc women’s history month mix

Posted on March 13, 2013 by jalylah
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“You are magnificent.” So read the final line of an email I received from the CFC’s Moya Bailey the first Friday of 2012. The subject line was, “Love for you in the new year!” It recalled the summer we became friends and its consequence on her journey. She offered thanks and called me by a name I still shrink from. We met ten Junes earlier in Harlem. We both were attending Kevin Powell’s HipHop Speaks! event at Riverside Church. She wrote I said hello. I remember that being the first of many summer days we sat together. Wee hours talking …Read more »

Category: Feminism, Gender, Girls, Music, Pop Culture, Self-Care, The CFC, Uncategorized | Tags: ,

Trigger Warning – How to Love?: Thoughts on Wayne’s “Emmett Till” Lyrics and More

Posted on March 1, 2013 by moyazb
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By CFs Moya and Whitney We’d initially planned to post this the monday after the Oscars but other things were more pressing. *Trigger Warning for expletives, misogyny, and violent lyrics*   In the remix to Future’s Karate Chop, Lil Wayne sings the “very unfortunate” (really, Fader?) lyric that compares sex to the beating of Emmett Till. Pop a lot of pain pill’ ‘bout to put rims on my skateboard wheel’ beat that pussy up like Emmett Till “I just couldn’t understand how he could compare the gateway to life to the brutality and punishment of death,” said Aricka Gordon Taylor, …Read more »

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It’s a f#@%g compliment.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by crunkista
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I’ve been ruminating on this one for days. I thought that the longer I waited to write it, the nicer I would be. Fuck it, I was wrong. I’m just gonna go there. I’m a feminist. Sometimes it feels like I live breathe, eat, and sleep feminism. Sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I’m just feminist enough. A while ago, I made the mistake of calling another like-minded individual a feminist. I don’t even remember what they did to merit the honor, but I sure do remember their reaction. They actually got offended at the fact that I called them a feminist. …Read more »

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