I’m loving the side eye here: “US President George W. Bush (C) leans over to talk with a girl (R) after Bush participated in a lesson for young children on the importance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day during a tour of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, 21 January 2008. [...]
My fellow PittsburghMama, Christina Springer (“poet, performance artist, mother of two children, organizer, administrator, playgroup founder”) turned me on to Torch which features poetry, short stories, artwork, and prose by black women. Christina has three poems in the current issue, but check it everything when you stop by.
A few weeks ago, I came across a blog post in which the writer was making some socially-conscious New Year’s resolutions, and one of them was something along the lines of, “Stop thinking and talking about Africa as if it were a monolith.” She committed to addressing the concerns of individual African countries throughout the [...]
A few weeks ago, I came across a blog post in which the writer was making some socially-conscious New Year’s resolutions, and one of them was something along the lines of, “Stop thinking and talking about Africa as if it were a monolith.” She committed to addressing the concerns of individual African countries throughout the [...]
This Spring, GirlChild Press will release its second collection, Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta! The anthology includes a contribution by yours truly (a short story entitled, Bomani Jones), but I’d recommend it, even if it didn’t. Michelle Sewell, founder of GirlChild Press, would like to send preview copies of Just Like a Girl… to [...]
This Spring, GirlChild Press will release its second collection, Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta! The anthology includes a contribution by yours truly (a short story entitled, Bomani Jones), but I’d recommend it, even if it didn’t. Michelle Sewell, founder of GirlChild Press, would like to send preview copies of Just Like a Girl… to [...]
For Christmas, Mini-Me, who is 9 years old, got a laptop. She is thrilled to be able to write her own stories whenever and wherever she wants without having to ask to use my laptop (99% of the time, the answer was “no.”). She’s also discovered the joys of IM. Her Friends List is comprised [...]
Compton, California. Home to assorted Crips and Bloods. The birthplace of NWA. Apparently the ideal place for Hillary Clinton to kiss-and-make-up with Black America for comments which discounted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s role in the civil rights movement. Of course, she didn’t come right out and say she was sorry in Compton today. Instead, [...]
Compton, California. Home to assorted Crips and Bloods. The birthplace of NWA. Apparently the ideal place for Hillary Clinton to kiss-and-make-up with Black America for comments which discounted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s role in the civil rights movement. Of course, she didn’t come right out and say she was sorry in Compton today. Instead, [...]
Kudos to Tech Boo, and especially to Kams the Great from 3BCfor the site make-over. Thanks a million, sis.