April 2013
1 post
I Get It, LL Cool J, I Have White Friends, Too
For years, I have had White friends.
I made my first White friend when I began taking private harp lessons for my sixth birthday. My harp instructor planned recitals for all of her students, and when I arrived at our first practice, I found myself surrounded entirely by White people. As a six year old born and raised in Detroit, this was my first time being left in a room where I was the only...
March 2013
2 posts
February 2013
1 post
therelentlessdemise asked: Snap! And you're in to homeschooling? I volunteer at #OccupyFreedomSchool for #OccupyChicago I love it ^_^
January 2013
13 posts
8 Mini-Activism Ideas That Can Be Done by Anyone!
Many of us have the desire to make a difference in the world, but the depth of social injustice coupled with our everyday responsibilities can be overwhelming and paralyzing. However, we all have the ability to affect change in our own backyards. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Start a community garden and entrepreneurship club: If you live in an urban area, chances are your community is...
Anonymous asked: Would you sacrifice your ultimate career goals for a family?
Anonymous asked: Do your parents know you're an atheist?
Anonymous asked: do you like switching positions alot during sex?
eyeamgoddess asked: What books would you suggest to anyone new to feminism?
Anonymous asked: you sure? when you changing yo avi to a pic of you again? im tryin to fap off to your pictures
intricatefacile asked: Constance you know I luh you, right?
Anonymous asked: I want to plow you from the back. I follow you on twitter. Let's make this happen
Anonymous asked: No question, just a confession. I'm a woman thinks you're so beautiful and very intelligent and I'd eat you until my mouth went numb.
Anonymous asked: How would one going about sucking those toes?
Anonymous asked: Is Truth discovered or created?
Anonymous asked: who was the last person to give you head???
filsdesalope asked: Who is your lady crush?
December 2012
6 posts
God is Evil
In a melody recognizable to most, Joan Osbourne once wondered “what if God was one of us?” Today in church, while working really hard to completely ignore all the things happening about me, I figured it out.
If God was “one of us” (and by that I’m assuming she means… real) he’d be sitting on death row, and labeled one of the most vile, evil humans to ever...
Django Unveiled
WARNING: Plot spoilers alert!
Let me preface this post by telling you all of the things that I am not: I am not a Quentin Taratino fan, or even a big movie fan for that matter; accordingly, I am not a movie critic; furthermore, I am not heavily into pop culture critique either.
But here we go nonetheless.
I saw Django Unchained honestly without having seen a single trailer, or really knowing...
When Tar Flows Upriver
Sometime in September, the non-profit organization where I work was set to have an event at a popular store, who, in partnership with a brand of running shoes, was donating money to our after-school program. The event consisted of a class of our after-school students coming in to meet a professional athlete, some Q&A, a check presentation and tons of pictures.
The event was supposed to begin...
Anonymous asked: please do religion vs evolution
A Woman Without Refuge: Patriarchy in Black &...
A few weeks ago, a video surfaced of rapper Lil’ Reese grabbing, punching and ultimately stomping a young woman while his male friends stood around and cheered him on. This was, of course, not the first time the abuse of a Black woman has been capture and publicized. Shortly after Chris Brown’s attack against Rihanna, pictures went viral of her sustained injuries. A bus driving...
Theory of Evolution v. Supposition of Creation
As humans, we have a profound sense of self-awareness. We are cognizant of our own existence, of life and death and of the complexity that distinguishes us. An inevitable consequence of this awareness of our own being is a quest to understand ourselves, and where we came from. Why are we here, and how did we get here? Cultures across the globe have address these questions differently since the...
Anonymous asked: I have rudimentary knowledge of ghettoization; I know the true meaning of ghetto, as a 20 year old living in the suburbs, what can I do? Also, religion gives many Blacks a sense of hope, you know, "If it had not been for Jesus on my side, I don't know where I'd be." If religion can help reform drug addicts, gangsters, prostitutes, adulterers, etc. why is it an issue in the...
November 2012
6 posts
Anonymous asked: Are there any topics you feel Black scholars aren't addressing that desperately need to be discussed?
Anonymous asked: what do you think black youth in america are most in need of?
Brown v. Board of Education Ruined Everything,...
[This is a journal I wrote in response to a heated class discussion that happened many months ago. When discussing “neo-segregation” of urban education, particularly in the North, I made the comment that Brown v. Board of Education opened the doors to cementing educational segregation while allowing elitist Whites to control urban education. This comment triggered, uncoincidentally, an...
October 2012
7 posts
Anonymous asked: embarrassing sexual fact about you?
mostlyblackness asked: Have you ever had an Orgasm from penetration?
Anonymous asked: Do you feel it's plausible for someone who considers themselves to be heterosexual to have sexual feelings for those of the same sex? Like say if you were a woman who had romantic, emotional and mental connections with men but purely sexual inclinations toward women. How would you handle this?
How Obesity Justice is Inherently Feminist &...
Many people regard obesity as a condition plaguing the lazy, and the unmotivated. Obesity is the result of losing the war of will, or so the folk theory goes. Because we are apt to seeing obesity as resulting from an individual’s choices, many of us are unlikely to be sympathetic to those classified as obese. Some of us hold quiet contempt; others of us are juvenilely cruel.
Obesity,...
Anonymous asked: What are your thoughts on the Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala?
September 2012
40 posts
Anonymous asked: Any advice for a soon-to-be elementary school teacher?
“Condemning whiteness is not the same as condemning white people. Whiteness is a...”
– George Lipsitz in How Racism Takes Place (via bi-racial)
Anonymous asked: you want a man?
Anonymous asked: Can you explain what you mean by ghettoization? I've seen you tweet about it a few times before, but I'd like more info.
naijanupe asked: I lied lmao...I've always felt it would be useless to enter politics since it seems everyone eventually conforms to the system and becomes pragmatic. However, what do you think of the chances of a party of like minded individuals engaged in local politics at all levels? Could a possible "minority rule" system be established?
Anonymous asked: What political and economic system are you in favor of?
Anonymous asked: Thoughts on Michelle Rhee...
Anonymous asked: Growing up, did your parents advise you to be a critical thinker? How much of an impact did your parents have on you, academically?
Anonymous asked: Steps to really spark changes?
Anonymous asked: If you had to the influence to convince millions of people to act, what would be the first major action steps?
Anonymous asked: What would you do if you earned a really high salary?
Anonymous asked: Will bands make you dance?
Anonymous asked: Do you think things are going to get really bad in a few years?
Anonymous asked: Do you think you would give up or change some of your views to be very wealthy?
