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On Being Black and Being Sat in the Back of Literary Events

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on April 10, 2016
  • Afropalooza

I wish I could find a phrase that instantly informs the sweet, perfectly nice, very liberal and progressive white organizers of literary events that if you’ve only got four black guests in a room of […]

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My Drama, Myself

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on June 17, 2013June 17, 2013
  • Uncategorized

Today is the day after Father’s Day, and this is the first year that I thought I would get past it without having an emotional meltdown. I’m married to a nice guy, and I gave […]

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Crying Foul On The Faux: Hip Hop Feminism

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on January 25, 2012January 25, 2012
  • Black Library Girl

Real feminists don’t tether our politics to a cultural institution that has degraded Black women out loud, in public, and gleefully for over fifteen years now and counting.

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“Remember, Christians, Negros Black as Cain”: The (Ongoing) Need to Defend Black Poetry

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on December 3, 2011December 3, 2011
  • Black Library Girl

There is a very long tradition of White critics who are invested in keeping Black poets at the margins of Contemporary American Poetry.

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Tough Talk: Stop Complaining About Troy Davis And DO Something

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on September 25, 2011September 25, 2011
  • Uncategorized

It has been four days since Troy Anthony Davis was executed—murdered—by the state of Georgia. Alright, we’re upset–now what?

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September 21, 2011, 11:08 PM Eastern Standard Time

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on September 22, 2011September 21, 2011
  • Up With Humanity

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Because I’m From Georgia, I Remember Murder (for Troy Davis)

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on September 20, 2011September 20, 2011
  • Uncategorized

If we are all honest about the death penalty, it’s not about justice—it’s about retribution, a blood cost.

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Hip Hop and the Brokedown Contract

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on September 8, 2011September 8, 2011
  • Sweetness & Light

It’s dawned on me what is really wrong with hip hop: the music fails in its contract with African American literary and historical traditions.

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Throwback Jam: “Sister, Love Thyself”

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on August 15, 2011August 14, 2011
  • Sister Sister

Usually, I blog about something I’ve read about in the news, but this issue with Black women and self-love is something I don’t need to read about, because it’s going on with me every day

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Some Post-Mammy Questions For Today

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on August 12, 2011August 12, 2011
  • Common Damned Sense

And so, for those of y’all who don’t regularly read this blog, I’d thought I’d introduce you to the real me.:-)

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