October 2010
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“Most black ministers, leaders, and celebrities fully embrace a “don’t ask, don’t...”
– Redefining Same-Sex Love In The Black Community (via Instapaper)
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Rita Indiana drops "El Juidero"
Rita Indiana has finally dropped her debut album with her band, Los Misterios, El Juidero, to the joy of cool kids in her native Dominican Republic and Puerto Rican home-base and abroad. Blending pop, merengue, reggae, hip-hop with an electro edge, Rita is a former model who still moonlights as a screenwriter and novelist while commanding her 5-piece band complete with awesomely memorable...
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voguefemme-deactivated20110709- asked: thanks for following me. i love this blog.
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Drapetomania
was a supposed mental illness described by American physician Samuel A. Cartwright in 1851 that caused black slaves to flee captivity. Today, drapetomania is considered an example of pseudoscience, and part of the edifice of scientific racism. The term derives from the Greek δραπετης (drapetes, “a runaway [slave]”) + μανια (mania, “madness, frenzy”).
Cartwright described...
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“The process of becoming that which you are is really the process of letting go...”
– raquefella
The Boy who would be Princess →
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WatchRealness: Part One & Two
“Tika is in the process of becoming a man. Together with her girlfriend Nicki filmmaker David Barclay Moore lets the audience in on Tika’s transitioning while discussing views on black male privilege. Here we see a casual and intimate portrayal of a relationship confronting the very essence of the value of appearing male. Tika confesses that she is treated more...
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WatchI recently got sent this video by Vivek Shraya, a Toronto-based artist. This new short, Seeking Single White Male is a study of a brown body in (queer) white spaces.
Vivek Shraya is a Toronto-based artist whose projects include multiple records and a collection of illustrated short stories. His music was recently featured on Degrassi and Private Practice, and he has performed and read...
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An Open letter to Oprah... →
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yourstruggle asked: really great blog. nice. and thanks for following!
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yourstruggle asked: really great blog. nice. and thanks for following!
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“Where’s everyone’s accountability for homophobia!...”
– Anthony Antoine Preventions Program Director for AIDS Research Consortium(ARCA) in Atlanta (via loldarian)
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Watch‘Spanish Girls Are Beautiful’ brings the hazy world of women and weed into sharp focus, with the intersection of urban and suburban New York serving as a backdrop to the story of Taylor and Jayla. An all female ensemble cast throws down a real picture of two would-be lovers living in totally different worlds. Can love cross the county lines that divides the ‘hood from the...
