Posts Tagged ‘Black Men’
I Do Not Consent: Musings on Sexual Terrorism
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 24, 2009
This is a re-post from JoNubian’s blog. A painful truth is that rape plays too big a role in the lives of one too many of the women closest to me. I hope that both cis and trans women continue to tell their truths about rape and that men join us in breaking the cycle [...]
Happy Birthday, Stevie
Posted by: elledub08 on: May 14, 2009
Yesterday marked Stevie Wonder’s birthday.
Many of the people who know me know that music is very important to me. It has the power to change a whole nation of people. I grew up in a house where music was used to inform, to comfort, and to educate my siblings and I. My dad and [...]
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 [...]
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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