All posts tagged "respectability"
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The Lemonade Reader: Black Feminists Read Beyoncé
The Lemonade Reader, edited by Kinitra D. Brooks and Kameelah L. Martin, is a critical study on not only Black women, Black feminism, and Black...
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For Black Men Who Consider Sexism When Assimilation is Not Enough
By Jallicia Allicia Jolly This is a purely womanist message/ode to the SHEroes served on a fuck-these-systems platter. Sprinkled with revolutionary Black women wisdom (RBW), it...
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Black Female Too-Muchness: Between Hypersexual Norms and Respectable Exceptions
By Janell Hobson Ten years ago, pop star Janet Jackson received the brunt of public outrage – which culminated in FCC fines – when Justin...
