For some reason, I have had my fair share of ‘weird dude experiences’ (WDE). In fact, I’m sure if you get a group of women in their 20s and 30s together, you could have a little festival to celebrate surviving multiple WDE.
When I was a young teenager I ran into a lot of the ‘psst’ [...]
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I’ve been mulling over a lot in the last few weeks. Life is happening, and I’m still kickin’, but I’m battling some severe apathy right now. Sometimes it gets like that, and I’m not sure if it’s fatigue-related or what, but here I am.
Right now, I’m thinking about how teeth-grittingly peeved I was when I [...]
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Posted in feminism, my life, pop culture, race, social theory, women, tagged feminism, interracial relationships, race, racism on May 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I went to spend this past wknd with my mother to celebrate her bday and Mother’s Day, since they’re so close together, and I don’t get to go over that way too often.
In the course of talking, we ended up talking about whether there really is a disconnect between black feminists and white feminists. I [...]
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I stumbled upon the beginning of Tyra’s talk show just now. And I’ll say one thing for her – she knows how to hook a viewer. I didn’t see the whole preview – just the part with a father pushing his daughter to be a prostitute. And there ya go, I had to watch.
The show [...]
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The rain is pouring down outside, after about an hour of flashing and flickering lightning. What a great night to be inside. Except, I left work because the sun set – not because my work was done. And I left people there. So I feel bad. But I am still incredibly grateful for the Sabbath. [...]
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In reading the three-part series on skeevy oldheads running behind young girls, I found myself confronting some of the incidents of my own early teenhood. There were several times old dudes [at least in their twenties, if not older] made inappropriate comments to me [when I was 14/15 years old]. I became used to a [...]
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The things that I expect from my life are influenced by how I grew up. We all know this, but sometimes, it takes a little perspective to see how much our upbringing really affects us. That was what part of my wknd was about. I went to go see some friends this [...]
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Posted in feminism, movies, my life, social theory, tagged boys, feminism, girls, movies, my life, stereotypes on February 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Among other things, I watched Sydney White last night. I happen to love Amanda Bynes and had been pleasantly surprised by She’s the Man last fall, so I was totally ready for this one. A Snow White story with a twist – basically, Sydney White and the 7 dorks. Cute premise. [...]
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Posted in feminism, politics, pop culture, social theory, tv, women, tagged feminism, men, MSNBC, relationships, stereotypes, success, tv, women on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like NBC’s got a thing for women right about now. NBC and MSNBC. The network jumped on the ‘Sex and the City’ rehash train with an actual Candace Bushnell follow-up: Lipstick Jungle. The news network…well, they’ve got Chris Matthews and David Shuster. What else can I say? They’ve apparently [...]
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When I’m not stressed – which is most of the time – I can get some serious relaxation going at any given moment. This translates to a very laid-back outlook on just about everything – even when I seriously care.
So I’m trying to decide: lady or man? black or white? who’s [...]
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