I was expecting February to be a little slower than it actually was, so I didn’t get as much accomplished as I hoped to. However, the month flew by and kind of got away from me. Half of the month was super stressful for me — I got […]
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty This is a no-holds-barred response to the liberal and conservative retreat from an assertive, activist, and socially transformative civil rights agenda of recent years–using a black feminist lens and the issue of the impact of recent legislation, social […]
It’s officially Black History Month here in the United States. On Tuesday, I discussed some of my favorite Black authors, but it was tough to narrow my list down to just ten. So I’m going to talk about some more of my favorite Black authors that I didn’t […]
Happy Tuesday! This past weekend was my birthday, and I actually went out on Saturday and then had a family brunch and get together afterwards, so that was a whole lot of people-ing for me, and I’m currently pretty wiped out. But, February is almost here, and in […]
Here’s the rules: It’s the last Friday in February, and this week’s prompt is: What are some of your favorite history books written by Black authors? I don’t read a lot of history, or non-fiction at all, but there have been a couple that came up on my […]
Here’s the rules: February is Black History Month in the United States, which is why this week’s prompt is: What are some of your favorite books written by Black authors? I covered this in a Top Ten Tuesday post last week (see the post here), so I’m going […]
This week’s prompt is a Valentine’s Day/Love Freebie, but you know that I like to do my own thing. Plus, I definitely think that Valentine’s day is already such an overrated “holiday.” So instead, I wanted to call attention to the other, often overlooked focus of February – […]
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