Black girl Sister Queen Black Friend Mammy Object of my desire Tell me who hurt you Unless it was me Or someone who looks like me In that case Then you need the facts And you should let the courts decide Because the courts never get it wrong Unless they get it wrong with me You’re being divisive We’re all... Black (White) Women Why do you insist on being both All the damn time? Not all... Black men White women[...]
“But wait, how is that your sister if her mother is your aunt?” See the way my family tree is set up… If you’re Black and living in the US, you’ve likely had to answer this question from a non-Black person who is clearly very confused about your family structure. I get the question often so I usually explain that my first cousins and I were raised like siblings and that’s how we refer to one another. Sometimes, I use terms like "brother-cousin" or "sister-cousin" to preempt the ques[...]
It is always motivating and refreshing to be surrounded by others doing the work of intersectionality. This weekend I had the intellectual pleasure of attending the Thinking Intersectionality Symposium at Michigan State University. Put together by Dr. Kirstie Dotson, symposium speakers included Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberlé Crenshaw and Nira Yuval Davis. Attendees included Dr. Venus Evans Winters and Dr. Alison Bailey. Nerd heaven. I have yet to come down off this intellectual high so i[...]