Bringing Black Churches into Reproductive Justice
(For the first Faith & Feminism Friday of 2013, I’m a guest contributor on the “Feminism and Religion” blog. The post starts below and continues there.) I don’t expect to hear anything in church about the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade during the month of January, the month marking 40 years since the U.S. [...]
Why Race Should Matter to Pro-Choice Activists
As I progress with subsequent drafts of my book, I’ve been meeting with another writer for accountability and feedback. In a recent session, we talked—in hushed tones in a coffee shop—about my book being full of themes and situations black women don’t talk about within their own families. They may discuss these topics with [...]
9 of the Most Memorable Moments for Black Women in 2012
On this last day of 2012, I’m sharing the moments from throughout the year that are most memorable to me when I think about black women in arts and entertainment, sports, politics, and life. Why aren’t there 10? Just because. In no particular order, here we go: 1. Whitney Houston Died I learned about [...]
The Storyteller Makes the Difference
I haven’t seen the new film, “Lincoln,” yet (and with what may be a pinched nerve making it hard to sit for long periods of time, who knows when I will). Though I know the performances are stellar and writer Tony Kushner’s fame is arguably deserved, this review by Kate Masur in the New York Times [...]
Pretty Biblical
Sometimes I read posts written as responses to something unusual and esoteric written online and wonder how the respondent found the original elusive piece in the first place. And then in spite of myself, both pieces make me think about my own experiences and its broader applications. So went my mind as I read Britni [...]
GRITS Living in Red
I’ve been trying to compose something about the election for the past two weeks, but I haven’t had much to add to what’s already been said. After weeks of ads, debates, growing nastiness and $6 BILLION spent, the GOP still has the House, Democrats still rule the Senate and Barack Obama is still President of [...]
Called to Love in Election 2012
“to be ‘feminist’ in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression.” –bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman For this last Faith and Feminism Friday post before the 2012 election, I want to point you to a conversation with bell [...]
God’s Gift of Rape – The Reprise
I’ve already addressed “God’s gift of rape,” but since Indiana republican senate candidate Richard Mourdock has put the phrase back in the news, I’ve had more discussions about it. A friend who is anti-abortion and Christian but also against making abortion illegal, against the GOP in general and against Mourdock and other republican nominees who [...]
The Case of the Disappearing Woman, the Unidentified Poor, and the Returning Blogger
A number of the feminists I follow on Twitter noticed something during the debates last night: women and their rights weren’t mentioned. I could say the same thing about people in the LGBT community, immigrants, African Americans (although we should be used to it by now), and the civil rights and social issues that most [...]
First Lady Love
I love my First Lady. I was so pumped after watching her speech last night, it took me an extra hour and half to fall asleep. I went to bed this morning and awoke this morning with the same feeling I had on November 5, 2008, the morning after Barack Obama was elected president: that [...]
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