protest: africans in the zoo
I put a hold on my H-Net Afro-Am mail while I am in Taos but I got this through another listserv I’m on. Please send this zoo director an e-mail in protest.
I am a German scholar of African American History and member of H-Net Afro-Am. Today I would like to direct your attention to something [...]
fuckin’ a
The amazing Ms. Zoe Strauss has been awarded a Pew Grant (http://www.pewarts.org/aboutpewfellows.html)!! There is justice in the world. Rock on, Zoe!
Malcolm X – gay black hero?
(Okay, Adrienne keeps telling me to post, so here’s something I was forwarded. I don’t even remember what or when it was but recently I saw Malcolm X’s name on a list of famous gays or bisexuals and it didn’t even register. Given the rampant push in this country to deny gay people their rights [...]
support minutemen protestors!
I was just forwarded this, so in the interest of expediency:
BREAKING NEWS: Garden Grove (CA) Police drop criminal charges against Hal Netkin In a phone call I just made to Garden Grove police, they have confirmed a rumor a CNN reporter passed on to me a couple of minutes ago that Hal Netkin was released [...]
psycho killer
Yes, I know this image is everywhere and yes, I believe he killed that woman (as my friend Carolyn points out, the media keeps referring to her as a B-movie actress as though that lessens her value as a victim) and yes, I really suspect that this hair is symptomatic of somebody crazy like a [...]
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- Taking a Break February 4, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
- A New Mission for Aperture? February 4, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 4, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]