Posted in action, brown + black, fucked up shit, history, intersections, queer, thoughts on May 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Earlier this year, I went to a panel discussion entitled, “Perceptions of Queer Identity in the Muslim World” where I came across two very interesting men. The first speaker was Michael Luongo, who is the author of the bestseller book, “Gay Travels in the Muslim World” that describes his experiences as an American traveler in [...]
Posted in action, art, brown + black, events, global justice, history, intersections, queer, tagged Add new tag, art, communtiy organizing, homophobia, jihad for love, lesbians of color, middle east, students, teachers on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
A JIHAD FOR LOVE
Opens Wednesday, May 21!, IFC Center
Showtimes for Wed May 21 - Tue May 27:
11:20am, 1:15pm, 3:10, 5:05, 7:00, 9:30pm
Filmmakers in person at 7:00 and 9:30 tonight!
“Revealing and moving… a gifted filmmaker.” - Wall Street Journal
A groundbreaking look at gay and lesbian Muslims, A JIHAD FOR LOVE uncovers a hidden face of [...]
Posted in action, brown + black, fucked up shit, history, links, thoughts, whiteness on May 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Earlier this month, the New York Times released and article highlighting the ongoing health care disparities within the migrant farmworker population. Clearly, health care coverage and access is a larger discourse in national politics, but one might just as easily overlook the physical health of the laborers working in our agricultural fields.
The people need help [...]
Posted in brown + black, fucked up shit, history, tagged atlanta, curious george, marietta, Obama, racist, south on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Source: posted on Facebook as a note by Jaison Gardner (originally from www.ajc.com)
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/13/88719254_curiousgeorge.html
Curious George publisher may sue over T-shirt
Cobb bar selling shirts combining book character’s picture, Obama’s name
By JAMIE GUMBRECHT, CHRISTIAN BOONE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/13/08
The publishing company that owns the Curious George image says it is considering legal action to stop the sale of [...]
Posted in brown + black, history, tagged Clinton, NAACP, Obama on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
http://www.naacp.org/news/press/2008-02-01/RESPONSES.Clinton_Obama.pdf
Posted in fucked up shit, history, tagged blackface, drag, kenyon farrow on April 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in history, videos, tagged dede hunt, sara baartman on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Who is Sara Baartman? Written by DeDe Hunt
