Brown, Black and Queer

Queer Black Cinema founder Angel L. Brown has worked tirelessly to keep her vision for this festival alive. She’s one of the people I first came into contact with when I started writing full time a few years ago and a very talented and passionate person. She’s done a wonderful job shedding a spotlight lgbt black cinema which is often overlooked in many festival circuits, not to mention Hollywood. Keep up the fantastic work, girl! ~Ifelicious  The press release below announces this year’s...Read Full Story

“Does our sexual or racial identity compel an activist intersection with such a horrifying status quo or not? Is it sexual or racial identity that will catapult each of us into creative agency for social change? I would say, I hope so.” – June Jordan  Put on by The CipHER Project and co-sponsored by the New School Women of Color Organization and OPEN, the gay/straight alliance at The New School, Zami Like Me is a social, political, activist, artistic, educational and entertainment two day...Read Full Story

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.  - Audre Lorde   Join the Audre Lorde Project for two days of skills-building and political discussions about power, privilege & oppression.   May 3-4, 2008 11:30 AM - 6:00 PM (both days) lunch at 11:30 AM; snacks throughout the day WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS There are a limited number of slots available so please register ASAP.  This...Read Full Story

heard somethingHeard something to empowerMe made meFeel good and fearlessGave me chills-Good LordeDig she said to the deepness of the bellyWhere I ain’t ever beenBut the chills had me wanting moreWanting to go deep I say travel to my soulTo reach yoursWay down way downAnd keep goingTo the my end or the beginningI want to spend some timeIn the heartNuff will come from thereWanna open the valves they said was weakLet it flow to my song no pulses here justBoom bap boom bap- hum to my flowI’m...Read Full Story

Half Asian, 100% Hapa by Kip Fulbeck The Hapa Project ha•pa (hä’pä) adj. 1. Slang. of mixed ethnic heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry. n. 2. Slang. a person of such ancestry. [der./Hawaiian: hapa haole. (half white)] I was walking by NYU’s Kimmel Center and I saw a few of these photos. One, in particular, changed my life. “I’m 100% Black and 100% Japanese.” Suddenly, I knew that I was in the midst of an identity rupture and restructuring. I have always...Read Full Story

Disabled. Grrl. Femme. Queer. Dyke. Activist. Gendertrash. Working class. Survivor. Slut. Freak. Cunt. Ally. Anti-racist. Feminist. Humanist. I think identity is a pretty radical concept. To identify allows community, solidarity, and the ability to relate to shared experiences. Too often though, people who will relate to you in one category of identity will spew oppressive attitudes toward other identities. For me personally, I have experienced this most profoundly in a queer context–indeed...Read Full Story

April 22, 2008 5:00 pm-9:00 pm School of Liberal Arts & Sciences Scholar in Residence Angela Davis Pratt Institute, Memorial Hall 200 Willoughby Ave (between Classon Ave and Hall St)    Clinton Hill, Brooklyn         The School of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the Department of English and Humanities are proud to present our spring 2008 Scholar in Residence, Angela Davis. The two day program includes a film screening (at 5pm) and keynote address (at 7pm) on Tuesday, April 22nd and a...Read Full Story

Click on the images to see them a little bigger. Essentially, the campaign idea is because ‘the world gives you enough tags,’ Hanes provides tagless undies. Except in the process they not only ‘tagged’ faggots, niggers and paks, they provided a cute, little ads showing all the stereotypes along with it. NOT OKAY. (Also, not okay: blackface.) What do you think? It’s clever and I think it’s visually pleasing. I realize the point is that these tags are not good, but I’m sorry, it’s just not...Read Full Story

How can I make myself clearer? I don’t care if you’re black, white, straight, gay, alien, blackface is fucked up. Especially this one that Kenyon Farrow so nicely blogged about. (Please see the video I posted on Sara Baartman for more info one reason why this blackface drag is so inappropriate.)  Blackface Drag Queen Feels Regret. Almost. by Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/23/blackface-drag-queen-feels-regret-almost/ May 23, 2007 If there has been a crusade I have held in the...Read Full Story

Brief summary of Friday April 25th Peoples Justice Rally for Justice for Sean Bell & All Victims of Police Brutality 2 arrests following formal march Following yesterday morning’s announcement of Judge Cooperman’s “not guilty on all counts” acquittal verdict of 3 of the 5 NYPD officers involved in the murder of Sean Bell, hundreds gathered in Queens to express their outrage. Disgusted by the trial process (determined by 1 judge rather than a jury), and the unjust outcome, the Peoples...Read Full Story