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Precious Part 2 - When "feel good" branding goes wrong5 comments

elledub08 wrote 2 weeks ago: My second post devoted to the movie Precious was going to be about how Tyler Perry should consider l … more →

Tags: Black Society, Controversy, mainstream media sucks, Politics, pop culture, Womanism and Hip Hop, Women and girls, Foolishness, Gabourey Sibide

Violence amongst women on SF Muni

Mary wrote 2 months ago: *warning — the videos enclosed are of real fights, obscenities included* On the 49 Within the … more →

Tags: ethnicity, MUNI, violence amongst women, gender issues, catfiights, san francisco women, SF-Muni, YouTube Videos, Public Transportation

Black People, Decorum and Privilege8 comments

elledub08 wrote 3 months ago: As I settle into another work week, I realize that this hasn’t been a good couple of days for … more →

Tags: Black Society, Controversy, mainstream media sucks, Music, Foolishness, Kanye West, Outbursts, Privilege, Serena Williams

WAT? Roger Sterling in Blackface????5 comments

elledub08 wrote 3 months ago: If you follow me on Twitter, then you probably saw my shock and awe at seeing Roger Sterling in Blac … more →

Tags: Black Society, Controversy, pop culture, Women and girls, Feminism, Joan Holloway, Mad Men, Roger Sterling, telivision

Black people on Mad Men (or lack thereof)7 comments

elledub08 wrote 4 months ago: As a pretty big Mad Men fan, I was so excited about last night’s Season 3 premiere. Not only d … more →

Tags: Black Society, Controversy, pop culture, Women and girls, Diversity, Feminism, Mad Men, Don Draper, Television

Vogue Italia's Black Barbie: A Step Forward or a Step Back?4 comments

elledub08 wrote 4 months ago: This month, Vogue Italia is doing another take on last year’s successful Black Issue: a fashio … more →

Tags: Controversy, Women and girls, womanism, Motherhood, woc, Women of Color, Body Politics, Barbie, Body Image

Hotentot Venus and Her Lessons for Michael Jackson 2 comments

crystalhandjuliad wrote 5 months ago: Dear Julia, I really enjoyed your memorial to Michael Jackson.  Ever since his death, the media has … more →

Tags: In The News, post-racial, Internalized racism, Michael Jackson passes at 50

Hate speech is proof of the disease

crystalhandjuliad wrote 6 months ago: Dear Crystal, I am in Charleston, my birthplace, minutes away from Sullivan’s Island, “S … more →

Tags: Michelle Obama, In The News, post-racial, racial micro-aggressions, health

Black Women and Reproductive Health

crystalhandjuliad wrote 6 months ago: Dear Julia, Here’s a video of Sistah Professor Melissa Harris Lacewell from Princeton Universi … more →

Tags: racial micro-aggressions

What's left unsaid

crystalhandjuliad wrote 6 months ago: Dear Crystal, We’re on the same page in more ways than one (excuse cheesy joke)! I also attend … more →

Tags: In The News, post-racial, racial micro-aggressions

A Graduate Conference for Feminist Philosophers, Call for Papers

Amy Wuest wrote 6 months ago: I was visiting the web-page of the Philosophy Department at the University of Western Ontario, and n … more →

Tags: CFPS, Conferences, Feminist Philosophy, Social Philosophy

Post-Racial?

crystalhandjuliad wrote 6 months ago: Julia,   I was reading this morning and trying to catch up on all the news that I missed this week, … more →

Tags: President Obama, In The News, post-racial

Response to Black and White Women Fighting

crystalhandjuliad wrote 6 months ago: Dear Crystal, Your post and Kristen Mack’s article in the Root present important themes and qu … more →

Tags: Are Relationships Across Race Different?

Black and White Women Fighting

crystalhandjuliad wrote 6 months ago:     Julia,  Guess what, women have trouble talking to one another, particularly Black and White wome … more →

Tags: Are Relationships Across Race Different?, In The News

Talking Race and Family and Gender

crystalhandjuliad wrote 6 months ago: Dear Crystal, I know exactly what you mean about the Study Circles! And I was thinking when one of o … more →

Talking Race and Gender1 comment

crystalhandjuliad wrote 7 months ago: Julia, Our last Study Circle was great. The one before that was deep too.  I wish we had more time. … more →

Poking Fun at Postracial1 comment

elledub08 wrote 7 months ago: This commercial was so funny and clever. And so was the back story. H/T: Ta-Nehisi Coates … more →

Tags: Election '08, Obama-palooza, Black Society, mainstream media sucks, Barack Obama, Diversity, Black Men, Foolishness, change

This Thing Called Race...1 comment

Amy Wuest wrote 8 months ago: … is the title of tonight’s philosophy slam hosted by JU.  The presentation will be give … more →

Tags: General Interest

Globalization and the Struggle for Peace and Human Rights...

Amy Wuest wrote 9 months ago: …is the topic of the Global Studies Association of North America’s 2009 Conference.  May … more →

Tags: Conferences, Political Theory, Social Philosophy


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