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| Filed Under: | Issues & Causes / Human Rights | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1143 | |
| Posts / Week: | 10.7 | |
| Archived Since: | May 9, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Medical People Have an Overwhelming Obsession With AIDs
This is a guest post from Sparky, of Spark in Darkness. Many of you are familiar with him from Livejournal, as well as from his insightful and often hilarious commentary here. Each Tuesday, Womanist Musings will be featuring a post from Sparky. Dear readers, I come to you with wonderful news! It seems I am immortal! Yes, I have found the key
'The Face' Model Devyn, Is Apparently So Light Skinned, She's Internatonal and Not Black
Women of colour have always had a hard time in the modelling industry. There have always been a few who have managed to have a successful career like Alec Wek, Naomi Campbell and Iman but by enlarge, despite their obvious beauty, their...Show More Summary
Male Privilege and Power Equal Rape
The recent media coverage of the Steubenville, Ohio, rape trial was disturbing to say the least. Little to no concern has been aimed at the victim and instead what we saw repeatedly, was sympathy for the rapists. To be clear, bothShow More Summary
Ground Hog Punxsutawney Phil and I have issues
I was really excited when Punxsutawney Phil announced this ground hog's day that we would have an early spring. In front of thousands of people at Gobbler's Knob, a rural area near he small town of Punxsutawney, a group of town elders...Show More Summary
Jada Pinkett-Smith Questions Whether White Women Should Grace the Covers of Magazines Aimed at WOC?
Like many women of colour I grew up looking at magazine racks with row upon row of White faces staring at me. I would be lying if I said that it didn't have an impact upon how I perceived my race and gender growing up. Things haveShow More Summary
Silence is Golden
This is a guest post from Sparky, of Spark in Darkness. Many of you are familiar with him from Livejournal, as well as from his insightful and often hilarious commentary here. Each Tuesday, Womanist Musings will be featuring a post from Sparky. Today I’m going to talk about the value of silence Yes, privileged folks, flock around, I be SILENCING YOU, oh
The Great Tooth Caper
This past week it was March break for my kids. When they came home for the start of their vacation, they promptly dropped their backpacks and forgot all about them until this morning. The unhusband grabbed their bags to pack their lunches...Show More Summary
Not Having A Black Pope Is Not A Bad Thing
I know that there are a few people disappointed today that the new archbishop of Rome is not a Black man. When Pope Benedict XVI resigned, there was much speculation about Cardinal Peter Turkson becoming the new pontiff. This wouldShow More Summary
Is There A Duty To Educate?
This is a guest post from Sparky, of Spark in Darkness. Many of you are familiar with him from Livejournal, as well as from his insightful and often hilarious commentary here. Each Tuesday, Womanist Musings will be featuring a post from Sparky. So let’s have a poke at this whole “duty o educate” thing. I know, I know, surely this is a basic 101. But, I
According To Terrence Howard, Black People Have a Crab Mentality
Yes, Terrence Howard AKA Baby Wipes is at it again. This time he has moved from his sexist commentary to targeting all Black people. With all of the money this man makes, you would think that he could hire someone to slap him sillyShow More Summary
Women Beats Child With Electrical Cord For Being Gay
Sometimes, you read a story in the news and it hits on you on an absolutely visceral level. This is one of those times. Erica Moore, entered her fifteen year old son's room and discovered him receiving oral sex from his 18 year old cousin. Show More Summary
The Weirdness of Friends and the Undead Dildo
Sometimes, you see something that no matter how hard you try, you simply cannot unsee. Your choices are to either move away slowly and hope the image fades, or take the opportunity to shock or gross out the people around you. GuessShow More Summary
Why Choice Does Not Exist in a Vacuum
This is a guest post from Sparky, of Spark in Darkness. Many of you are familiar with him from Livejournal, as well as from his insightful and often hilarious commentary here. Each Tuesday, Womanist Musings will be featuring a post from Sparky. At some point among various members of various activist movements, choice became the last word, he finishing line,
The Problem With Numéro's African Queen
Yes we have yet another magazine tying to justify its inclusion of Blackface. The above image is of the ever so White, blond-haired, blue-eyed model Ondria Hardin. The image appeared in Numéro magazine n°141 of March 2013 and was photographed...Show More Summary
The Onion Calls Quvenzhane Wallis A C#nt
Nine year old Quvenzhane Wallis was nominated for best actress for her role on Beasts of the Southern Wild. Throughout all of the press and pressure, Quvenzhane has displayed a class and a grace well beyond the nine years she has been...Show More Summary
The Portrayal of Addiction in Urban Fantasy
Because urban fantasy is thought of as unimportant fluff, it often gets a pass on many of the isms that it perpetuates. It never ceases to amaze me hat in a genre which is filled with fantastical elements that so many find it difficult...Show More Summary
When One Man Spanks Another
Alight, I know from the provocative title that you might be expecting kink, but this article is actually about class and adult vs child status. 53-year-old Ron Kronenberge, who is a landlord in the southwest Ohio village of Waynesville,...Show More Summary
A Gay Mormon Comes Out to Family and Friends
In the following video, a young man studying as BYU decided to record his experiences over the course of a year coming out to his family and friends. The responses are actually very positive and supportive which very much surprisedShow More Summary
Lisa Lampanelli calls Lena Dunham ‘my nia’
I would have called this piece White people behaving badly, but I thought that the person guilty of using a slur should be named and publicly shamed. It would...Show More Summary
Children Grow Faster Than Parents Would Like
I haven't written about my boys for awhile but they continue to grow and change much to my chagrin. I realized yesterday that Destruction is almost a full inch taller than me. I tried to take comfort in my youngest Mayhem, to find that...Show More Summary