Tag Archives: Erykah Badu

Irene, Erykah and the Stuff after Storms

Posted on September 2, 2011 by crunklife
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When Irene whistled, I listened to Erykah. Curled on a daybed in the dark, I rummaged for ways to salvage stuff in the midst of a hurricane when Badu pleaded to the self-proclaimed bag lady on a drained battery to let it go. This summer, I returned to my Virginia hometown to weather a different kind of storm. Separated from my partner and seeking a homeplace to complete research for my “tenure” book, I found myself searching in a cardboard box—a time capsule, which housed old academic awards, articles, and origami-folded, water-stained yes-no-will-you-go-with-me love letters that date back to the …Read more »

Category: Capitalism, Film & TV, Self-Care | Tags: , , ,

Hearts led Baby it’s your deal…

Posted on April 25, 2010 by moyazb
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Apparently people across the country are outraged by Erykah Badu’s public disrobing.  Perhaps this was a matter of timing.  Had Ms. Badu waited until this month, April, which is Confederacy History Month in southern states like Texas, it might not have been such a big deal–the War of Northern Aggression being all about a state’s sovereign right to disrobe black people and buy and sell black bodies all willy-nilly and everything.  Still, no one wants to admit to viewing a black woman’s body on her own terms.  That shit’s embarrassing.  So much so that Dallas police had to compel one …Read more »

Category: Activism, Music, Pop Culture | Tags: , ,

Necessary Fierceness

Posted on March 29, 2010 by moyazb
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Its not my day to post but recent events caused me the catch the spirit and pick up the laptop. If you haven’t heard, Erykah Badu released the video to her second song  off her 6th studio Album (Release party @ the crib tomorrow, feel free to roll through) New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh. *spoiler alert* In the video, she gets naked. Actually, its not that simple. A more accurate statement would be that she gets real vulnerable. We know this not just because of what we see on screen but because of what she has been tweeting …Read more »

Category: Film & TV, Music, Pop Culture, Self-Care, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

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