Tune In on MSNBC!
I wrote the article entitled, “A Black Woman’s Life of the Mind is Her Own” for Ebony.com and received a great deal of feedback. Thankfully, it was published on the same day that Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry engaged in a “Mad Free” curated event at the Brooklyn Museum by Michaela Angela Davis. Further, it was but one day prior to the debut of “Melissa Harris-Perry,” her new show on MSNBC.
The synergy led to a discussion on Twitter about the Ebony article, the live-tweeting of the #MadFree event at the Brooklyn Museum, a post-event discussion and a focused debate between myself (@DrGoddess) and Dr. Imani Perry (@ImaniPerry), a Princeton professor and a noted protege’ of Dr. Cornel West, as well as a scholar-activist in her own right.
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A Black Woman’s Life of the Mind is Her Own: The Ebony Article, The Mad Free Event & the Twitter Debate on Melissa Harris-Perry
Tune In on MSNBC! I wrote the article entitled, “A Black Woman’s Life of the Mind is Her Own” for Ebony.com and received a great...
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TheatreChat with Lamman Rucker, Layon Gray and The “Black Angels Over Tuskegee!”
Welcome to #TheatreChat with The Black Gents of Hollywood #TheatreChat is a Tweetchat on Twitter, created by @DrGoddess to celebrate great Theatre,...
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Twitter Celebrates Zora Neale Hurston’s Birthday with Zeal
@InnyVinny's Zora Brown Twitterbird “I love myself when I am laughing, and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.” —...
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Dastardly Dude Deceptively Deals Luvvie’s #DumbestTweets
"I got a right to be hostile, these people are stealin'!" In addition to other talents & skills (web page developer, graphic...
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.@PerezHilton Hijacks Hilarious Viral Vid from Hardworking Actress, Franchesca Ramsey (@ChescaLeigh)
Franchesca Ramsey (@chescaleigh) made a video entitled, “Shit White Girls Say to Black Girls” and posted it on her YouTube Channel. This...
A Black Woman’s Life of the Mind is Her Own: The Ebony Article, The Mad Free Event & the Twitter Debate on Melissa Harris-Perry
Tune In on MSNBC!
I wrote the article entitled, “A Black Woman’s Life of the Mind is Her Own” for Ebony.com and received a great deal of feedback. Thankfully, it was published on...
TheatreChat with Lamman Rucker, Layon Gray and The “Black Angels Over Tuskegee!”
Welcome to #TheatreChat with The Black Gents of Hollywood
#TheatreChat is a Tweetchat on Twitter, created by @DrGoddess to celebrate great Theatre, Mondays at Noon. Monday is the only day Theatre...
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Tune In on MSNBC!
I wrote the article entitled, “A Black Woman’s Life of the Mind is Her Own” for Ebony.com and received a great deal of feedback. Thankfully, it was published on the same day that Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry engaged in a “Mad Free” curated event at the Brooklyn Museum by Michaela Angela Davis. Further, it was but one day prior to the debut of “Melissa Harris-Perry,” her new show on MSNBC.
The synergy led to a discussion on Twitter about the Ebony article, the live-tweeting of the #MadFree event at the Brooklyn Museum, a post-event discussion and a focused debate between myself (@DrGoddess) and Dr. Imani Perry (@ImaniPerry), a Princeton professor and a noted protege’ of Dr. Cornel West, as well as a scholar-activist in her own right.
Observe the discussion and...
A Black Woman’s Life of the Mind is Her Own: The Ebony Article, The Mad Free Event & the Twitter Debate on Melissa Harris-Perry
Tune In on MSNBC!
I wrote the article entitled, “A Black Woman’s Life of the Mind is Her Own” for Ebony.com and received a great deal of feedback. Thankfully, it was published on the same day that Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry engaged in a “Mad Free” curated event at the Brooklyn Museum by Michaela Angela Davis. Further, it was but one day prior to the debut of “Melissa Harris-Perry,” her new show on MSNBC.
The synergy led to a discussion on Twitter about the Ebony article, the live-tweeting of the #MadFree event at the Brooklyn Museum, a post-event discussion and a focused debate between myself (@DrGoddess) and Dr. Imani Perry (@ImaniPerry), a Princeton professor and a noted protege’ of Dr. Cornel West, as well as a scholar-activist in her own right.
Observe the discussion and...
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@InnyVinny's Zora Brown Twitterbird
“I love myself when I am laughing, and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.” — Zora Neale Hurston
Anthropologist, Writer, Novelist, Storyteller, Playwright, Dancer, Southerner Extraordinaire, Zora Neale Hurston, was born on January 7, 1891.
She was a phenomenal woman, a renaissance woman, a fierce woman, artist and human being.
So, naturally, Twitter celebrated her birthday with glee.
Enjoy…
America's First Incorporated Black Town, Where Zora Grew Up
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Twitter Celebrates Zora Neale Hurston’s Birthday with Zeal
@InnyVinny's Zora Brown Twitterbird
“I love myself when I am laughing, and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.” — Zora Neale Hurston
Anthropologist, Writer, Novelist, Storyteller, Playwright, Dancer, Southerner Extraordinaire, Zora Neale Hurston, was born on January 7, 1891.
She was a phenomenal woman, a renaissance woman, a fierce woman, artist and human being.
So, naturally, Twitter celebrated her birthday with glee.
Enjoy…
America's First Incorporated Black Town, Where Zora Grew Up
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Kwanzaa Time
This article was originally published in December, 2003.
It never fails. Every single year for the past six years, at least, I
have witnessed the consistent pattern. On or before Dec. 26, the first
day of Kwanzaa, someone will send me an anti-Kwanzaa editorial
published, you guessed it, just in time for the holiday season! At all
times, the conclusion is the same–there is no real or valid reason to
celebrate Kwanzaa.
This year’s offering was written by Debra Dickerson, journalist,
lifetime overachiever and author of “An American Story.” Her article
entitled, “A Case of the Kwanzaa Blues” appeared in The New York Times opinion section Dec. 26. This article is my response.
At the very least, she begins her essay with a more balanced approach than most– admitting that all holidays are...
Kicking Dirt on Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa Time
This article was originally published in December, 2003.
It never fails. Every single year for the past six years, at least, I
have witnessed the consistent pattern. On or before Dec. 26, the first
day of Kwanzaa, someone will send me an anti-Kwanzaa editorial
published, you guessed it, just in time for the holiday season! At all
times, the conclusion is the same–there is no real or valid reason to
celebrate Kwanzaa.
This year’s offering was written by Debra Dickerson, journalist,
lifetime overachiever and author of “An American Story.” Her article
entitled, “A Case of the Kwanzaa Blues” appeared in The New York Times opinion section Dec. 26. This article is my response.
At the very least, she begins her essay with a more balanced approach than most– admitting that all holidays are...
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Greetings Everyone,
I’m reprinting an article from a colleague because we both used to write or Africana.com, it was sold to AOL Black Voices and, well, our articles disappeared.
But it’s Christmas time and you’ll see that understanding the Dutch, Sinterklaas and Black Pete will be well worth your time. History is important, especially when the Dutch get all ahistorical (see: Rihanna Gives Heat to Jackie Magazine for Their Racist Dutch Oven).
Past Imperfect: Santa’s Road Dawg
http://www.africana.com/columns/cobb/ht20031222xmas.asp
By William Jelani Cobb
Waaay before Lethal Weapon, 48 Hours or Huckleberry Finn, Santa Claus was working the interracial buddy theme. Generations of American children have been raised with the legend of a cherubic white guy who employs vertically-challenged, non-union labor to...
Meet Black Pete, Dutch Santa’s Helper
Greetings Everyone,
I’m reprinting an article from a colleague because we both used to write or Africana.com, it was sold to AOL Black Voices and, well, our articles disappeared.
But it’s Christmas time and you’ll see that understanding the Dutch, Sinterklaas and Black Pete will be well worth your time. History is important, especially when the Dutch get all ahistorical (see: Rihanna Gives Heat to Jackie Magazine for Their Racist Dutch Oven).
Past Imperfect: Santa’s Road Dawg
http://www.africana.com/columns/cobb/ht20031222xmas.asp
By William Jelani Cobb
Waaay before Lethal Weapon, 48 Hours or Huckleberry Finn, Santa Claus was working the interracial buddy theme. Generations of American children have been raised with the legend of a cherubic white guy who employs vertically-challenged, non-union labor to...
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This is NOT an Error
Once upon a time, yet another international magazine decided to print racist / white supremacist words and imagery regarding a Black artist and then issue an “oops, did we do that?” apology, as if that would be enough to make protestors go away. Well, both @thefashionbomb and @theybf wrote blogs here and here (with a followup here) to let everyone know about it. There was also an Afro-European Blog that sent me their link later on but I appreciate it! Then @luvvieig wrote one of her stern letters, which I love, basically asking what Queen Latifah asked a long time ago—Who You Callin’ a [N*ggab*tch]?!! .
Oh yeah, the editor first said we were all being too sensitive, then later apologized on Facebook like this:
Dear readers, first of all: thanks for all your responses. We of course huge...
Rihanna Gives Jackie Magazine Heat for Their Racist Dutch Oven
This is NOT an Error
Once upon a time, yet another international magazine decided to print racist / white supremacist words and imagery regarding a Black artist and then issue an “oops, did we do that?” apology, as if that would be enough to make protestors go away. Well, both @thefashionbomb and @theybf wrote blogs here and here (with a followup here) to let everyone know about it. There was also an Afro-European Blog that sent me their link later on but I appreciate it! Then @luvvieig wrote one of her stern letters, which I love, basically asking what Queen Latifah asked a long time ago—Who You Callin’ a [N*ggab*tch]?!! .
Oh yeah, the editor first said we were all being too sensitive, then later apologized on Facebook like this:
Dear readers, first of all: thanks for all your responses. We of course huge...
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Heavy D
It’s still unbelievable and, in so many ways, it shouldn’t be.
As I wrote in my previous post about my own undergraduate mentor, Dr. Rudolph P. Byrd, this must be the season when giants fall. Rapper, dancer, actor, human being extraordinaire, Dwight D. Myers aka Heavy D has been the latest to be taken from us—and it hurts, bad. I am so tired of crying, so tired of the heartache, I’m not entirely sure what to do. I suppose that’s why we writers write. And, I mean, I didn’t even know Heavy D. I never even met the man, yet he is one of the more meaningful men that have graced my life. And I do mean graced.
My body walks through the 21st century but much of my spirit is living in the 80s and Heavy D’s music is peppered throughout the soundtrack.
I’ve been a dancer since seven years old,...
He Was Heavy and Our Brother: RIP Dwight D. Myers
Heavy D
It’s still unbelievable and, in so many ways, it shouldn’t be.
As I wrote in my previous post about my own undergraduate mentor, Dr. Rudolph P. Byrd, this must be the season when giants fall. Rapper, dancer, actor, human being extraordinaire, Dwight D. Myers aka Heavy D has been the latest to be taken from us—and it hurts, bad. I am so tired of crying, so tired of the heartache, I’m not entirely sure what to do. I suppose that’s why we writers write. And, I mean, I didn’t even know Heavy D. I never even met the man, yet he is one of the more meaningful men that have graced my life. And I do mean graced.
My body walks through the 21st century but much of my spirit is living in the 80s and Heavy D’s music is peppered throughout the soundtrack.
I’ve been a dancer since seven years old,...
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Oh, Twitter.
Frederick Douglass High School
By now, you all know the Amber Cole story:
For the record, this article, entitled, “The Miseducation of Amber Cole” by Sinnamon Love (who also happens to be a porn star and a parent—yes, you read that right) is the BEST one I have read, hands down, of all that I have read. Print it out and share it with your family members—please! I wish I had read it first; but I actually read it last—and now I’m putting it first. You understand…
I was first alerted that a great essay by Jeff Fecke entitled, “No, You Aren’t Amber Cole’s Father” was posted in response to yet another wayward, misogynistic article by Jimi Izrael. Reading that piece led me to another, discussing how angry “Amber Cole’s” father is and the justice...
A Teenage Discussion of Amber Cole on Twitter Leads to More No Wedding, No Womb Tension
Oh, Twitter.
Frederick Douglass High School
By now, you all know the Amber Cole story:
For the record, this article, entitled, “The Miseducation of Amber Cole” by Sinnamon Love (who also happens to be a porn star and a parent—yes, you read that right) is the BEST one I have read, hands down, of all that I have read. Print it out and share it with your family members—please! I wish I had read it first; but I actually read it last—and now I’m putting it first. You understand…
I was first alerted that a great essay by Jeff Fecke entitled, “No, You Aren’t Amber Cole’s Father” was posted in response to yet another wayward, misogynistic article by Jimi Izrael. Reading that piece led me to another, discussing how angry “Amber Cole’s” father is and the justice... 
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