April 2011
get free or die tryin'.: my talking points from... →
dopegirlfresh:
{written in the context of audre lorde’s a litany for survival}
Fearfulness destroys our freedom to be ourselves. Frightened, hesitant living is not in fact living. It is a meek existence. It is tantamount to crawling, when you know walking is what you are meant to do. Fear makes you rethink…
Feelmore510: Feelmore510: Travel Itinerary →
feelmore510:
What do I do when I travel?
1. Make sure you visit Feelmore510 to stock up on your needed items. You never want to be without what you need in any situations.
2. Wash your items before you travel if you are taking pleasure products such as insert-ables. Just good house keeping. You never know,…
Sexy—Not the Be-All and End-All →
Just last week, while driving home from school, my six-year-old daughter said to me, “Maya* got her hair straightened.” “You mean she got her hair blown out?” I asked. I needed a bit of clarification. I didn’t imagine that Maya had gotten a relaxer at the age of five. Besides, Maya, like my daughter, has loosely curled hair, and it wouldn’t take much to straighten it. “Yeah. She was in the...
creatrixtiara asked: Do you know if there's anything like you out there but geared towards South Asians and the diaspora? I'm Bangladeshi-Malaysian living in Australia and I somehow feel most connected to Black feminist/erotic/race politics than most other things, but at the same time don't have the same cultural context or history. There isn't a hell of a lot out there for people like me - most...
colored queer waters: its over- and i'm strangely... →
navigatethestream:
around midnight i went to go see the guy friend who i’ve been messing around with. we started talking, and he told me that he’s getting back together with his girlfriend from high school. he seemed really happy about it, and subsequently i was happy for him.
and while i foster a little sadness…
Shawty Got Skillz: Help the Shawty Got Skillz... →
shawtygotskillz:
Hello Interwebs!
It’s about that time again for the best conference ever! Yes The Allied Media Conference will be happening June 23-26 in Detroit and we want to be there!
Who are we?
We are the Skillsharers of the 3rd Annual INCITE! Shawty Got Skillz workshop! We are women, trans*…
New on Hip Hop Is For Lovers: Dirty Talk and Sex... →
gangsterly:
Uche and special guest Nekeya discuss the art of talking dirty and even break down some essential golden rules of sex etiquette. Rawr!
“Some will read “queer” as synonymous with “gay and lesbian” or “LGBT.” This...”
– toward the queerest insurrection (via eastofethan)
Queer is also about having the right to embrace identities as our own even if its standard practices, expressions, and implementations have been shown to be ineffective. Don’t forget that part. The last thing we need is for queer individuals who...
i fuck on the first date. so what?
dopegirlfresh:
sometimes, it’s like that.
“I reminded her that my whole upbringing had been devoted to preventing me from...”
– Lucy, from Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy (via lowendtheory)
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WORD: Dayan on Erzulie, Loa of Love in Vodoun →
“Erzulie, the goddess, spirit or loa of love in vodoun, tells a story of women’s lives that has not been told. A goddess was born o the soil of Haiti who has no precedent in Yorubaland or Dahomey. In her varying incarnations, her many faces, she bears the extremes of colonial history. Whether the pale and elegant Erzulie-Fréda or the cold-hearted, savage Erzulie-gé-rouge, she...
Liquor&Spice: Speaking of teen sexuality and... →
liquornspice:
Me and some others staged a sit-in in the principal’s office in 10th grade (~15-16yr olds) when our high school said no sleeveless/spaghetti-strap dresses for homecoming and that we were to only dance “face to face and leave some space.” (the restrictions on what MUSIC could be played were…
Male Submission Art - Reaching around a smaller... →
creatrixtiara:
maymay:
Don’t let them catch you thinking this. The fact that this is illegal makes a travesty of freedom.
sunshinegypsy:
In this picture, he does look younger to me. As an adolescent when I first saw it myself, this fact made me that much more able to personally identify with it, which was a key step to understanding and developing my sexuality in a safe and healthy way.
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Liquor&Spice: Speaking of teen sexuality and... →
creatrixtiara:
liquornspice:
Me and some others staged a sit-in in the principal’s office in 10th grade (~15-16yr olds) when our high school said no sleeveless/spaghetti-strap dresses for homecoming and that we were to only dance “face to face and leave some space.” (the restrictions on what MUSIC could be played were especially torturous for us formerly-urban, teens of color…)
When the Vice...
Shayne Lee, Your Revolution Will Not Happen... →
Sending petty, threatening text messages to a colleague who critiques your work is not revolutionary. Making immature, obnoxious, ableist, and violent comments about colleagues on Facebook is not revolutionary. Being petulant and rude when folks check you on your foolishness is not revolutionary. Claiming to be a “revolutionary brotha” while threatening to violently silence a sister with a...
Liquor&Spice: I don’t understand how I can be... →
liquornspice:
I don’t understand how I can be attracted to someone and dislike them at the same time.
Actually, I do understand, it just seems strange…
And I feel kind of like an asshole that I’m capable of feeling that way about some people. ie…
Dedicated: Request Line of the Black Feminist...
Greetings loved ones!
Because black feminist bass is the unstoppable heartbeat of the universe transforming. Because I revise every song I hear to praise your name. Because a movement is only a movement if it moves…I am excited to announce that my inner internet DJ (Sista-Docta Lex on the ones and zeroes!!) is finally launching a project to amplify black feminist healing and...
“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love...”
– -Bob Marley (via thelifeichoose)
ask me (or tell me) things! →
sexual assault awareness month and a letter to my... →
manifestfreedom:
[TRIGGER WARNING for discussion of sexual violence, body shame and self-harm].
