New York Giants Wide Receiver Odell Beckham Jrs sexuality and manhood are constantly called into question because he choose to express his masculinity in ways that defy traditional masculinity.
bell hooks is back at The New School in New York City for a series of public events. Her first is a public dialogue with icon Gloria Steinem wherein they discuss their feelings about the current state of feminism and its future.
My relationship to church is complicated right now.
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Dr. Patricia Hill Collins is best known for her academic contributions to Black feminism. By placing Black women at the center of her seminal work,
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
, she offers new framework through which to interpret the struggle against intersecting oppressions.
In this talk titled, "We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest: Lessons from Black Feminism" she examines how the intellectual products of Black women are often not given the credit they deserve in providing the foundation for liberation movements.
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I'm often asked what it means to be a feminist in 2014. The question is posed by well-meaning men and women who don't quite see how a feminist viewpoint can be reconciled with my diverse interests and goals. While I once got defensive about what felt like an interrogation, I understand that feminism has been so narrowly represented that my questioners are simply asking me to define my own brand of feminism.
Shannon Washington's
'Feminist Enough' Project allows women the space to define what feminism means to them. It's not a single set of issues or priorities, and women of all walks can embrace it. Take a look at the a few of my favorites from the series.
The "Black Folk Don't" web series delves into all the taboos of blackness. The latest video explores black feminism. Though there's a misconception that feminism is for white women. Black women have their own rich histories with the movement.
There have been many conversations about the definition of feminism and who falls neatly (or not so neatly) within that definition from Shirley Chisholm to Audre Lorde this episode gets into it all.
Last week POLITICO blogger Michelle Cottle
wrote a piece that once again questioned the choices First Lady Michelle Obama has made in prioritizing motherhood. Melissa Harris-Perry once again showed up to brilliantly defend black women in an open letter to the writer on her weekly show.
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Your wildest feminist fantasy came true (maybe I'm speaking for myself) when professor and MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry sat down with black feminist icon Dr. bell hooks for an 90 minute conversation on black women, black America, media and feminism at The New School in New York City.
The levels of brilliance these two women put on display with take your breath away.
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