Afrique Je Te Plumerai/ Africa, I Will Fleece You (Jean-Marie Teno, 1993)

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Afrique Je Te Plumerai/ Africa, I Will Fleece You (Jean-Marie Teno, 1993)
In honor of Black History Month I wanted to post some ladies who are making moves today that will no doubt land them in the history books of the future
Shonda Rhimes Writer and owner of ShondaLand production company which boasts credits of the shows Greyâs Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away With Murder. Shonda has received a Golden Globe Award as well as Awards from the Writerâs, Producerâs and Directorâs Guilds of America. As well as having shows that resulted in three women of color winning the Screen Actorâs Guild Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Her TGIT line-up on ABC is chipping away at the publicâs conceptions of leading ladies with diverse casts and captivating story lines.
Serena Williams has been ranked No. 1 in womenâs singles Tennis on six separate occasions. After recently winning the 2015 Australian Open she now holds 19 Grand Slam single titles. She has never lost a womenâs double competition, and always partnered with her sister, Venus Williams. She has also won four Olympic medals and is the most recent player to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once.
Laverne Cox Producer and actress. The first openly transgender person to appear on the cover of Time magazine. She is also the first transgender woman to ever be nominated for an Emmy award for her portrayal of Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. She is also the first African American transgender person to produce and star in her own show, TRANSform Me. She also created a documentary called Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word that aired on MTV and Logo and told the stories of transgender youths.
QuvenzhanĂŠ Wallis At only 11 years old QuvenzhanĂŠ has made more history than most people accomplish in their life time. She is the youngest actress to ever receive an Oscar nomination as granted for her role as Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild. She also starred in the 2014 remake of Annie as the first African American Annie in any of the three major movies created from the title. The role resulted in her first Golden Globe nomination. She is also the first major child celebrity to be the face of a luxury brand by holding the spot as the face of Armani Junior.
BeyoncĂŠ With a career spanning over 18 years BeyoncĂŠ has managed to keep her influence fresh and powerful the entire time. She is the most nominated woman in Grammy Award history and has the second most wins for a black woman (behind Aretha Franklin) and the third most wins for women overall. She is the highest paid black musician in history. She was the Top Certified artist in Billboard during the 2000s decade. Her 4 album was reported as the most illegally downloaded album of 2011 with over 10 million downloads. It may not mean anything money wise, but it does show that people everywhere are clamoring for her music.Â
Chandra Wilson has garnered acting and directing credits in her long standing career. She has been nominated for 23 different titles and is the first African American woman to win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for playing Dr. Miranda Bailey, a character originally envisioned as white woman, on Greyâs Anatomy. She also made her directing debut with Season 6 Episode 7 of Greyâs Anatomy.Â
Viola Davis Just one 11 minute performance was enough to land Viola an Oscar nomination for the movie Doubt and just two years later she was nominated for another Oscar for her performance in The Help. Viola has also won two Tony Awards and recently added a Screen Actors Guild Award under her belt. Viola also stars as the groundbreaking Annalise Keating in How to Get Away With Murder. A character who, while being older than your typical leading lady, and lacking all the usual paleness associated with those considered the most desirable in Hollywood is complex, sexy, smart, cunning, and vulnerable.Â
Janet Mock Author of the New York Timeâs best selling publication Redefining Realness that chronicles her life as a transgender woman. Mock was the first person in her family to go to college and works in creating education programs specific to transgender people. She was honored at the 2012 GLAAD Media Awards for her work in transgender activism. She is also a contributing editor at Marie Clare magazine and has been featured on the cover of CANDY magazine.Â
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SNAP CRACKLE POP
thx Tavi Gevinsons for shouting me out on twitter :O :O !Â
in light of all the islamophobic content being produced post-charlie hebdo, i wanted to shift some focus to the idea that not all of us 2 billion muslims in this world are the monstrous, violent villians that the media loves to portray us as. some of us r chill, cute bbs like these two sweet hearts that i shot. this is part of an on going series that im working onâcreating positive images of muslims by muslims to really illuminate the humanity in our people. shout out to all the brother sisters living in this day and age where its perfectly legal to publish hate speech on san francisco public transit. you can check out the rest of the these photos here: http://www.rookiemag.com/2015/01/snap-crackle-pop/
Kurdish woman speaking about why she is fighting with YPJ for an autonomous Kurdish state + against ISIS.Â
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I honestly had no idea Kurds were so progressive when it comes to gender equality.
I havenât heard a single thing I didnât like about the Kurds/YPG, re: their resistance, that I havenât liked. Respect.
The Coalition is dedicated to girls of colour taking up space and challenging shallow versions of feminism.
We are currently in the process of planning a series of events in the upcoming months:
The launch of our 5th print zine; #HUNGERISPOWER
Our one year anniversary launch event in August; featuring a showcase of art by girls of colour, live performances, and more.
A video series titled A Space of our Own where we interview various creatives and talk about race, class, girlhood, and our definitions of taking up space.Â
A photo series by Freddy Bethel centered around black female creatives in the Atlanta, GA area.
Since all of us on the crew do not have all the resources needed, we are open to any donations that we can get, through our Paypal or through our GoFundMe. Please donate only if you can, as we all are going through it financially.Â
We are really excited and grateful about how much recognition weâve been able to get in only about a year and how many people weâve been able to reach. We are hoping that this year weâll be able to accomplish everything and pay every photographer, artist, illustrator, etc that we hire or commission. Itâs really important that the people who work with us are recognized and get what they deserve. We are always on the look out for contributors, collaborators, and staff writers and artists for our site so come thru and email us at [email protected].
Thank you for the support and for being rad since day one. Stay hydrated and safe, bubs!
(photo taken by Freddy Bethel)
Only three women of color have won Best Female Actor in a TV Drama at the SAG Awards and they all come from shows Shonda Rhimes produces
Sandra Oh won for her role as Christina Yang in Greyâs Anatomy in 2006
ââŚand I want to thank, especially to our creator Shonda Rhimes whose casting vision I believe in so wholeheartedly, Iâm really proud to be on a show whose casting is a little more representative of how I think the world is. To all my fellow Asian-American actors out there, I share this with you, and be encouraged and keep shining. Thank you very much.â
Chandra Wilson won for her role as Miranda Bailey in Greyâs Anatomy in 2007
ââŚthanks for this award, especially on behalf of my daughters, who I want to know, with this nose, this height, this color skin, these arms.. look what you can accomplish.â
Viola Davis won for her role as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder in 2015
"âŚthank you for thinking that a sexualized, messy, mysterious woman could be a 49-year-old, dark-skinned, African-American woman who looks like me.â Â
Incomplete list of books by black trans women:
Sharon Davis, A Finer Specimen Of Womanhood (1986) [Out of print]
The Lady Chablis, Hiding My Candy (1997)
Toni Newman, I, Rise (2011)
Ceyenne Doroshow, Cooking in Heels (2012)
Janet Mock, Redefining Realness (2014)
Tenika Watson and Jennifer Daelyn, My Life is No Accident: A memoir by Tenika Watson (2014)
Dane Figueroa Edidi, Yemayaâs Daughters (2014)
Garland Guidry, Memoirs of a GayShe (2014)
Dane Figueroa Edidi, Brew: A Novel (2015) [Available for pre-order as of 1/26/15]
Film. âSelah, and the Spades.â A Multimedia Multipart Film About a Black Girl in A Small Town.
"I am so tired of having to prove to others that I am Black, that my peoples are from the Motherland, that Puerto Rico, along with Cuba, Panama and the Dominican Republic, are part of the African Diaspora. Do we forget that the slave ships dropped off our people all over the world, hence the word Diaspora?" ââââââ Read more of this NEW blog post on #AfroLatin@ identity by #RosaClemente by clicking the LINK IN BIO. ââââââ #afrolatinasrock #afrolatinosrock #afroboricua #race #culture #blackhistory #puertorico #africandiaspora
Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2014 on Autostraddle
Lamia Beard was just 30 years old.
Her body was found Saturday morning, January 17. Her life and death were shown further disregard by police & media misgendering as well as victim blaming. From The Virginian Pilot:Â
"According to a news release, Beard was found shortly before 4 a.m. in the 700 block of E. 25th St. suffering from a gunshot wound. [She] was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where [she] died."
Another individual was shot 2 and 1/2 hours later on a nearby street, but did not have life threatening injuries. Police are trying to determine if the two incidents are related.
Final arrangements for Lamia (under her [given] name) are available here.
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programsâ (NCAVP) most recent report, Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Communities in the United States in 2013, documented 18 anti-LGBTQ homicides in 2013. Of those homicide victims, almost 90% were people of color. Almost three-quarters (72%) of homicide victims were transgender women, and more than two-thirds (67%) were transgender women of color.
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Anyone with information about either shooting is asked to contact the Norfolk Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
Rest in peace, Rise in power, Lamia. I hope with all my heart that your journey was amazing no matter how short. [source | date: January 22nd, 2015]Â
Meet the âRadical Browniesâ â Girl Scouts for the modern age
By Jorge Rivas
Not all girl scouts are concerned with peddling shortbread cookies. Thereâs one troop of young girls in Oakland who discuss matters of racial inequality and wear brown berets in homage of radical civil rights groups.
The girls, ages 8-to-12, are part of the âRadical Brownies,â an edgier, younger version of the Girl Scouts where girls earn badges for completing workshops on social protests, and a beauty workshop that celebrate racial diversity.
Radical Brownies is dedicated to providing young girls of color relevant life experiences, explains the groupâs co-founder Anayvette Martinez.
Martinez, a community organizer, created the Radical Brownies with Marilyn Hollinquest because âthere arenât enough spaces [for young girls of color] in our society.â The Radical Brownies of Oakland launched last month and already includes 12 girls. All the members are girls of color or mixed-race. The Radical Brownies are not affiliated with the Girl Scouts of the USA.
The founders say once the program expands to multiple chapters the organization will be open to everybody, but the program will always remain focused on young girls of color.
In the Radical Brownies, girls learn about social justice movements such the Black Panthers and the Chicano group Brown Berets. They wear their brown berets in homage to those two groups. But they also study how Disney princesses define girlsâ image of beauty, and how that can affect self-image.
The Radical Brownies have their own badge system, including one for âRadical Beautyâ and an âLGBT allyâ badge. The girls also earned a âBlack Lives Matterâ badge after learning about police accountability and attending a civil rights march in Oakland.
âI think itâs never too early to have these conversations with young people,â Martinez told Fusion.
âChildren are more aware than we think; itâs important to not shelter children from real issues that weâre living,â she said. âItâs especially important for young girls of color to feel empowered.â
The troop is ready to attend more protest and will soon launch a fundraising campaign on their Facebook page to raise money for a banner and a megaphone.
This is what keeps me going. Go girls! Go Oakland!
mostly for new followers: i wrote a novel about a Latina trans girl in living South Texas (basically me). itâs not perfect or anything, but itâs the kind of book that i wanted to be there for me. if youâre a trans woman (or trans fem or amab non binary) then you can download the novel for free here. if youâre not a trans woman you can buy a copy here.
Meet the Radical Brownies, the younger, edgier girl scouts who earn badges for promoting social justice.Â
Image courtesy of the Radical Brownies.
the fantastic foursome are now on redbubble!
all proceeds go to my art/college education
(plus a totebag featuring Eartha Kitt might just be the coolest thing ever)
The 15 Best Indigenous Music Videos of 2014
Indigenous artists continued their takeover of popular culture in 2014. Here are the best Indigenous music videos of the year.Â
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awesome list!
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