March 2012
67 posts
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#blkqueerfeminist: an interview in Blaqout Dallas →
“To be queer in 2012 (and every year) means to put love first and to let love...”
– Alexis Pauline Gumbs in #blkqueerfeminist an interview in Blaqout Magazine
http://blaqoutdallas.com/?p=738
“So Black feminism is as abundant as a capitalist society’s fear of magic and...”
– Alexis Pauline Gumbs in “Black Feminism Be(yond): Abundance”
http://thefeministwire.com/2012/03/black-feminism-beyond-abundance-part-4-of-can-black-feminism-be-quantified/
Black Feminism Be(yond)-Part 4 →
Lex continues on how Black feminism counts.
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Listening to the Angry Black Woman Podcast (throwback to 2010) and getting even more excited about next month’s Angry Intellectual Webinar!!!
http://www.alexispauline.com/brillianceremastered/2012/01/31/the-angry-intellectual-channeling-rage-for-transformation/
Cartwheel on the Blacktop (Trayvon Martin 2.0)... →
A moment of speculative fiction as healing by Lex.
““he has wings in his shoes.
Trayvon yawns and stretches in the crook of...”
– Alexis Pauline Gumbs in Cartwheel on the Blacktop (Trayvon 2.0) Read the rest at: http://thatlittleblackbook.blogspot.com/2012/03/cartwheel-on-blacktop-trayvon-martin-20.html
listening to "Saturday Love - Cherrelle Feat... →
Dedicated to my Remastered Tools 101 Webinar fam! Lining up those daily practices and getting inspired all week long!!!! http://tinyurl.com/764osmf
“The need for Black feminism is written on the bodies of Trayvon Martin and his...”
– Alexis Pauline Gumbs
from http://thefeministwire.com/2012/03/we-be-black-feminism-and-embodiment-part-3-of-can-black-feminism-be-quantified/
We Be: Black Feminism and Embodiment →
What does Black Feminism have to do with the category of the Black Woman? Lex wonders.
Anonymous asked: Do you know of any academic articles/theories regarding sexualization of black women in the television and general media?
dearesthelpless asked: I'm reaching out to women of colour in hopes of spreading the word about how the housing crisis has disproportionately affected our communities and what we can do to ensure the perpetrators are held accountable. There is this new tumblr called InvestigateTheBanks with different action items to ask Obama to not let the banks responsible for contributing to bringing Black American wealth to its...
“Can the variables of the unlikely decision to choose our whole selves and each...”
– Alexis Pauline Gumbs in Can Black Feminism Be (Quantified)?
http://thefeministwire.com/2012/03/black-feminism-a-statistic-can-black-feminism-be-quantified-part-2/
Can Black Feminism Be Quantified? (Part 2) →
Lex wonders if Black feminism is statistically predictable.
“One might ask why staunch conservatives are opposed to family planning in...”
– Loretta Ross, White Supremacy and Reproductive Justice, in Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology (via thecurvature)
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“Women of color-centered organizing points to the centrality of gender politics...”
– Andrea Smith (Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy Rethinking Women of Color Organizing)
Active Being: Clarity from Remastered Tools 101...
Active Beings Speak the Truth!
Last night was our second session of the Remastered Tools 101 Webinar. The brilliance, clarity, faith and bravery of the participants continues to rev my heart!! By the way…if you want to sign up for the next Webinar series get details here. We talked about the difference between being used and being on purpose. Check out these insights about what we believe is...
“I am a Black feminist poet with a line-break relationship to the death sentence...”
– Alexis Pauline Gumbs
from http://thefeministwire.com/2012/03/can-black-feminism-be-quantified-a-statement-part-1-of-4/
Active Being: Insight from the Remastered Tools...
Active Beings Speak the Truth!
Last night was our second session of the Remastered Tools 101 Webinar. The brilliance, clarity, faith and bravery of the participants continues to rev my heart!! By the way…if you want to sign up for the next Webinar series get details here. We talked about the difference between being used and being on purpose. Check out these insights about what we...
listening to "(Action Riddim) Buju Banton - Girls... →
Actively being a waking end to homophobia with the “Active Beings” of the Remastered Tools 101 Webinar in my heart!! http://tinyurl.com/73s6ak8
Can Black Feminism Be...(Part 1 of a 4 part essay... →
Starting with thoughts of Black Feminism in relationship to state power inspired by Miriam (Duchess) Harris and Ruthie Wilson Gilmore.
listening to "Lykke Li - A little bit" →
I’m MORE than a little bit in love with my Remastered Tools 101 Webinar Participants!!! And I don’t care who knows it! See you 2nite Bright Thunder!
“After publishing my first book I became involved with the Combahee River...”
– Afterword by Stephania Byrd, March 2012 http://www.lesbianpoetryarchive.org/node/300
Sending love to my fellow book smugglers. →
Ethnic Studies is not illegal and neither are we. We are unstoppable.
“Under what circumstances, with which audiences, as a result of what...”
– Minnie Bruce Pratt, http://blog.bpj.org/2012/02/minnie-bruce-pratt-on-unfinished-work.html
I love this question and I think in my everyday life (aka you!) I am experiencing more and more answers to it!
“HARM FREE ZONE 2012
Prevention- The act of preventing harm within the...”
– psst. pass it on!
Crunk Feminist Collective Facilitates a Tweet... →
Black Feminism 2.0 in Action!
listening to "Notorious BIG Ft. 112 - Sky is the... →
dedicated to @SSideScholar have what you want! be what you want! welcome home.
