CONTENTS
- 365 (12)
- A Day in the Life of a Winner (31)
- Chicks Dig It (2)
- Culture Finds (27)
- Every Tongue (1)
- Five Minutes of Fame (2)
- For Discussion (8)
- homegirls & handgrenades (9)
- Manifesta (4)
- Pause (1)
- Prose (6)
- Quotes (19)
- Read a Book (6)
- Reviews (1)
- Small World Project (9)
- Thought Process (18)
Quote #13: Representations in contemporary American art
"One of the funniest experiences I had when I began working the art world is that people always assumed I worked for Thelma Golden, not that I was Thelma Golden. The kind of dismissal that comes from just people's sense that they don't imagine you are who you are actually has been one of the most powerful and liberating things for me in my work." — Thelma Golden, Executive Director and Chief Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem
Quote #12: Read a Book update
"I had to return home & participate in the work of nation building. I owed it to myself." - Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Prize winner & founder of Grameen Bank
Quote #11: I know you
"If someone tells you who they are, believe them." — Maya Angelou, poet & author
Culture Finds: African cuisine, James Baldwin in San Francisco and art commemorating victims in China's Sichuan province
In this week's culture finds the existence of African cuisine is questioned, James Baldwin evaluates San Francisco's African American community and an artist remembers earthquake victims fromsouthwest China.
Unlovable and other stories of my life
I've spent the first hours of today catching up on Fahamu Pecou's blog posts. It was not an easy task. Each story shared by Pecou evoked tears I have learned to hide out of fear of seeming "un-normal" to those I know and those I've yet to meet.
Journalists beware: CPJ names ten worst countries to be a blogger
In a new report issued to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, the Committee to Protect Journalists named the ten worst countries in the world to be a blogger.
Passage of Right: A Black Man's Journey
"I grew up without my father and for much of my life imagined what that relationship was like; to have a father. Now the father of a daughter and son, I am committed to being a dedicated figure in the lives of my children in the hopes that I have done my part to heal the damages many black men and women have experienced due to significant lack of black male fathers and father figures."
Save the humanity: Making green living relevant in the 'hood
Those who know me well, know I could care more about being people-friendly and quite a bit less about being eco-friendly.
The unraveling of Gil Scott-Heron
In a recent post on The Defenders website, TaRessa Stovall, Web Content Manager for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, recounts her realization that Gil Scott-Heron, a personal inspiration for the self-described veteran of the 1960s, may be headed for his demise.
Thunder is not yet rain
Every year, millions of women around the world risk their lives to end unintended pregnancies. While a law enacted in 2006 marked great progress toward reproductive freedom in Ethiopia, Not Yet Rain, a short film by Lisa Russell, shows that changing the law is just the first step.