September 2010
19 posts
“Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that...”
– Alice Walker
If this isn’t right on time…
(spotted at Zora & Alice)
Gender is Not Just a Performance →
“If one more person tells me that “all gender is performance,” I think I am going to strangle them.
Perhaps most annoying about that soundbite is the somewhat snooty “I-took-a-gender-studies-class-and-you-didn’t” sort of way in which it is most often recited, a magnificent irony given the way that phrase dumbs down gender. It is a crass oversimplification, as ridiculous as saying all gender is...
WatchIf it’s not bad enough that Bishop Long is anti-gay and coerced young men, the article also says that he:
“Chose the plaintiffs to be his “Spiritual Sons,” a program that allegedly includes other young men from the church. Flagg (one of the young men) moved into a home owned by another New Birth pastor when he was a high school junior, according to the suit, where Long...
Is Nicki Minaj the new Katy Perry?
Besides flaunting brightly colored wig-pieces, Both of them have proved that kissing a girl (while being a feminine woman at least) can propel you to stardom. Are they manipulating us? Or just using the same tactics that men have been using for years? Men exaggerate and blatantly lie about having “the hottest chicks, the hottest cars, etc.” all the time in popular music without many...
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Nicki Minaj's Androgynous Machine →
Short article about Nicki Minaj using patriarchal and misogynistic language in her rap lyrics (like most male rappers do) to gain more listeners. And how she’s probably not really bi-sexual, but using the same tools men have been using for years in hip-hop.
hmmmmm. discuss.
