Best Of, Beyonce, Feminism, Pop Culture
For more than a year now, I’ve been trying to figure out how much of a capitalist I am. Am I doing what I must to navigate the capitalist system I live in, or have I become convinced this system that so brutalized my ancestors and that continues to make people and...
Feminism, Gender, In the News, Pop Culture, Race, Rape culture, Trigger warning
More specifically, these are questions I thought of after talking about the Lifetime documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly,” to a Black man who thinks protecting his 3 daughters is enough to stop a system of predatory behavior against Black girls and to counter his...
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Education, Gender, Pop Culture, Race, Social Justice, The Writing Life, Tyranny
Posted Jan 1, 2018, 10:03 P.M. On December 7, 2017, I went to see Ntozake Shange in conversation with Yolanda Wisher, Philadelphia’s current Poet Laureate, at the Free Library of Philadelphia. At about the 22 minute mark, Wisher asks Shange, “What do you think...
#BlackChurchSex, Black Love, Gender, Love Single Life and Marriage, Pop Culture, Race, Religion Faith and Spirituality
Over the past week or so, as “For the D” and “For the P” challenges have overtaken attention spans, Christians have stepped in with remixes espousing what they would do “For the D [after a ring],” “For My Jesus,” “For My God,” and “For My Husband.” At least, Black...
Best Of, In the News, Pop Culture, Rape culture, Trigger warning
*Trigger warning* The week of August of 15, my news feed was filled with damning articles and opinions about Nate Parker and support of his acclaimed film Birth of a Nation, now that news has resurfaced of a rape he was acquitted of 15 years ago. As I interrogated my...
Best Of, Feminism, History, Pop Culture, Race, Rape culture, Trigger warning
“If a woman says she was raped, I believe her, because for all she has to go through, why would she lie?” The words I heard my freshman year in college in a discussion group between black and Jewish women greet me as I unlock my bicycle. Riding my bike often helps me...
Best Of, Pop Culture, Rape culture
Originally published Oct. 17, 2015 Since I see no reason to add to the thousands of think pieces EBONY magazine’s November cover story, “Cosby vs. Cliff,” undoubtedly will spark–and since Awesomely Luvvie won the think-piece...
#BlackChurchSex, Best Of, Beyonce, Feminism, Gender, Pleasure, Pop Culture, Race, Religion Faith and Spirituality, Sex
Originally published Dec. 27, 2013 I said I wouldn’t write about this because I knew I wouldn’t download the album until after Christmas and my commentary would be late and go largely unnoticed, and what more could I add to all that’s already been said anyway? But I...
Best Of, Feminism, Pleasure, Pop Culture, Religion Faith and Spirituality, Sex
I could probably blog for a year on all the issues brought up in this interview with 19-year-old London art school student Clayton Pettet, who’s selling tickets to a performance piece in which he will lose his virginity on stage, but I’ve narrowed it down to...
Best Of, Feminism, Pop Culture, Sex
Note: This post was originally published June 2, 2012 “I don’t really believe in virginity.” I heard “The F Word” blogger Holly Combe say this during a segment on BBC World News yesterday morning. She had a slightly different view of virginity than did Miriam...
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