If, for some reason you have not read this great piece by BFP, please do so. Like, now.
Author: Lisa
Remembering Katrina
Because I didn’t live in New Orleans two years ago, remembering is the least I can do. H/T to ebogjonson for this.
Updates
So, Adonis and I have been in Boston for almost a month. Him, less so, because he joined me later in August. I have been working 70 weeks with little time to organize my new apartment, my new office, my schedule, and, overall, my new life. My new life has vomited upon itself several times […]
Spotlighting WOC Feminist Authors
Because if one more person gives me a book about feminism written for young women in which YOUNG women of color are given a sideglance Because if I bitch anymore without offering options Because if I don’t do my part in highlight women of color who are standing up and speaking out I MIGHT GO […]
UNFP: The United Nation’s Population Fund…
is the largest international resource of assistance for women, some in the poorest parts of the world. Read how their funding has been withheld for the past six years and what is going on with global health and women’s rights. And what you can do about it.
Over the Feminist Rainbow
This photo was taken by the author in Kauai, 2005. Somewhere over the rainbowwhere I can’t seeThere’s a place that I dream ofcalled feminist equality Somewhere over the rainbowwomyn of color flyAnd the dreams that you dare to dreamReally do come true Some day I’ll speak and be believedAnd wake up where there is no […]
Mabuhay
Here is powerful piece about what is dying in the Homeland, the Philippines. I am crosssing my fingers for my first trip “back home” sometime in March. It’s softer than tentative plans. But my parents are returning home together for the first time since they came to this country over thirty years ago. There are […]
My Classifieds Section
This is the new way and tag that I will be blogging about my mood – offering it to the world in the form of a classified ad. The need is real, so respond if you fit. FOCW seeks Mentor. This feminist of color writer seeks passionate mentor. A passionate person who is willing to […]
This Bridge I Must Strengthen
I continue to do photography worship for This Bridge Called My Back. Playing around with the facets of the bridge and its relevance to women of color and feminism, I consider the elements of why Bridges are so fascinating, and the symbolic meaning of when they collapse. It’s something I wonder about with my radical […]
I Write Too
In my new job, I am in a school that specializes in art, media, communication, and theater. Never in my life have I been around professionals who so easily understand that creativity is a necessary, non-negotiable element of living. Several of my new colleagues pursue writing, singing, theater, painting, dancing, and performance in their personal […]