Archive for February 2009
A few Words on Chris and Rihanna
Posted by: elledub08 on: February 20, 2009
Cross Posted at Change.org
Most of you have heard about the Chris Brown-Rihanna domestic violence issue. There are several sides to this story, but I will say that violence against women is a serious issue and it is an issue that needs to be addressed in our communities.
Two members of Females United for Action - 15 year [...]
Michelle’s Vogue Cover Matters
Posted by: elledub08 on: February 19, 2009
Carmen Van Kerckhove from New Demographic recently wrote about Michelle Obama’s Vogue Cover.
From CNN/AC360:
In case anyone is wondering what’s so utterly remarkable about having Michelle Obama model the cover of Vogue, consider the fashion magazine’s blighted past in matters of race.
Vogue has a history of publishing disquieting images of black people, so the March [...]
Behold, a Lady | Open Thread
Posted by: elledub08 on: February 17, 2009
I have no other comments except for this song right here.
What a lovely expression of Black womanhood.
Consider this an open thread….please feel free to drop links, music, blogs, news, questions, comments, and general queries
Yes Means Yes @ Busboys and Poets
Posted by: elledub08 on: February 6, 2009
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a booksigning for Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power & a World Without Rape, an anthology edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti of Feministing.
What an incredibly powerful and liberating idea: creating a world where rape is rare and where women can truly own their sexuality. [...]
Confessions of a Black Male Womanist
Posted by: elledub08 on: February 4, 2009
Please welcome my friend and fraternity brother James Hines to the blog. Today he addresses an issue I wrote about recently at change.org, which is the ways in which men–particularly Black men—embrace womanism and feminism. He also discusses the challenge of balancing womanism with not-so-womanist tendencies. (btw, you can find him on twitter @jimmysunshine).
I’m just [...]
Womanism 101
Posted by: elledub08 on: February 4, 2009
Yesterday I had the privilege of attending Feminism 2.0, a conference devoted to creating a bridge between feminism and social media. During one of my comments, I mentioned that I was a womanist political blogger. The one thing that kind of surprised me was the number of women–young and old, black and white–who had never [...]
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