February 2012
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Hegemonic Heterosexuality →
My thoughts…written much more eloquently than I could I ever write.
At its core, it’s based on two ugly stereotypes and one ugly model. The stereotypes can be distilled down to this: Men are stupid and women are crazy. Offensive as hell no matter how you slice it, ain’t it? As to the model, it’s kind of even worse: conflict. Men and women’s interests and goals are at odds with each other,...
January 2012
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December 2011
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2011 musings
Another 12 months went by crazy fast and here I am on New Years Eve 2012. 2011 has been a spectacular year; I achieved the biggest accomplishment of my life which was graduating from college last May. I feel like this one single event really overshadowed everything else, good or bad, so much so that I can’t really think of anything else that was particularly memorable. And I guess I...
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When someone's telling me their life issues and...
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this is my life.
November 2011
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lots of frank ocean these past couple of days
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September 2011
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A Son Returns to the Agony of Somalia →
Great article by K’naan on returning to Somalia during the on-going famine.
So, 20 summers after I left as a child, I found myself on my way back to Somalia with some concerned friends and colleagues. I hoped that my presence would let me shine a light into this darkness. Maybe spare even one life, a life equal to mine, from indifferently wasting away. But I am no statesman, nor a soldier....
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August 2011
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melt speakers: [GLOBAL BASS] Mad Heat: The Native... →
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Mad Heat: The Native Mad Decent Block Party Mixtape! by maddecent
Tracklist:
Gang Gang Dance - MindKilla (Lee Scratch Perry Remix) Jillionaire - Go Dung (african talk edit) DJ Tim Dolla- Trina Bytch (Dirty Vouge) SPF 5000-White Hot Fantasy (DJ Sega remix) …
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Listening to The Weeknd's new mixtape "Thursday"
so what if I have work tomorrow?
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Am I a Crazy Person? →
I actually nearly died of laughter at work.
Crying. In public. Being crazy. I could see it happening. Someone would bump into me on the street and it would unleash the floodgates. They would ask me what’s wrong and I would tell them in between sobs, “I’m just bein’ Miley” and run away.
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Forget the Soviet Union, the real threat of...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/08/08/the_two_sweetest_words_in_the_english_language_de_fault_.html?wpisrc=twitter_socialflow
Tea partiers constantly cheer when anything goes wrong for America, essentially welcoming anything that will destroy America if it destroys Obama.
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Bought my ticket for Rock the Bells
Really excited for Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu…just hoping Lauryn is as good as she used to be considering all the terrible reviews she’s been getting lately. Also, Black Star! http://rockthebells.net/
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July 2011
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Ladies, We Have A Problem →
A young woman who pressed rape charges against two New York City police officers could not be believed, in part, because she was drunk. When an 11-year-old Texas girl was allegedly gang-raped by 19 men, The New York Times ran a story quoting neighbors saying that she habitually wore makeup and dressed in clothes more appropriate for a 20-year-old. The maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn...
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Ramblings of a Worrier: #teamshutup →
ramblingsofaworrier:
Okay, I’m about to get SUPER real with yall. Hold on to your hats slash weaves.
Skin color, skin color, skin color.
First of all, didn’t know there was a “thing” associated with this little issue till high school. Ironically, I went to an all black elementary school, where in retrospect, I…
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June 2011
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summer resolution: walk more
May 2011
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Free Summer Concerts in NYC →
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SlutWalk is not sexual liberation →
SlutWalk has really been bugging me lately. Aside from the fact that it doesn’t take into account any of the views of women of color or women who are forced into working in the sex industry, it aims to appropriate the word “slut” into some sort of positive, empowering term. I really don’t think that’s ever possible and do we really want to make “slut” a...
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GRADUATED. i love you barnard
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April 2011
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Groff's solo comes on in Like A Prayer...
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March 2011
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A Forced March for American Women: Back to the... →
And mind you, all these new coercive powers that would be granted to the government, all these intrusions into the most private aspects of women’s intimate lives, all these forced procedures, are being pushed by those very same people who have decried what they call government’s intrusion into people’s lives. And all these unwanted medical procedures are being thrust upon women...
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For Colored Girls
Very powerful movie. Props to Tyler Perry for successfully converting Ntozake Shange’s (a Barnard alumna!) play into film.
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I haven’t posted in a long time…but it’s spring break now, meaning I have time to spend endless hours on sites like tumblr. Run down of events so far:
- Dimilsa’s epic 22nd bday
- Enjoying spring weather and Varelli’s with Minori
- Eating a lot of home-cooked food
- Sleeping at least 8 hours every night since Thursday
- Downloading a ton of music
- Currently...