December is the month of the top ten lists, reflections on the past 12 months, and critical assessments of the year and its goings on. There are even top-ten lists that curate the top ten best top ten lists. Then January comes. We recover from our exertions over the holiday season, return to our schedules, […]
Tag: crunk feminism
“Grounded and Ready To Soar”: Notes From the 2013 CFC Retreat
The business of our everyday lives (jobs, mothering, aunt-ing, loving and making love, creating and tearing down (oppressions), building and holding up, going in and coming out, taking care of ourselves and others, etc.) has been strenuous over the past 23 months. The CFC has grown exponentially since our March 2010 launch. In 2012 we added […]
How Do You Get Crunk?
For us, Crunk Feminism has always been about showcasing the possibilities of existing productively with our contradictions, about embracing our tensions, about avoiding easy answers, about not preaching to the choir, about struggling and making-meaning in community, and about having side-spliting fun, whenever possible. In short, we believe in getting CRUNK, in all the […]
“Damn, I Shoulda Said. . .” Vol. 1
Have y’all ever had one of those “Damn, I shoulda said. . .” moments? Generally this happens after someone has told you something totally unreasonable as though it were the most reasonable ish in the world. I had one of these conversations with my cousin recently. He told me he had been reading the blog […]
A Crunk Take on the Latest Anti-Choice Legislation
Check out CFC member Eesha on GRITtv. She’s dropping knowledge on some of the latest anti-choice tactics. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.935215&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about “A Crunk Take on the Latest Anti-Choic…“, posted with vodpod Source
The Future is Now
Last week, on the CNN show Amanpour, I heard a discussion between the host of the show (and long-time anchor-crush of mine. Anderson who?) Christiane Amanpour talking with Louise Vance and Marie Wilson (founder of The White House Project) about feminism today. While I can’t track down a video clip of the conversation, the transcript […]
Dear Patriarchy,
Dear Patriarchy, This isn’t working. We both know that it hasn’t been working for a very long time. It’s not you…no actually, it is you. This is an unhealthy, dysfunctional, abusive relationship because of you. You are stifling, controlling, oppressive and you have never had my best interest at heart. You have tricked me into […]
[Sigh]…I am so tired.
Sometimes there are good days to be a crunk feminist. Sometimes there are bad days to be a crunk feminist – demoralizing, dehumanizing, frustratingly sad…sad…sad…days. Today was one of those days. I sat in on an undergraduate Women’s and Gender Studies course where the topic of the day was gay rights. Sigh. Within an hour, […]
Hip Hop Generation Feminism: A Manifesto
We are Hip Hop Generation Feminists. We unapologetically refer to ourselves as feminist because we believe that gender, and its construction through a white patriarchal capitalist power structure fundamentally shapes our lives and life possibilities as women of color across a range of sexual identities. We are members of the Hip Hop Generation because we […]