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Sunday Poet: Maya Angelou

By hatbluemilk on 2012-03-25 • ( 5 )

Dr Maya Angelou has changed autobiographical writing forever for all women, but especially for black women. I cannot tell you how much I love Dr Angelou’s poem, Still I Rise and there is something so special about hearing her recite… Read More ›

Quick Hit: Project Unbreakable [Trigger Warning]

By Wildly Parenthetical on 2012-03-23 • ( 5 )

This post and the link it takes you to comes with a big trigger warning for use of the words of sexual attackers.

Late last year, Grace Brown started an art project called Project Unbreakable. It involves photographing men and women holding posters which contain something that their attacker/s said to them immediately before, during, or after their attack.

When the zombies come what will happen to feminism?

By hatbluemilk on 2012-03-21 • ( 6 )

Having discovered that Womanist Musings and Viva la Feminista are both Walking Dead fans and then there’s also me and one of my bestest and oldest feminist friends who are completely mad for zombies, I think we can safely say… Read More ›

Proctor & Gamble don’t get it

By hatbluemilk on 2012-03-21 • ( 5 )

Recently I was emailed by Proctor & Gamble wondering if I may be interested in posting something for International Women’s Day about the surveying they had just undertaken exploring “the changing face of motherhood”. Not changing quite fast enough. Here’s… Read More ›