tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.comments2023-10-29T04:36:52.733-05:00elle, phdellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.comBlogger3249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-71102811298327250802013-10-18T21:24:26.689-05:002013-10-18T21:24:26.689-05:00http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/...http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20131018/grambling-football/ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-15203960344686781812013-04-13T16:46:52.040-05:002013-04-13T16:46:52.040-05:00Holy crap how patronizing can one get? The I know ...Holy crap how patronizing can one get? The I know you better then you do is JUST LIKE when a man lectures me on my life as a woman and his opinions are automatically given more weight because he's a fucking man! <br />She doesn't see that? No wonder WOC don't trust white women when they see crap like this ad nauseum. <br /><br />It reminded me of the Slut Walk crap: the woman with the sign and the n word. Not one woman around her looked shocked or angry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-4248675886839655712013-04-10T12:59:24.322-05:002013-04-10T12:59:24.322-05:00Amen!Amen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-68443227685778848052013-04-08T19:33:01.129-05:002013-04-08T19:33:01.129-05:00Hola, Lovelies! Thanks for taking the time to read...Hola, Lovelies! Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. Leslie, I need to read that Onion piece. <br /><br />Nicole, I share your opinion on June!<br /><br />Anna, do check out the Wray book--there are valid criticisms of it, but I get his points.ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-59482941622871489832013-04-08T18:49:51.574-05:002013-04-08T18:49:51.574-05:00I haven't seen the show (we don't pay for ...I haven't seen the show (we don't pay for cable), but I've definitely heard the hubbub. I'm not from the south, but I can identify with the rural, working class family. Also, what wrong with playing in the mud? That's what my kids are doing right now!<br /><br /> “she’s putting the show’s earnings into trust funds for her children,” noting that, “I want my kids to look back and say, ‘Mama played it smart.’”<br /><br />That is a good mama, and I have nothing but respect for that lady.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276995787173932700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-5927483730491555092013-04-08T15:52:07.776-05:002013-04-08T15:52:07.776-05:00I remember talking to you about the "not quit...I remember talking to you about the "not quite white" idea during office hours one day. I need to check out Matt Wray's book. <br /><br />I know "upper class" white people don't like me at all, despite (or perhaps because of) the fact that I can keep up with them intellectually and understand all their cultural references. <br /><br />I never put two and two together, but it makes sense now why I've never found Honey Boo Boo to be funny - I see through the caricatures. The members of Honey Boo Boo's family resemble people I know and love. The people laughing at Honey Boo Boo are the same people who would make fun of my family in a heartbeat. I think you're onto something. :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734100010960730923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-79709154682687259902013-04-08T14:27:39.267-05:002013-04-08T14:27:39.267-05:00Thanks for this post. I haven't seen the show...Thanks for this post. I haven't seen the show, but I think your perspective is, indeed, in the minority. It made me curious--I may try to find an episode and watch it.<br /><br />Whenever I see a reference to the show, I unfortunately think about <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/you-do-of-course-realize-that-this-is-going-to-end,29734/" rel="nofollow">this Onion piece</a>.Leslie M-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434392840359276805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-13007400095437379542012-10-18T05:37:51.714-05:002012-10-18T05:37:51.714-05:00LOVE. Whole damn system of slavery predicated on ...LOVE. Whole damn system of slavery predicated on self-delusion (mammy loves my white kid more than her own, etc) anyway. I do like idea of him as extremist, which some may judge as madness, but others as extreme dedication to a cause. FWIW also hear the same about suicide bombers, they are all "mentally ill" b/c again assumption no one would give life for a cause. Yet think of the monks who self immolated during Vietnam, etc. Stories of G.I.s jumping on grenade to save others. COntext is everything feMOMhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192104351023271207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-71645590996384935842012-10-10T21:27:35.818-05:002012-10-10T21:27:35.818-05:00Yes, you're right. I've only started to re...Yes, you're right. I've only started to realize it this year, but that *is* the assumption behind white people's opposition to affirmative action, isn't it? That the white person always deserves it more.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-41442655732055909212012-07-27T15:26:16.872-05:002012-07-27T15:26:16.872-05:00I love this post. You have more like-minded shoppe...I love this post. You have more like-minded shoppers than you might imagine. I was never very good at couponing, though I tried. My bete noir was the "gift with purchase" usually featuring new cosmetic products in the department stores of my past. I had to have every tote bag, every eye-shadow rainbow set, fragrance travel arrar or whatever enticement was on offer to get my money for the latest potion presented to gullible women like me. I got smarter as the money got tighter but I shudder to think of how much I spent to get those free gifts with purchase. I don't even remember most of the products being introduced but I still have some of the freebies. I am, as the saying goes, "Too soon old, too late smart."Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861775657392808950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-21404264268410292872012-07-27T02:27:09.486-05:002012-07-27T02:27:09.486-05:00I love learning new things about them and about my...I love learning new things about them and about myself, and about the world in general. I love making connections, with other people and with the people they know, but also between events and ideas and pretty much everything.<br /><br />I love how in a good relationship, it's synergistic and everyone comes out of it feeling powerful and amazing.<br /><br />I also like how even bad relationships can be a source of power and learning.Self Rescuing Princess Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16209645165400644981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-27531197534732550292012-07-26T15:36:18.959-05:002012-07-26T15:36:18.959-05:00Beautiful, y'all!
One thing I've thought ...Beautiful, y'all!<br /><br />One thing I've thought of, in terms of romantic relationships, is touch. And I mean non-sexual touch--the brushes against your cheek, the hand on your arm or back or hip for just a fleeting moment, the tug on a strand of your hair--all those things that make you feel like the other person treasures you.ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-50240694489708609662012-07-26T15:21:19.141-05:002012-07-26T15:21:19.141-05:00I love the sharing of thoughts and ideas. I read o...I love the sharing of thoughts and ideas. I read or listen and think, "Oh, this is new to me, something to discover, tell me more." Sometimes there are nuggets of sameness and I feel, "Oh, I am like that, also," and it feels like a hug, we are kin. Sometimes there is tension in the exchange, as in music, and more exchange resolves it in unexpected ways. I learn more of the other; I reveal more of myself. I feel known and accepted. I know more and accept more. I am enriched and my heart made larger because the other is now in it. This, endlessly, and I learn and love more. Finally, I can only say, "we . ." for we are together here in this world.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861775657392808950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-68106353957070063342012-07-26T14:40:55.442-05:002012-07-26T14:40:55.442-05:00I love how my friends are like my sisters. They en...I love how my friends are like my sisters. They encourage me. They share things about the experience of being a woman that I wouldn't know or have anyone to talk about if it weren't for them. I have three brothers and there are pretty large gaps in our ages and geography at the moment. My parents are divorced and my mom is bipolar. My sister friends make me feel less alone...in everything.Brenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900356551271990586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-8868537455700870322012-07-22T10:03:58.674-05:002012-07-22T10:03:58.674-05:00I need to do the same thing! I keep saying that I...I need to do the same thing! I keep saying that I will dedicate an hour a day, but between work, school, internship and moving, that is totally out of the question. Smh.... Good luck!<br /><br />www.booksnobwannabe.com<br />www.itsnekasworld.blogspot.comB.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12510496592188756819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-48451180025942197102012-07-20T17:20:18.633-05:002012-07-20T17:20:18.633-05:00I look forward to seeing where this new journey ta...I look forward to seeing where this new journey takes you!Leslie M-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434392840359276805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-79447639843996839032012-07-19T15:56:36.474-05:002012-07-19T15:56:36.474-05:00Seems to me she's saying that conventionally a...Seems to me she's saying that conventionally attractive Black women (read: meeting White appearance standards) can get men, and so they don't end up as lesbians. Because of course lesbians would be married to men if men would have them...and of course women who don't look like her can't get a man....and of course this is just a catfight because women are stupid critters who get all upset over not having a man.<br /><br />That's a lot of hurt crammed into a few seconds of soundbite.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886225476339783827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-62472402170362029892012-07-16T18:50:20.404-05:002012-07-16T18:50:20.404-05:00Brava! This article and the book you linked to I h...Brava! This article and the book you linked to I have devoured in a sitting. Thank you. I'll return and reread; meanwhile, I'll pass these on. It is uncanny how fresh and urgent her work still sounds one hundred and twenty years later. Ironically, we are witnessing the demise of our daily newspaper, The Times-Picayune, which was announced, quite coincidentally, after the publication of an eight part series, "Louisiana, Incarcerated," a journalistic investigation of that systemic injustice.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861775657392808950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-66123214697770746272012-03-26T11:41:53.464-05:002012-03-26T11:41:53.464-05:00My mother had a difficult life parts of which I kn...My mother had a difficult life parts of which I know about and so so much I don't because she won't speak about it. Not speaking the language made it hard to learn anything from my grandmother, not that she'd have been inclined to divulge anything. <br /><br />That your mother endured much and persevered while maintaining her joy is so admirable and something to aspire to.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419883493806890506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-60467217840316751592012-03-07T09:58:17.466-06:002012-03-07T09:58:17.466-06:00Simply gorgeous, the dancer and you:)Simply gorgeous, the dancer and you:)Evanne Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200082770249499056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-48276625946731115722012-03-04T00:48:01.084-06:002012-03-04T00:48:01.084-06:00Love love love it!Love love love it!Self Rescuing Princess Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16209645165400644981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-5296484600403767562012-03-01T22:29:32.517-06:002012-03-01T22:29:32.517-06:00thanks y'all!thanks y'all!ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-75611961671594444702012-03-01T11:29:00.015-06:002012-03-01T11:29:00.015-06:00LOL at him refusing to say black. Jackie Robinson...LOL at him refusing to say black. Jackie Robinson is BROWN!!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419883493806890506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-1824920135647666602012-02-29T08:52:13.836-06:002012-02-29T08:52:13.836-06:00Totally sums up how I felt about the movie. I tho...Totally sums up how I felt about the movie. I thought Viola and Octavia were WONDERFUL actresses, but yes, the situation was completely oversimplified and caricature-ized.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419883493806890506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-76265071355847435062012-02-28T22:30:58.489-06:002012-02-28T22:30:58.489-06:00And I am seriously willing to construct a bibliogr...And I am seriously willing to construct a bibliography that centers black women's telling snd remembrances of<br /> their various forms of work.ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.com