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Motherly Trumpet: The symbolic relationship between Bleek’s mother and his trumpet – Spike Lee's Joints 2
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Spike Lee's Joints 2. Motherly Trumpet: The symbolic relationship between Bleek’s mother and his trumpet. May 15, 2016. From the beginning, with his mother standing over him, the trumpet becomes symbolic of Bleek’s mother’s presence/love. In fact, is it a leap to say that keeping the trumpet on his mouth was Bleek’s language of love with his mother? Mo’ Better Blues, An Old Commentary by Bill Benzon. May 15, 2016 at 8:38 pm. Is there a chance that he’s living vicariously through his son? This is your blo...
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Closing Credits (and Thoughts) – Spike Lee's Joints 2
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Spike Lee's Joints 2. Closing Credits (and Thoughts). May 15, 2016. May 15, 2016. For my final blog post, I thought that it would be appropriate to revisit an earlier response regarding Spike Lee’s credit scenes. As Professor Drabinski often noted in class, Spike Lee’s closing credit sequences often have meaning beyond merely giving credit to those involved in the film. They act as thematic periods at the end of the films’ sentences, denouements that reiterate core values of the film. Get on the Bus.
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Innovating Activism through Social Media | Girlpower
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Innovating Activism through Social Media. February 6, 2014. It’s going to take a lot more than a 21st Century version of communication to get people to risk their lives for a social cause. What social media has the potential to offer is speed. Surely given the growing discontent in Egypt, uprisings were inevitable. But social media sped up the process by which they came. February 6, 2014. Guest Post: Hashtag Feminism. Post-feminist Celebrities and the Price of Self-Interest. Popular Culture, Lean In!
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Event alert: Toni Morrison, Bernice Reagon and Sonia Sanchez at UMass | Girlpower
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Event alert: Toni Morrison, Bernice Reagon and Sonia Sanchez at UMass. March 2, 2014. I forgot to post this here when the event was scheduled for Feb 13. Or maybe I was just afraid that it will become quite the squeeze and I really wanted to sit in the same room as these women- something a big crowd might get in the way of. I have copied the news release below. Hosted by the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst, the event is free and open to the public. Door...The three wom...
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Reflections after watching The Other Woman | Girlpower
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Reflections after watching The Other Woman. June 17, 2014. I usually promise to write on something here, or return with an update but then get busy and avoid my post drafts. Went to watch Maleficient last night. Ended up watching #TheOtherWoman. Thoughts and feelings to be blogged soon. Mdash; Digital Feminisms (@DigitalFeminism) May 31, 2014. But let me make good this time. So I went to watch. 1 More relationships, less sex. Is my all-time favorite screen anything/everything]. June 17, 2014. 8220;On Lab...
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#IAmNotMyProfilePicture | Girlpower
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March 28, 2014. 8220;The way the world looks at me is definitely not aligned with my intention of myself and therefore, its power is not reaffirmed for I feel no feelings of subjugation to it.”. 8pm, Honeydew, Johannesburg. Natalia, a Zambian student at the African Leadership Academy, sits at a table and stifles giggles, as she scrolls through her newsfeed. 11pm, Notre Dame University. Geraldine Mukumbi sits in her room, laughing out loud (much to her Michiganian roommate’s dismay). Elsewhere on ...Comme...
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To My Little Sister… | Rant-y African't...
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Rant-y African't…. To My Little Sister…. To My Little Sister…. To My Little Sister…. Of course you knew I’d write about you. We all know that I sorely lack the core life skill of verbalizing my emotions, so this was the only way. We’ve had soooo many top moments, I don’t even know how to pick which ones are the best. This list is my lame attempt at picking the best moments:. The fact that I have a video of you on my phone, in which you are twerking and singing Nigerian gospel songs. Nobody knows me as co...
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Albums Still Matter – Spike Lee's Joints 2
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Spike Lee's Joints 2. May 15, 2016. May 15, 2016. 8220;Albums still matter. Like books and black lives, albums still matter”. Matters. Yes, obviously because the music and visuals blew my mind and brought me closer to the fellow black women that surround me. More importantly,. Weaving poetry and prose between her melodies, Beyonce gives herself permission to recognize and reconcile her experiences. In doing so, she gives those around her permission to do the same. 2 thoughts on “ Albums Still Matter.
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