tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34954725766922497782011-10-30T17:37:03.584-04:00An Online Community for Women of ColorGrenaricannoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-77226770588148083182007-12-13T10:19:00.000-05:002007-12-13T10:26:17.345-05:00

While I agree that Black fathers need to play more of a role in their children's lives, some of this (see below) rhetoric is problematic. For one there are a lot of men who father children who are simply not fit to raise them, typically because they are suffering from arrested development. In these cases it is best for a child to have a strong male role model in their lives as it is equally

Grenaricannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-25181691042389270282007-11-09T01:22:00.000-05:002007-11-09T01:31:20.952-05:00

Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old Children to Die in PrisonN-115, 2007-08Bryan Stevenson 334.269.1803 bstevenson@eji.orgNew Research Uncovers Dozens of 13- And 14-Year-Old Children Sentenced To Life Imprisonment Without the Possibility Of ParoleFirst-Ever Study of Youngest Children Condemned to Die in Prison Finds Mandatory Sentencing Forced Judges in Majority of Cases to Impose

damalinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-5485385238114239162007-11-07T13:09:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:14:04.277-05:00

If it weren't bad enough that this fascist administration has declared all-out war on abortion rights in this country, it is doing its best to further the cause throughout the world. With the Mexico City Policy—aka the Global Gag Rule—foreign NGOs that receive funding from the US for family planning are denied the right to use their own non-US funds to perform or advise on legal abortions or

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The whole thing is so heartbreaking and I know we each have to choose our battles but this is just too much for me.http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/lumo/special_ensler.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/lumo/index.html

damalinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-31019262460877609182007-10-08T13:53:00.000-04:002007-10-08T14:12:10.014-04:00

I'm never at a loss for words, but I don't even know how to begin to dissect this heartbreaking information (see below). I know that rape has been used as a weapon in countless wars in the last century, but this level of disconnected, sadistic violence against women is beyond me. I know a fair amount of the history of the Congo and its neighbors, but none of that offers an explanation as to why

Grenaricannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-22774853937176370642007-10-02T12:25:00.000-04:002007-10-04T16:44:47.956-04:00

As deplorable as I find the lyrics of some hip hop songs, the incessant need for the media to place all of the blame for rampant misogyny on the genre is myopic and racist. Thumb through the annals of US history and you will find ample examples of misogyny and sexism that occurred long before anyone spit a verse (suggested points of interest: voting rights, property rights, domestic abuse rights,

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What do we do next?

AfroYogiLatesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-68528296459612153362007-09-27T19:38:00.000-04:002007-09-27T20:26:18.647-04:00

Peace Everybody... it's Naijankee here...your favorite halfrican from the East Coast. This evening, I am watching MTV2's interactive dialogue with presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards. I am wary of this $80 haircut sportin', Southern drawlin', tax baitin'...man. However, I am watching; challenging myself to become increasingly knowledgeable with regards to mainstream politics ( AND boosting

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I haven't re-twisted my locs in well over a month and I have no intention of doing so for awhile. I wash my hair, but I'm content to allow each kink to curl over the other and entangle in a sea of ebony-colored cotton. Pardon me if I wax poetic about my hair (something so insignificant to many), but I love it and I'll be damned before I allow anyone to speak ill of it, especially after all of the

Grenaricannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-59506736977611792432007-09-21T09:27:00.000-04:002007-09-21T09:28:53.220-04:00

Harmony does not mean that everyone is in agreement. It means that no one is attempting to force his or her opinions on others.Harmony does not mean that everyone is the same. It means that everyone respects and tolerates and even celebrates the differences that give so much richness to life.Harmony is not ever achieved by brute force. Harmony is reached when every individual understands, on his

Grenaricannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-3682446902544102042007-08-09T14:08:00.000-04:002007-08-09T14:12:59.115-04:00

Hi All,I am a grad student and artist. This semester I am taking a critical look at the genre of self-help and so will be finding many jewels to share. I'm also interested in others' experience with self-help, particularly from a female of color's perspective.I received this in an email yesterday and it struck me b/c I have a tendency to be way too hasty:Think before you do. Don't just

damalinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-88796588678704005632007-08-06T21:33:00.000-04:002007-08-06T21:51:42.994-04:00

Our society seems titillated by stories of female teachers who molest their students (see below). Though race does add an even more disturbing twist to this story, I'm more taken with how sexism plays into the punishment of female sex offenders. There is almost a congratulatory tone to stories about boys who are raped (yes raped) by adult women. But the moral gods tend to wag their fingers ten

Grenaricannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-45346341521102292162007-07-20T10:03:00.000-04:002007-07-20T10:06:18.296-04:00

Deep InsideThere are things you can see, things you can hear, things you can touch, taste and smell. And beyond all those, there are things you can know.There is wisdom within you that requires no outside validation. There are things your heart knows that nothing can dispute.Don't become so caught up in material, worldly matters that you ignore the miraculous living presence always glowing inside

Grenaricannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495472576692249778.post-54769924236300639792007-07-19T23:49:00.001-04:002007-07-19T23:51:30.018-04:00

Within the past year I have begun to embrace the philosophy of the law of attraction. That is (for you non-Secret folks) the idea that we are capable of shaping our existence with the power of our thoughts. When I first saw the Secret I was totally put off by the insistence that focusing one’s attention on world events–those mired in pain and suffering–manifests more of the same. As a journalist

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