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Tag Archives: Philosophy
As Though ‘Merica Wasn’t Misogynoir Before…
In the middle of having my ass handed to me in school, but I STILL needed to make time to share this. For those of us who do not have cable/satellite, but wanted to see the train-wreck that was the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism During the Struggle
Tagged Black feminism, critique, Feminism, Girlfriend Intervention, Jessica Williams, Lifetime, misogynoir, Philosophy, Phoebe Robinson, play the video at the end, Racism, Social Political Philosophy, Society must be defended, The Struggle, Video
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My Weekly Frustration-Week 15: Afrofuturistic Effective Affect Machines
This week we were to read Steven Shaviro’s, “Post-Cinematic Affect: On Grace Jones, Boarding Gate, and Southland Tales,” though we primarily focused on Shaviro’s discussion of Grace Jones in her music video ‘Corporate Cannibal’. What I took from this read … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist Theory & Its Applications, Uncategorized
Tagged Affect, Afrofuturism, Black Queer Feminism, Corporate Cannibal, effective affect, Electric Lady, Erykah Badu, Feminism, Feminist Theory, Grace Jones, Homework, Janelle Monae, Many Moons, Music Videos, MWF, Philosophy, Q.U.E.E.N, revolution, Steven Shaviro, Writing
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Because Nocturnal Writing Occasionally Get’s Lost in Translation.
Happy Poetry Month!! Here’s a little sociopolitical activist poetry to add to the celebration of the month: “Affective Pushback in the Land of the Free. Affect Aliens don’t need the social pacifiers of happiness and success; ideals construed within our disparate power … Continue reading
My Weekly Frustration: Week 9- Cyborg No More: We. Are. Artisans.
This week, we explored the issue of technology within the bigger ‘New Materialism’ subject heading. We were to read Wilk’s, “Where Looks Don’t Matter and Only the Best Writers Get Laid,” and Gill-Peterson’s blog post, “We are Not Cyborg Subjects, … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist Theory & Its Applications
Tagged #MCM, Body Artisan, Buck Angel, Cyborg-Body Freedom, Elvia Wilk, Feminist Philosophy, Gender issues, I am an artisan, Julien Gill-Peterson, ManCrushMonday, MWF, New Materialism, Not Cyborg, Philosophy, Reading Response, Second Wave Feminism, Technology, Trans Embodiment, Writing
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My Weekly Frustration: Week 5 -AKA- MORE on Imaginative Spaces
This week, we had to read a bit on Tiqqun, and a little aside about that particular reading. There are a couple of things I’d like to attend to stemming from our assigned readings. 1. Faadism (See Also, Facadism)– (Tiqqun, 25) … Continue reading
My Weekly Frustration: That Time I Was Able to Express a Little Rage in a Classroom Setting.
Cheers to Black History Month, and to ALL of the struggle involved in its creation and continued preservation! With that in mind, I find this reflective post to be quite relevant to the current Black (and more general marginalized people … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist Theory & Its Applications, Uncategorized
Tagged #solidarityisforwhitewomen, assessment, bell hooks, Black feminism, Black History Month, Class, Critical Race Theory, Critical thought, dig deep, Discourse, engage, Feminist Philosophy, Feminist Theory, Identity Politics, Implicit bias, Maria Lugones, MWF, My weekly Frustration, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, philosophy of race, power dynamic, presentation, project, rage, reading, reflection, rellent, social construction, Status Quo, The Struggle, thinking, Writing
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Let Us Trouble the Neatly-Packaged Theoretical and Critical Rhetoric and Expose the Embodied Disarray That is The Radical Scholar/Activist
I’m passionate. I’m inspired. I’m perplexed & troubled. As I am FINALLY beginning to be able to focus on my classes following my traverse through all that red tape comprising the first 2 months of the academic year, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Academia, Activism, Challenge, Class, Cognitive Dissonance, Collaborate, Complexity, Contextualization, Critical Theory, critique, engage, Famous Radical Philosophers, Feminism, Genealogical Methodology, inspiration, Intellectualism, It's Complicated, Non-ideal Theory, Philosophy, Question, Radical, reading, Research, Resistance, Revolutionary, Scholarship, Social Political Philosophy, Students, The Struggle, theory, Writing
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Don’t Lose The FIRE of Action. Don’t Get Lost in the Struggle.
“Implicit Motivation” I am one in the army of oppressed. This is not the same oppression of the days of yore. Identity is the enemy; categorization is the tool used to fool. We simply provide our Sex Race Gender but … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Activism, Critical Race Theory, Discrimination, Feminism, Namita Goswami, Philosophy, Poetry, struggle, Writing
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Blinded by the Light: Too Busy Overcoming Marginalization to Realize The (lack of) Space We’ve Been Allocated
Why such a long title? This is the shortest one I came up with that encompasses my thoughts. What this blog is about is the climate of my life’s work. I would typically quantify my work as Philosophy, but apparently … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Critical Race Theory, Feminism, Philosophy, Queer Theory, Social issues
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What is the Word 