The Fist
Observations on a panel on LGBTIQ issues in African and the Diaspora The day after the night before the unlocking of the activist’s jaws “Sweet!” said she to say goodbye and welcome in one voice, one. I am transgender, not…
mobilehomecoming: Check out this brilliant blog post form Mobile Homecoming Interviewee Jewelle Gome
mobilehomecoming: Check out this brilliant blog post form Mobile Homecoming Interviewee Jewelle Gomez on Lorraine Hansberry and her upcoming dream play about James Baldwin “Waiting for Giovanni”
Malika Zarra – just so cool melody from Morocco
Malika Zarra When it came time to make this recording, I chose to continue to explore my Moroccan musical heritage in more depth, and especially my Berber (Amazigh) roots. The themes of travel and tradition inspired me to call the…
llapen: Through poetry, a gay Jamaican man, Dadland Maye, tells how he was almost shot dead as homop
llapen: Through poetry, a gay Jamaican man, Dadland Maye, tells how he was almost shot dead as homophobes set his house on fire. (h/t @SonofBaldwin)
Malcolm X: sisters in struggle
Remembering Malcolm X – Black Canadian women discussing the racism they experience in Canada – Sisters in the Struggle: Dionne Brand & Ginny Stikeman, 1991
John Welwood (via mindlesscuriosity)
When we reveal ourselves to our partner and find that this brings healing rather than harm, we make an important discovery— that intimate relationship can provide a sanctuary from the world of facades, a sacred space where we can be…
In praise of older women and stories yet untold
I’ve been scrolling through Tumblr over the past few weeks and noticed so many Tumblrs posting photos of young Black women – which is great and they are all beautiful but I got to wanting to see ME. Some layers,…
walkforchoice:
thehumorlessfeminist:
breakingthesky:
robertdowneyduck:
thehumorlessfeminist:
walkforchoice:
Remember those anti-choice billboards unveiled in Chicago in March? If you don’t, allow me to refresh your memory: they feature an image of President Obama and read, “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted.â€
Because, you know, black women can’t be trusted to be make their own reproductive choices. And of course they can’t be potential future leaders who are making the best decisions for themselves.
Yeah, they’re still up. Fourteen of them, in fact. That’s a map. All of the billboards are in poor neighborhoods. It’s disgusting. Life Always, the group that sponsors the billboards, held a press conference in the dirty lot where the first billboard was unveiled and then left the lot the way they found it. They don’t care about Chicago communities. They’re not even from Chicago.
Please sign and reblog today. Your signature matters. It only takes a minute.
I’m looking at you, followers. If you have the time and energy to reblog a picture of a cat in a refrigerator, you have the time and energy to sign this petition and REBLOG TODAY! Please! This stuff matters!
I haven’t seen these billboards yet, thankfully.Â
It takes 21 seconds. I timed it…. Do it!
21 SECONDS! Less than thirty seconds to sign, folks. We’ve added 50+ signatures since this was posted, but WE CAN DO BETTER! Reblog reblog reblog!
Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter…let’s do whatever it takes to get a couple hundred more signatures on this tonight. You have the power, Tumblr!
breakingthesky:Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter…let’s do whatever it takes to get a couple hundred more signatures on this tonight. You have the power, Tumblr!robertdowneyduck:21 SECONDS! Less than thirty seconds to sign, folks. We’ve added 50+ signatures since this was posted, but WE CAN DO BETTER! Reblog reblog reblog!thehumorlessfeminist:It takes 21 seconds. I timed it…. Do it!walkforchoice:I haven’t seen these billboards yet, thankfully.ÂRemember those anti-choice billboards unveiled in Chicago in March? If you don’t, allow me to refresh your memory: they feature an image of President Obama and read, “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted.†Because, you know, black women can’t be trusted to be make their own reproductive choices. And of course they can’t be potential future leaders who are making the best decisions for themselves. Yeah, they’re still up. Fourteen of them, in fact. That’s a map. All of the billboards are in poor neighborhoods. It’s disgusting. Life Always, the group that sponsors the billboards, held a press conference in the dirty lot where the first billboard was unveiled and then left the lot the way they found it. They don’t care about Chicago communities. They’re not even from Chicago. Please sign and reblog today. Your signature matters. It only takes a minute.I’m looking at you, followers. If you have the time and energy to reblog a picture of a cat in a refrigerator, you have the time and energy to sign this petition and REBLOG TODAY! Please! This stuff matters!
TUMBLR! Please don’t quit reblogging this petition. Get anti-choice racism OUT of Chicago! Takes less than 30 seconds to sign!
vizionheiry: “I know that happiness has been the real, if covert, goal of your labors here. I know t
vizionheiry: “I know that happiness has been the real, if covert, goal of your labors here. I know that it informs your choice of companions, the profession you will enter, but I urge you, please don’t settle for happiness. It’s…
African LGBTI Manifesto/Declaration
The African LGBTI manifesto came out of a roundtable session held in Nairobi in April 2010. It is an important document which sets out clearly the foundation of the LGBTI movement and it’s connection to the broader Pan-African struggle for…
Difficult Love a Film by Zanele Muholi
Difficult Love will be showing at the Toronto LGBT Film Festival Review of Difficult Love by Nadia Sanger Difficult Love and Faces and Phases do more than merely sketch Muholi’s life, however, or document the existence of black queer people…
Satoshi Kanazawa, March 6, 2008, Psychology Today, author of today’s racist sexist dungheap originally titled “Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?†This prickface is a real piece of work whose evolutionary psychology consists of shilling for Ann Coulter, advocating for genocidal nuclear holocaust, and demeaning Black women. Good one, Psychology Today! Maybe next you can create a column on paleoanthropology penned by Glenn Beck. (via zuky) 0o. (via blackamazon)
Here’s a little thought experiment. Imagine that, on September 11, 2001, when the Twin Towers came down, the President of the United States was not George W. Bush, but Ann Coulter. What would have happened then? On September 12, President…
African migrant workers: trafficked, trapped & left to die on the high seas
I wrote this post in July 2006 but the thousands of African migrant workers who have been displaced and left to die on the high seas after fleeing Libya, reminded me that this is not a new story. I read…
Me’shell Ndegeocello – Redefining what it means to be free
Today is Nakba Day – – MeShell Ndegeocello – D.N.B. from Souls Survivor on Vimeo. Interview with Me’shell Ndegeocello on Women’s Magazine –
Sibongile Khumalo – Mayihlome
Sibongile Khumalo – Mayihlome
globalvoices: Ugandan police have taken a different tactic with the country’s ‘Walk to Work’ protest
globalvoices: Ugandan police have taken a different tactic with the country’s ‘Walk to Work’ protestors… by spraying them with pink paint. Some bloggers are pointing out the irony of the government spraying protesters pink – a color often associated with…
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