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Viva La Black Girl

on race, mixing and other ruminations. I have to thank my auntie for telling me the other day about the “jahaji-bhai” within our family tree. I feel as though she referenced it to me befor… more →

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Viva La Black Girl

soyluv wrote 1 month ago: on race, mixing and other ruminations. I have to thank my auntie for telling me the other day about … more →

Tags: Black People, Caribbean Culture, Culture, Music, Trini, trinidad, a girl like me documentary, Caribbean Music, identity

wide open spaces--- — 2 comments

soyluv wrote 1 month ago: are these big patches of _________.  [literal or not]. they are those open spaces waiting to be fill … more →

Tags: Caribbean Culture, Trini, trinidad, Community, Culture, feminist, identity, Island Life, Race

The Trouble with Culture

soyluv wrote 2 months ago: Part rant, part retrospective, part pissed off-ness for my friend… The trouble with culture is … more →

Tags: Caribbean Culture, cultural capitalism, Culture, soca, Trini, trinidad, angry trini, Bad Business, caribbean clothing

i know it's not christmas but....

soyluv wrote 3 months ago: i am currently listening to this my dad plays this album EVERY christmas and i just had a yearning … more →

Tags: Music, Culture, Black Culture, Black People, Caribbean Music, Caribbean Culture

A Short Drop

soyluv wrote 3 months ago: It seems like wherever enclaves of people from different cultures are found, vestiges of our home an … more →

Tags: soyluv's entries, Caribbean Culture, caribbean mini bus, Culture, maxis, transportation in the caribbean, Trini Culture, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indian

A Short Drop

soyluv wrote 3 months ago: It seems like wherever enclaves of people from different cultures are found, vestiges of our home an … more →

Tags: Trini, trinidad, Culture, Music, Caribbean Culture, Trinidad and Tobago, trinidad and tobago culture, Island Life, West Indian

Hot Wuk in the Dancehall: What's Sex Got to do With It?

soyluv wrote 7 months ago: The tagline on Lily Allen’s myspace profile page currently says “most people don’t know how to … more →

Tags: soyluv's entries, black women, Caribbean Culture, Caribbean Music, Culture, dancehall, dancehall culture, dancing, Feminism

Masculinity and Performativity in Soca music — 3 comments

soyluv wrote 11 months ago:      Most people seemed to be buzzing about the way in which 2008 saw the return of Bunji Garlin (Ia … more →

Tags: Trini, trinidad, Culture, Music, soca, Trinidad Carnival, feminist, Black People, Caribbean Culture

For the young man who didn't know... — 4 comments

FallenStarNBabylon wrote 1 year ago: My Dear Distant Lover, I must reiterate that I am a Guyanese FIRST and an Yankee second, despite you … more →

Tags: V's Rants on N-E & EvRYthing, Life, Food, Random Stuff, Caribbean Food

Masculinity and Performativity in Soca music

soyluv wrote 1 year ago: Most people seemed to be buzzing about the way in which 2008 saw the return of Bunji Garlin (Ian Alv … more →

Tags: soyluv's entries, black male identity, Black masculinity, Black Men, black women, Caribbean Culture, feminist, soca, Trini

The Birth of the new West Indian Nationalism

soyluv wrote 1 year ago:  I’m not quite sure why I felt it necessary to hang one of those rear view mirror flags in my … more →

Tags: soyluv's entries, Culture, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indian, migration, west indian identity, Caribbean Culture, Trini

on being a darkie — 4 comments

soyluv wrote 2 years ago: So, I’ve been thinking about language and the many ways we express our deeply imbued societal notion … more →

Tags: soyluv's entries, Culture, Trinidad and Tobago, race in trinidad, Colorism, black women, Caribbean Culture, Trini, Race

Hairstories

soyluv wrote 2 years ago: So here is my inaugural blog. Initially I thought about calling my ruminations “constructive c … more →

Tags: Black Hair, Black People, Caribbean Culture, Culture, feminist, Trini, trinidad, black women, representations of black people


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