I torture myself
with the memories of
those who left me behind.Like flash cards
for words like
“grief”
and
“alone.”I can’t remember to forget.
I am woman/brown/black/white/strong/fierce/rash in my loving/relentless in my giving/I am the unequivical irritation in the ‘post-racial’ worl
click for bliss.
I AM SLAVE, directed by Gabriel Range
Emily Kai Bock - Spit Gold Under An Empire
Featuring
Kirk Knight
CJ Fly
Angel Haze
Mykki Blanco
The Underachievers
-Denice Frohman, Dear Straight People
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you your Women of the World Poetry Slam champion for 2013.
[i got to witness this, I was also one of the judges for this slam :)]
BPP x EZLN
In late 2012, former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party Emory Douglas met with Zapatistas and local artists in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The trip was initiated by Caleb Duarte from EDELO who describes the project as:
“A multimedia exploration of the artistic and political connections between the Black Panther Party and the Zapatista movements as incubated in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. To coincide with Emory Douglas’, the former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, residency in its space, EDELO (En Donde Era La ONU), a creative laboratory, will develop an art exhibition and single-issue newsletter. The exhibition will showcase pieces by local Zapatista artists and will explore their artistic identification with the Zapatista and Black Panther movements; the newsletter will pay homage to Douglas’ work in the Black Panthers’ popular press and will showcase new articles and artworks that will explore the connections between art and social movements as manifested in today’s multifaceted world.”
That moment when you have a crush on the new lady cashier at your local CVS
I often wonder who it was I got this confidence from.
who taught me how to shift the muscles
in each leg with such faulty placement
that I never believed in the steps I had taken to begin with.
could it be from the woman who taught me
that a forced smile is better than none at all
Drowning in the testosterone
