My addiction started with good intentions. I am a scholar who studies representations of black women so it made sense to look for black women on reality television shows. This was not a practice I was unfamiliar with. Watching Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune was always more “appealing” growing up when there was a black […]
The Dirty South: GA Prisoners on Lockdown for Liberty
13th Amendment: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. On December 9th, courageous inmates at 10 Georgia state prisons staged a peaceful protest in which they locked themselves down […]
Men and Feminism: A Primer
Balance is required in all things. And since we at the CFC are perfectly willing to check somebody when they get it wrong, we are also willing to give you some resources and pointers on how to get it right. But when it comes to combatting privilege, often folks are unwilling to acknowledge the privilege […]
Why Jay Electronica Can Go Choke On His Own Words
At a recent Hip Hop performance, Jay Electronica asked his audiences “Do women like to be choked during sex?” Apparently, he asks this question at every show, and is conducting an informal survey so that him, his DJ, and Nas, can decide a $20,000 bet on the issue on December 25th. Nas says all women […]
Sisterfriendz in the Kitchen: Dialoguing with Our Foremothers
It is the end of the Fall semester and I have been reminded of the power of Black Feminist pedagogy after experiencing my graduate and undergraduate students archival project presentations. Quick background, the course was an Africana Women’s Studies Intro to Women’s Studies class with a total of six black female students. For their final […]
Lil’ Kim vs. Nicki Minaj
Last Friday, Lil’ Kim released Black Friday, a diss track to counter the release of Nicki Minaj’s debut album Pink Friday. When I heard the track, I had mixed emotions. Truthfully, my first thought was “Why is Kim hating on Nicki?” Surely, we don’t need that. And given that Kim seems to be washed up […]
Really Regis?!
Dear Regis Philbin, Please watch this video of YOU, Regis Philbin, co-host of Regis and Kelly, SMACKING NICKI MINAJ’S ASS! I’ll wait… No I won’t, min 3:40 Other Crunk women of color have waxed poetic about this so I won’t belabour the point. It doesn’t matter that her last name is Minaj or that she’s […]
A Return to Myself: A Delayed Response to For Colored Girls
I finally saw For Colored Girls yesterday with ambivalence. I had promised myself that I would not go, that I would not give Tyler Perry another 8 of my dollars, that I would not subject myself to false images of myself, and that I would hold on to the For Colored Girls Who Have Considered […]
Tyler Perry almost walked off wid alla my stuff
An open letter to my students, my close friend, and my mother: When I left the movie theater after watching Tyler Perry Presents For Colored Girls I felt like Tyler Perry took something from me. I went to see the film with a close friend and I was ready to feel some of the complexity […]
Crunk Feminist Roundtable — NWSA 2010
Below are links to our most recent CFC Roundtable at NWSA 2010. Enjoy and tell us what you think. Part I Part II