Saturday, February 26, 2005
I'm heated!
This is the first article that I've seen about our event and it's on the AP wire! It doesn't even mention that Kevin Powell was there and it grossly misrepresents what went down. I'm still too close to the event to do a play by play but know that this is not an accurate representation. The media can't even get the story right, when we are telling them how it's something they never seem to be able to do. I mean does this even appear balanced?
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Delta steals, VH1's racist,and CNN sucks!
The BF's (my friends from my first year days plus Cate) participated in Delta's Campus MovieFest by creating a short, a no more than 5 min. movie about how good goes around. Being the fabulous creative people that they are, their movie "the gooooooood squad" was chosen to be a finalist in the citywide competition (which is mysteriously missing from the website, now). Though the city competition hasn't happened, I imagine they will place pretty high b/c delta ripped off their movie for their new commercial! It's quite an ingenous way not to pay an advertising agency and get some fresh ideas. To the BF's congrats once again, sorry your work has been consumed by the corporate machine and repackaged as their own.
Race o rama continues to teeter b/w an effort to prove racial stereotypes true and insightful provocative commentary on race relations in this country. I was especially upset during the Blackaphobia episode where they said people should be scared of black women b/c they have attitude. "A black woman will tell you what your doing wrong. " If your doing wrong someone needs to tell you! We're just supposed to be silent? Are white women silent? I hate that!! Plus I think that's faulty anyway. If black women are so outspoken, so assertive and agressive, why are we still getting beaten by the men our lives, stayin' with men who cheat on us, can't get the men we are with to use condoms so we don't get HIV and die?
The one thing that I did think was interesting during In Race We Lust, was the the idea of black women and asian men, the most undesirable people to bed and wed, getting together and having some blasian children. Maybe Mr. Will Yun Lee and I can make that fashionable : )
This reporter from cnn calls yesterday on my cell phone and says "So tell me about the Nelly protest." If she had done her research, i.e. read the article I wrote that Spelman sent her, she would have had the answer to every question she asked. She clearly had an agenda and wanted me to answer these questions in a certain way. She wanted to imply that "tip drill" was the spark that ignited my activism, that this was the first action of women taking a stand against misogynistic music. I was uncompromising and I think she just kind of gave up. Then she says they want to come early, do some shots of me getting ready to do the panel "You know doing your hair, getting ready in your room, chilling with your friends . . ." What?! First of all I don't "do" my hair, secondly if I don't clean my room for my friends, I'm certainly not cleaning it for CNN, and who says "chilling?" I told her I didn't feel comfortable with doing something in my dorm room."Why?"
I explained that it was a group effort and that my being singled out doesn't reflect all the women who were involved in making this happen. She tried to argue that "people need to see you washing your hair and getting ready so they can relate to you." She seemed to be semi-obsessed with my hair; I supposed she assumed that b/c I'm black it must be relaxed so it's gonna take me some time to do it? I once again said that I didn't feel confortable. She snapped at me then "Well we don't have to talk to you if your going to be uncomfortable," like I should be apologetic for missing this opportunity to have an interview with CNN. I told her she should get in touch with Asha then b/c I was sure she'd have no problems being followed.
Race o rama continues to teeter b/w an effort to prove racial stereotypes true and insightful provocative commentary on race relations in this country. I was especially upset during the Blackaphobia episode where they said people should be scared of black women b/c they have attitude. "A black woman will tell you what your doing wrong. " If your doing wrong someone needs to tell you! We're just supposed to be silent? Are white women silent? I hate that!! Plus I think that's faulty anyway. If black women are so outspoken, so assertive and agressive, why are we still getting beaten by the men our lives, stayin' with men who cheat on us, can't get the men we are with to use condoms so we don't get HIV and die?
The one thing that I did think was interesting during In Race We Lust, was the the idea of black women and asian men, the most undesirable people to bed and wed, getting together and having some blasian children. Maybe Mr. Will Yun Lee and I can make that fashionable : )
This reporter from cnn calls yesterday on my cell phone and says "So tell me about the Nelly protest." If she had done her research, i.e. read the article I wrote that Spelman sent her, she would have had the answer to every question she asked. She clearly had an agenda and wanted me to answer these questions in a certain way. She wanted to imply that "tip drill" was the spark that ignited my activism, that this was the first action of women taking a stand against misogynistic music. I was uncompromising and I think she just kind of gave up. Then she says they want to come early, do some shots of me getting ready to do the panel "You know doing your hair, getting ready in your room, chilling with your friends . . ." What?! First of all I don't "do" my hair, secondly if I don't clean my room for my friends, I'm certainly not cleaning it for CNN, and who says "chilling?" I told her I didn't feel comfortable with doing something in my dorm room."Why?"
I explained that it was a group effort and that my being singled out doesn't reflect all the women who were involved in making this happen. She tried to argue that "people need to see you washing your hair and getting ready so they can relate to you." She seemed to be semi-obsessed with my hair; I supposed she assumed that b/c I'm black it must be relaxed so it's gonna take me some time to do it? I once again said that I didn't feel confortable. She snapped at me then "Well we don't have to talk to you if your going to be uncomfortable," like I should be apologetic for missing this opportunity to have an interview with CNN. I told her she should get in touch with Asha then b/c I was sure she'd have no problems being followed.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Dude, Where's My Ghetto Pass?
Race-o-Rama was pretty ignorant. I mean they sucked me in with Black in the '80's so my guard was down. So here are my top 10 reasons for hating Dude where's my ghetto pass
1. the tips for being ghetto, i.e. find the nearest x-walk, and do chin ups on the light post
2. the very premise that the ghetto is once again touted as authentic blackness
3. they were giving passes to people, like giving them the black people's approval with a ghetto pass?! Do black people even say ghetto pass?
4. They took away people's ghetto passes (poor JT), because cultural co-option and physically going to the slums are the same thing?
5. the stupid debate over who would win in a show down between the hamburger helper hand and the black power fist (I don't know why people even entertained that question)
6. they had four women commenting out of like 25 people
7. the only discussion of women was in terms of black women having bigger butts than white women, which has nothing to do with the ghetto!
8. Michael Eric Dyson over bell? really VH1?
9. They actually asked if the trailor park was the new ghetto!
10. that the once mighty Mos is letting them put his music in a Denali Commercial?!
Things I liked . . .
1. Aaron McGrudder was killin' it with the commentary
These shows are dangerous b/c they become the voices of authority for people. If there are only certain people at the table, the show is edited for consensus and time, and those asking the questions have an agenda, it presents a faulty construction of the state of the world. There were some interesting points made but I'm so leary of mainstream media supposedly critiquing itself.
All things being said, I'm still going to watch it again tonight : )
1. the tips for being ghetto, i.e. find the nearest x-walk, and do chin ups on the light post
2. the very premise that the ghetto is once again touted as authentic blackness
3. they were giving passes to people, like giving them the black people's approval with a ghetto pass?! Do black people even say ghetto pass?
4. They took away people's ghetto passes (poor JT), because cultural co-option and physically going to the slums are the same thing?
5. the stupid debate over who would win in a show down between the hamburger helper hand and the black power fist (I don't know why people even entertained that question)
6. they had four women commenting out of like 25 people
7. the only discussion of women was in terms of black women having bigger butts than white women, which has nothing to do with the ghetto!
8. Michael Eric Dyson over bell? really VH1?
9. They actually asked if the trailor park was the new ghetto!
10. that the once mighty Mos is letting them put his music in a Denali Commercial?!
Things I liked . . .
1. Aaron McGrudder was killin' it with the commentary
These shows are dangerous b/c they become the voices of authority for people. If there are only certain people at the table, the show is edited for consensus and time, and those asking the questions have an agenda, it presents a faulty construction of the state of the world. There were some interesting points made but I'm so leary of mainstream media supposedly critiquing itself.
All things being said, I'm still going to watch it again tonight : )
Monday, February 21, 2005
Class Act and Oppression Olympics
Bettina called around noon today to tell me about something she'd seen on the 11 alive news. Apparently they highlight a local teacher who's a "Class Act," you know special interest piece for the community and what not. So today it was Ms. Carla Russo's time to shine and they showed the Garden Hills Elementary engaged with her students. So towards the end of the segment, they interview the black girl in the class who enthusiastically says, "I love Ms. Russo! She gave us all nick names and mine is 'Jemima.'"
What?! Jemima?! Of course the news team is all smiles and completely oblivious to the problematic nature of such a comment. Needless to say they and Ms. Russo are getting a letter. As someone who has been misinterpreted by the press, I'm reserving judgment until I get a response. I mean maybe the girl's name sounds like Jemima or maybe giving black children archaic stereotypical nick names is some form of transgressive political action I am not yet hip to. Whatever.
I've been in deep contemplation about identity lately. Jah's post of Nikki's poem really resonated with me. I find it increasingly difficult to deal with people because of my politics, black men in particular. Recognizing gender inequity is not a very popular thing to do in the black community.
Black women who do are forever being lambasted for not dealing with the seemingly larger oppression of race, which forever privilege the experiences of black men. Male privilege and white privilege remain the two major stumbling blocks preventing black men and white women from uniting in a mutually beneficial way with black women. Because we will never be white or male, black feminists have never held the illusion that one day they'd be included in the dominant power structure. And so black men and white women continue to play the oppression olympics, never really seeing how they too will never fully enjoy the spoils of such a system.
The powers that be have indoctrinated us so well that black women will critique other black women who dare to bring gender violence in our community to light. Like Alice and The Color Purple, though not on such a large scale, FMLA members have faced a similar backlash for bringing to people's attention the intraracial misogyny in rap music.
I know where this comes from, this desire to turn a blind eye to gender violence in our communities. I know the history, how black men were "emasculated" slavery, unable "to provide" for their families and "protect their women" from the physical and sexual assaults they faced at the hands of abusive plantation owners. I know that black men were demonized as potential rapists of the coveted white woman and subsequently lynched for even seemingly looking in a white woman's direction.
And so there is this mythology of pre-colonial Africa, as a monolithic bastion free of patriarchy or the patriarchy that existed was of the benevolent type and therefore unproblematic. And it's pervasive; this has been voiced in my black masculinities class on numerous occasions as an unchallenged truth of how much better off we'd be as a people if we just returned to our roots. Dr. K's favorite and now my favorite feminist of The Continent Patricia McFadden said, "If civilization began in Africa, patriarchy probably did too. And so then, did women's resistance to it."
But it's lonely out her as a young black feminist. It makes it all the more clear that voluntary segregation or repatriations (to where?) is not the answer. I wish everyone would read and absorb and understand how these interlocking systems work. We have to learn to see our individual struggles as connected to the struggles of others. Ok. I'll stop waxing philosophical now.
First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.
by Rev. Martin Niemoller
What?! Jemima?! Of course the news team is all smiles and completely oblivious to the problematic nature of such a comment. Needless to say they and Ms. Russo are getting a letter. As someone who has been misinterpreted by the press, I'm reserving judgment until I get a response. I mean maybe the girl's name sounds like Jemima or maybe giving black children archaic stereotypical nick names is some form of transgressive political action I am not yet hip to. Whatever.
I've been in deep contemplation about identity lately. Jah's post of Nikki's poem really resonated with me. I find it increasingly difficult to deal with people because of my politics, black men in particular. Recognizing gender inequity is not a very popular thing to do in the black community.
Black women who do are forever being lambasted for not dealing with the seemingly larger oppression of race, which forever privilege the experiences of black men. Male privilege and white privilege remain the two major stumbling blocks preventing black men and white women from uniting in a mutually beneficial way with black women. Because we will never be white or male, black feminists have never held the illusion that one day they'd be included in the dominant power structure. And so black men and white women continue to play the oppression olympics, never really seeing how they too will never fully enjoy the spoils of such a system.
The powers that be have indoctrinated us so well that black women will critique other black women who dare to bring gender violence in our community to light. Like Alice and The Color Purple, though not on such a large scale, FMLA members have faced a similar backlash for bringing to people's attention the intraracial misogyny in rap music.
I know where this comes from, this desire to turn a blind eye to gender violence in our communities. I know the history, how black men were "emasculated" slavery, unable "to provide" for their families and "protect their women" from the physical and sexual assaults they faced at the hands of abusive plantation owners. I know that black men were demonized as potential rapists of the coveted white woman and subsequently lynched for even seemingly looking in a white woman's direction.
And so there is this mythology of pre-colonial Africa, as a monolithic bastion free of patriarchy or the patriarchy that existed was of the benevolent type and therefore unproblematic. And it's pervasive; this has been voiced in my black masculinities class on numerous occasions as an unchallenged truth of how much better off we'd be as a people if we just returned to our roots. Dr. K's favorite and now my favorite feminist of The Continent Patricia McFadden said, "If civilization began in Africa, patriarchy probably did too. And so then, did women's resistance to it."
But it's lonely out her as a young black feminist. It makes it all the more clear that voluntary segregation or repatriations (to where?) is not the answer. I wish everyone would read and absorb and understand how these interlocking systems work. We have to learn to see our individual struggles as connected to the struggles of others. Ok. I'll stop waxing philosophical now.
First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.
by Rev. Martin Niemoller
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Sarah Jones keeps it real
So Sarah Jones' original special on Bravo blows Chapelle Show out of the water! I just read this review that said it wasn't as political as Bridge & Tunnel but I can't make that comparison. It also critiqued her as a copy cat or a follow up to Tracey Ulman, Whoopi and the like. That made me mad! Ain't nobody said nothin' about Chapelle for coming after chris, eddie, richard, flip, etc.
From Ashia about Kitwana's remarks
Kitwana’s lecture was pretty good and I enjoyed him, until my friend asked him a question about you. He said that he thought that you and the other Spelman women had other motives for doing what you did, and that it solved NOTHING. Basically he said some of the same things that you said Chuck D said about you and the other Spelman women. A lot of the black women there became disappointed by his comments. Another one of my friends stated to me that she had to read his book on the Hip-Hop generation in her class, and he contradicts himself throughout the whole book; I guess I will have to read it. I do not know if Kitwana knows that much about Hip-Hop in the first place, because he did not know that Jean Grae plays to a predominately white crowd; he even seemed shocked to hear that.
In my NAACP meeting a long time ago, we talked about the “Nelly” incident and many did feel that he was doing a “good” thing and that you and the other women were selfish, because most of the members there “speculated” that all of you are rich kids and what does it matter to you, because all of you are in the black elite anyway, so it shouldn’t matter. Its kind of like when Michele Wallace wrote “The Black Women and the Myth of the Superwoman” and she got all of that back lash for it, because she was not in the same socioeconomic status as the black women she wrote about. Personally, I was happy to hear that some black women had such respect for themselves that they would not have a man who depicted his own sisters in a degrading way. It’s a shame that some people do not look at it that way.
In my NAACP meeting a long time ago, we talked about the “Nelly” incident and many did feel that he was doing a “good” thing and that you and the other women were selfish, because most of the members there “speculated” that all of you are rich kids and what does it matter to you, because all of you are in the black elite anyway, so it shouldn’t matter. Its kind of like when Michele Wallace wrote “The Black Women and the Myth of the Superwoman” and she got all of that back lash for it, because she was not in the same socioeconomic status as the black women she wrote about. Personally, I was happy to hear that some black women had such respect for themselves that they would not have a man who depicted his own sisters in a degrading way. It’s a shame that some people do not look at it that way.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Remember you don't know me!
I got a post today saying that Bakari Kitwana had some not so nice things to say about me at a speaking engagement.
I'm really puzzled by this. All I ever wanted to do was challenge Nelly to think about what he produces for public consumption, correct in the press the faulty reports that Spelman had banned Nelly from coming to campus, explain that we are not interested in attacking artists, voice that we see the way our actions are being used by whites and blacks with conservative classest and racist agendas, and try to progress a real dialog in the black community about gender. This is not a "woe is me post" but simply an attempt to make sense of the continuing backlash on a small group of students who dared to attempt to challenge a multimillion dollar entertainer.
I was telling my friend DeLaine about this and she said this is a point of realization for her. For all the times we have judged someone for their statements in the press, there is the possibility that we have judged to quickly. We may have made a generalization about someone based on what the press presented which may or may not be an accurate representation of what they mean.
I too have been guilty of this, of making up my mind about people I've never met and to be on the other side is really humbling. It feels terrible to be misrepresented and talked about by somebody you respect. I am assuming that Mr. Kitwana hasn't read my articles or got a faulty sense of who and what I am about from the media at large. I'm concerned about more than how black people are represented. I, we, work on other things like reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, peace and justice issues, etc. This probably reads like I'm on a soap box but I want to be clear that this is not an incident in isolation for me but another action in a continuing string of actions designed to bring some light to something going on in the community. This one just got media attention.
I really wish this thing would die. Not that I'm not dedicated to the issue but now it has a life of it's own. Maybe things will quiet down after the town hall meeting next week.
I'm really puzzled by this. All I ever wanted to do was challenge Nelly to think about what he produces for public consumption, correct in the press the faulty reports that Spelman had banned Nelly from coming to campus, explain that we are not interested in attacking artists, voice that we see the way our actions are being used by whites and blacks with conservative classest and racist agendas, and try to progress a real dialog in the black community about gender. This is not a "woe is me post" but simply an attempt to make sense of the continuing backlash on a small group of students who dared to attempt to challenge a multimillion dollar entertainer.
I was telling my friend DeLaine about this and she said this is a point of realization for her. For all the times we have judged someone for their statements in the press, there is the possibility that we have judged to quickly. We may have made a generalization about someone based on what the press presented which may or may not be an accurate representation of what they mean.
I too have been guilty of this, of making up my mind about people I've never met and to be on the other side is really humbling. It feels terrible to be misrepresented and talked about by somebody you respect. I am assuming that Mr. Kitwana hasn't read my articles or got a faulty sense of who and what I am about from the media at large. I'm concerned about more than how black people are represented. I, we, work on other things like reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, peace and justice issues, etc. This probably reads like I'm on a soap box but I want to be clear that this is not an incident in isolation for me but another action in a continuing string of actions designed to bring some light to something going on in the community. This one just got media attention.
I really wish this thing would die. Not that I'm not dedicated to the issue but now it has a life of it's own. Maybe things will quiet down after the town hall meeting next week.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Downtown . . .
This weekend I interviewed for Emory's Women's Studies graduate program with 11 other finalists for 5 funded slots. It was surprisingly tame. I really felt out of my element on Saturday though. The segregation on this town is so serious and as Frances pointed out Emory "is a different world from 'A Different World.'" Maybe, if I get in, I'll still live in the West End.
The research that some of the other candidates are doing is frikken amazing! A woman named Alex is doing work on sustainable communities and creating sustainable campuses that grow their own food. The implications for communities to return to more subsistence based living are global! It made me think of migrant workers out west being freed from the oppressive system of produce work. I didn't get a chance to ask her though about who "owns" the land and what that means for indigenous people who are still displaced from their land.
Lizzy is doing work on media representations of menstruation. She was talking about how the companies who produce pads and tampons, have the unceremonious task of doing menstruation education and how problematic that is. I'm sure we all remember the "I Got It" videos of our childhoods. She's also looking at reality TV through the same critical lens. The other people were really cool too and doing equally interesting things but those resonated with the most.
Oh, but one of the grad students is looking at compulsory monogamy. It was really cool to talk to her because I learned a million new words like "heteroflexible" and "polyamory." What other field lets you make up words?
I watched the Fashion police on E! last night and of course I got upset. They had that Kojo/David Evangelista -esque guy and Kathy Griffin, who have never seemed so fashion forward to me but whatever, commenting on what people wore to the grammy's. They showed footage of Raphael Saadiq with EWF, and of course they didn't know who he was or even distinguish him from the rest of the group. They showed Ben Harper, another beautiful brother who has "transcended" race, with a preggers Laura Dern on his arm as they discussed whether or not the child was his. Kanye threw up the roc and Kojelista asked "why do they do that? what does that mean?" he seemed somewhat miffed by his ignorance to the significance of the symbol which made me smile a little bit.
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The title is an homage to coko, lelee, and taj. One of my friends tried to argue that gay people had a monopoly on sexual bluntness. Not that downtown is so very blunt but it's subject matter created quite a stir when it came out; J also gave them a shout out so they were on the brain so i listened to the album again. It's fire and at times it reaches for a feministic stance on sex. The way black women were singing about sex then was so inspiring.
The research that some of the other candidates are doing is frikken amazing! A woman named Alex is doing work on sustainable communities and creating sustainable campuses that grow their own food. The implications for communities to return to more subsistence based living are global! It made me think of migrant workers out west being freed from the oppressive system of produce work. I didn't get a chance to ask her though about who "owns" the land and what that means for indigenous people who are still displaced from their land.
Lizzy is doing work on media representations of menstruation. She was talking about how the companies who produce pads and tampons, have the unceremonious task of doing menstruation education and how problematic that is. I'm sure we all remember the "I Got It" videos of our childhoods. She's also looking at reality TV through the same critical lens. The other people were really cool too and doing equally interesting things but those resonated with the most.
Oh, but one of the grad students is looking at compulsory monogamy. It was really cool to talk to her because I learned a million new words like "heteroflexible" and "polyamory." What other field lets you make up words?
I watched the Fashion police on E! last night and of course I got upset. They had that Kojo/David Evangelista -esque guy and Kathy Griffin, who have never seemed so fashion forward to me but whatever, commenting on what people wore to the grammy's. They showed footage of Raphael Saadiq with EWF, and of course they didn't know who he was or even distinguish him from the rest of the group. They showed Ben Harper, another beautiful brother who has "transcended" race, with a preggers Laura Dern on his arm as they discussed whether or not the child was his. Kanye threw up the roc and Kojelista asked "why do they do that? what does that mean?" he seemed somewhat miffed by his ignorance to the significance of the symbol which made me smile a little bit.
The title is an homage to coko, lelee, and taj. One of my friends tried to argue that gay people had a monopoly on sexual bluntness. Not that downtown is so very blunt but it's subject matter created quite a stir when it came out; J also gave them a shout out so they were on the brain so i listened to the album again. It's fire and at times it reaches for a feministic stance on sex. The way black women were singing about sex then was so inspiring.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
I'm so hyfie . . .
So I haven't blogged in a while because I was waiting for confirmation on this theory I had. However, I am very impatient so I'm just going to put it out there.
There is this song that's been playing on Atl radio stations recently which i believe is the unofficial anthem of the California version of crunk called "hyfie," which I don't even know if I'm spelling correctly. I first learned of hyfie during an MTV newsbrief where Sway went to "the streets" of the bay area and asked young people to define and dance "hyfie." It looked a hot mess! It looked like people imitating people who don't know how to dance. It reminded me of an episode of flash forward where Tucker and the gang trick a sociologist into believing that there is a secret teenage world and language that adults know nothing about. I would love for it to be discovered later that these kids played the ultimate prank on MTV by pretending that the "hyfie" craze was real.
There is this song that's been playing on Atl radio stations recently which i believe is the unofficial anthem of the California version of crunk called "hyfie," which I don't even know if I'm spelling correctly. I first learned of hyfie during an MTV newsbrief where Sway went to "the streets" of the bay area and asked young people to define and dance "hyfie." It looked a hot mess! It looked like people imitating people who don't know how to dance. It reminded me of an episode of flash forward where Tucker and the gang trick a sociologist into believing that there is a secret teenage world and language that adults know nothing about. I would love for it to be discovered later that these kids played the ultimate prank on MTV by pretending that the "hyfie" craze was real.
Sunday, February 06, 2005
We could take a bank . . .
I watched Set It Off with marge and cate yesterday. We all cried. I used to take great pride in saying I wasn't a crier but I don't think I can say that anymore. That isn't to say that I cry a lot, just that now I probably cry at emotionally appropriate moments. Jalylah im'ed me to say that she got my message, she'd call me later and "p.s. tonight we had dinner w/ jordan carlos and his girlfriend." Then she signed off! I am aching for details . . .
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
BGS is an OG!
Last night was the spike film forum in King's Chapel. Our little clique of progressives sat together and gave Dr. Guy-Sheftall a hero's welcome as she took the stage. She was so blunt and so direct, both critiquing and praising spike as she deemed appropriate. I love it when people regulate (shout out to jalylah the other great regulator I know) especially when it's Dr. guy-sheftall checking someone's faulty gender analysis. We had a more intimate discussion in the women's center following and it was great to hear my fellow FMLA sisters hold it down and reflect their truths about the protest and how we thought about it. It was also interesting to see how professors responded to celebrity; I'll leave that alone. The most important thing to me was seeing the FMLA in action. We are so serious and I really feel like we can set this world right again!
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
let it go . . .
Ayoka's class met for the first time and of course, it was frikken amazing! She's so together! I also had to deal with that prolific morehouse ego today too. Hats off to sarah for checking ol' boy in a serious way!
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