Time flies whether you are having fun or not. My childhood seemed to linger like thick molasses while my twenties flew by like short school days. Before I knew it I was post-30, highly educated, minimally motivated, hundreds of miles away from home but finally at home with myself. When I turned thirty I had all kinds of epiphanies. I woke up loving myself some myself, and intentionally purging negativity (thoughts, people, pain) out of my life. For the first time in what seemed like forever I wasn’t afraid of what that might mean. Affiliations be damned. So-called friends be …Read more »
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Chasing Time: A Reflection of Thanks(giving)
Category: Relationships, Self-Care | Tags: biological clock, feminism, marriage, motherhood, self-love, Thanksgiving
Feminism 101 for Girls: A Report Back
Dear CFC Community, Sunday November 14th was a day I had dreamed about for sixteen years. I took my first Women’s Studies courses second semester senior year at Spelman College with the formidable feminist scholars and teachers Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Dr. Johnetta B. Cole, and Dr. Kim Wallace-Sanders. The entire semester I thought why am I learning about this “feminism” now when I needed it in high school. Well, this past Sunday we were able to introduce “feminism” to ten black teenage girls from Atlanta and it was more amazing than I could have ever dreamed. Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall was …Read more »
Category: Uncategorized | Tags: Amber Cole, Black feminism, feminism, feminism for girls, feminist pedagogy, girls
Confessions of a Reality TV Junkie
What began as morbid curiosity and harmless voyeurism has turned into somewhat of an obsession. Reality Television has become a habitual part of my nightly routine and something that I am not particularly proud of. As I spent the weekend clearing out my DVR, which was full of reality tv shows I missed while being out of town, I realized that perhaps I have a problem. Why else would I secretly watch rerun marathons of Real Housewives of Atlanta all damn day when I have already seen the debauchery? Why else would I DVR Basketball Wives and mentally if not …Read more »
Category: Film & TV, Pop Culture | Tags: feminism, Reality TV, representations, Teen Mom, teen pregnancy
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