#combahee

[dcbutinamrev]

the fact we live like an hour away from each other and still haven’t met seems illegal

JSJJSJS I KNOW😫

[thefreeblackwomanslibrary]

C is for Combahee “ The most general statement of our politics at the present time would be that we are actively committed to struggling against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression, and see as our particular task the development of integrated analysis and practice based upon the fact that the major systems of oppression are interlocking.

The synthesis of these oppressions creates the conditions of our lives. As Black women we see Black feminism as the logical political movement to combat the manifold and simultaneous oppressions that all women of color face.”

[jack-the-sol]

Ah, today, isn't it?

[rememberebonyjanice]

“When black women are free everyone will be free.” - The #Combahee River Collective Statement 💜 #Womanism is inherently #intersectional because it wants us to walk in and look for “the least of these” and lift their voices. I’ve been seeing this quote go around that says something like, “You don’t need to be a voice for the voiceless... just pass the mic.” <- THAT IS WOMANIST PRAXIS. That is the reason why we listen to black women. That is the reason why any movement that is absent of black Women and black femme voices is not a movement worth considering just. 💜 I can appreciate white women wanting to learn more about womanist praxis - but I also need white women to grab a comfy seat and listen. Not to Christopher Columbus a name or the work of women who are womanists to breathe not because Womanism is a trendy new way to other yourself from #feminism. 💜 Have you heard about @blackgirlmixtape? It is a multiplatform safe think space that is centering the intellectual authority of black women. January 2019 I am launching the first #BlackGirlMixtape dinner docuseries event in #Paris, France. I would be very grateful if you would contribute to this important conversation and this necessary womanist work by donating to the gofundme at gofundme.com/BlackGirlMixtapaParis 🙏🏾 If #Gofundme is not your jam here are a few other ways to give to this effort: 1. Repost this video with this caption. 2. PayPal.me/blackgirlmixtape 3. Venmo: @ebonyjanice (specify) 4. Cashapp: $EbonyJanice (specify) 5. Subscribe to my #Patreon #community and specify that you want your first month fee to go towards this cause Patreon.com/EbonyJanice 6. Visit the Voluntary #Reparations page on www.blackgirlmixtape.com and set up a Voluntary Reparation specifically for this event. 🔮 Supplemental Material: To learn more about womanism read #AliceWalker’s definition in “In Search Of Our Mother’s Gardens” - Read: The Combahee River Collective Statement (the google has it) - Read my latest book that I coauthored with @nikkiblak : “Halos on Afros: Radical Black Feminist and Womanist Thoughts on the Divine.” (at Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5ppA-lmFz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zy3p3f2vmasi

[introwgss140-blog]

"What is the state of Black feminism today? ...  there seems to be somewhat of a revival, at least in the interest of Black feminism.” - Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor

  In Taylor’s interview with Barbara Smith, Taylor asks Smith whether or not she thought Black Feminism was coming ‘back’. Smith shares that she isn’t sure.  To me, I feel as though maybe it has come back up on the rise - not at all to demean that movement as if it’s a trend.  I just feel with all what has been happening around us and the evident increase in publicity the ideals of the Feminist movements may be becoming more popular.  It also could possibly be maybe the media coverage has just increased of the topic - since it’s ‘controversial’ since the most recent election.  Taylor acknowledges all of these things and also mentions the Black Lives Matter movement and the influence of the Beyoncé movement.  What do you all think? Do you think Black Feminism is in a sort of revival? Why? 

- Katherine Lenger