Who am I?
A twenty-something black woman fed up with the degradation and subjugation black women are faced with each day. It's time we stand up and demand better. It's time for a revolution!
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- Abagond
- Acting White
- African American Empowerment Blog
- Angry Asian Man
- Angry Black Lady Chronicles
- AngryBlackBitch
- Another Way to View
- Aphotic Chronicles
- At the Bar
- Aunt Jemima's Revenge
- Beautiful, also, are the souls of my black sisters
- Black and Married with Kids
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- Black Women Deserve Better
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- Born This Way Blog
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- Diary of a Black Lesbian
- Diary of a Content Black Woman
- elle, phd
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- field negro
- Fly Black Chick
- Infidel Guy
- Jack & Jill Politics
- LiberalOasis
- LostNMissing, Inc
- Margaret Cho
- Mes Deax Cents
- My Left Wing:: A Liberal Translation
- NewBlackMan
- Oi With The Poodles Already
- Our Bodies Our Blog
- Professor, What It…?
- QueerBlackFeminist
- Racialicious
- Shakesville
- Siditty
- Sojourner's Place
- soulbrother v.2
- Spark in Darkness
- Texas Liberal
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- The Black Sentinel
- The Black Snob
- The Board Room
- The Old Black Church!
- The Oreo Experience
- Three Brothers and a Sister
- Tradition of Excellence
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- Von's Black Consciousness
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- We are respectable negroes
- What About Our Daughters
- What Tami Said
- Wicked Urbanity
- Womanist Musings
- Women's Eye on Media
My short skirt
My short skirt is not an invitation
a provocation an indication that I want it
or give it or that I hook.My short skirt is not begging for it
It does not want you to rip it off me or pull it down.My short skirt is not a legal reason for raping me,
although it has been before it will not hold up in the new court.My short skirt, believe it or not has nothing to do with you.
I’m black and I’m proud
They take my kindness for. . . . . WEAKNESS.
They take my silence for. . . . . SPEECHLESS.
They consider my uniqueness. . . . . STRANGE.
They call my language. . . . . . SLANG.
They see my confidence as. . . . . CONCEIT.
They see my mistakes as. . . . . DEFEAT.
They consider my success. . . . . ACCIDENTAL.
They minimize my intelligence to. . . . . POTENTIAL.
My questions mean I am. . . . . UNAWARE.
My advancement is somehow. . . . . UNFAIR.
To voice concern is. . . . . DISCONTENTMENT.
If I stand up for myself I am too. . . . . DEFENSIVE.
If I don't trust them I am too. . . . . APPREHENSIVE.
I am defiant if I. . . . . SEPARATE.
I am fake if I. . . . . ASSIMILATE.
My character is constantly. . . . . UNDER ATTACK.
Pride for my race makes me. . . . .TOO BLACK.Because we just can’t trust politicians!
What is a liberal?
If by a "Liberal" they [opponents] mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal." ~JFKArchives
Category Archives: politics
More lawmakers propose personhood amendments
Despite Mississippi’s failed attempt to grant right to zygotes continues to fall on deaf ears in other states. Lawmakers in Colorado and Virginia have dropped bills that would follow Mississippi’s steps. In Virginia, Delegate Bob Marshall (R) filed legislation that would amend … (More…)
Herman Cain’s dance with whiteness
I know this space shouldn’t be dedicated to the shenanigans of Herman Cain, but I find his candidacy fascinating. The Republican presidential candidate on Friday recounted a story in which he thanked God a doctor he was seeing was a … (More…)
Georgia lawmakers set to re-affirm conservative values
It looks like Georgia is following the lead in some respects of Florida. Legislation has been filed for the Georgia General Assembly to consider requiring “In God We Trust” to appear on all Georgia licenses plates and to require families … (More…)
Personhood USA dubs its campaign the “new Civil Rights Movement”
What is about the Civil Rights Movement and black Americans’ struggle for equality and first class citizenship that makes privileged bodies believe they can inaccurately appropriate to publicize their cause? Personhood USA, the organization behind the failed attempt in Mississippi … (More…)
I was a victim of sexual harassment
This is one memory I’ve tried to forget. It was one that I haven’t talked about in nearly 10 years. But the conversation surrounding Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain and sexual harassment in the work place has forced me to … (More…)
