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    ItsARampageLanaCallie Beusman
    12/02/13 6:34pm

    This is why I roll my eyes every time I hear some centrist-ass Jon Stewart type smirk about how Fox and MSNBC are two sides of the same credibility-free coin. I readily admit MSNBC has plenty of loud dicks who are clearly only there out of some misguided need to beat Fox at the game they invented, but there is no equivalent of MHP, Rachel Maddow or Chris Hayes at Fox (largely because people as smart as them are no longer welcome in mainstream conservatism).

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      zegotaItsARampageLana
      12/02/13 6:53pm

      Yup. I generally like Jon Stewart, but his interview with Rachel Maddow was infuriating for this very reason. Maddow, Harris-Perry, etc. might be the ideological opposite of Fox News, but they're also the journalistic opposite in that they actually do, you know, journalism.

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      RenissaraItsARampageLana
      12/02/13 7:53pm

      While I agree with you that MSNBC has some quality programming, the vast majority of their news seems to be pearl-clutching outrage-inducing shock stories, just like Fox and CNN.

      And while we're at it, Stewart isn't exactly a better source for news. While MSNBC/CNN/Fox all select news stories designed to outrage their viewers, Stewart selects stories he can poke fun of. I love the shit out of Jon Stewart, but sometimes I just want the news without any filler. Where can I find that?

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    BecauseOfReasonsCallie Beusman
    12/02/13 6:47pm

    I was genuinely surprised at the omission of "But Some of Us are Brave" (The full form of the title is "All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, but Some of Us are Brave", as a reference to the marginalization of black women in the mainstream anti-racism and anti-sexism movements, and to the lack of intersectionality in both those movements). From the title, "Still Brave" sounds like it's picking up on/developing the themes of "But Some of Us Are Brave", but I think the earlier book is still worth including on the list/syllabus on its own merits.

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      BecauseOfReasonsBecauseOfReasons
      12/02/13 8:38pm

      Oh, another rec: "Deals with the Devil and other reasons to riot" by Pearl Cleage. I read that book my first or second year in university, and I lent it to so many of my likeminded black woman friends that eventually I didn't get it back. It's out of print, now, but I was so happy when I was able to pick up a used copy on Amazon a couple of years ago. It's not a scholarly work, but it's definitely a work of black feminism. At a stage in our lives when we were thinking a lot about boyfriends and love and relationships and how to navigate all of that in a world where mainstream black popular culture seemed to be getting increasingly violent and misogynistic, the essay that rocked our black girl worlds was "Good Brother Blues". Here's an excerpt (pardon the heterocentrism):

      We are looking for a good brother.

      ...

      We are looking for a righteous brother. What we used to call a good brother.
      A brother who loves his people.
      A brother who doesn't hit or holler at or shoot or stab or grab or shove or kick or slap or punch women or children.
      A brother who doesn't call women hoes, b*tches, skanks, pu**ies, dykes, sl*ts, c*nts, etc., etc., etc.

      A brother who knows there is no such thing as a rape joke.
      A brother who uses condoms without being asked.
      A brother who doesn't call sex screwing.
      A brother who knows that time and tenderness are more important than size and speed and that reciprocity is everything.
      A brother who knows that permission must be gained at every step before proceeding.
      A brother who doesn't describe the details of an intimate heterosexual encounter by saying, "Man, I knocked the bottom out of it." Or: "I f*cked her brains out." Or: "I drew blood from that b*tch."...We are looking for a real good brother.

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    zap rowsdowerCallie Beusman
    12/02/13 6:35pm
    GIF
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      BoredHagCallie Beusman
      12/02/13 6:37pm

      Relevant: http://bitchmagazine.org/post/indigenou...

      And, I love this so much. So so so much.

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        LizafloritaBoredHag
        12/02/13 6:47pm

        Thank you for this!

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        Milton StationBoredHag
        12/02/13 6:48pm

        This is beautiful! Thanks so much for posting. I live in a province with a high Aboriginal population and the First Nations University of Canada is partnered with my university. They often offer classes on Indigenous Feminisms but there have always been scheduling conflicts so I haven't been able to take it. I will be using these resources for sure.

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      tripleA325Callie Beusman
      12/02/13 6:48pm

      Adding this to the list as a great piece of college reading that has stuck with me for over a decade. A little less specific as it's a collection focused on women of color more broadly, but worthy for book club consideration nonetheless: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Brid...

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        zap rowsdowertripleA325
        12/02/13 7:54pm

        Unfortunately, it's out of print. You can find used copies online though.

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      fromonelatoanothe<3s2dismissCallie Beusman
      12/02/13 6:38pm

      Unbought and Unbossed (Shirley Chisholm's autobiography)

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        ForgotMyMantrafromonelatoanothe<3s2dismiss
        12/02/13 7:29pm

        Also the documentary Chisholm 72: Unbought and Unbossed to watch her in action.

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      taylvie3Callie Beusman
      12/02/13 6:37pm

      So Jezebel book club? I think this has come up before with discussions of the intersection of race and gender and feminism, but it would be really interesting to hear everyone's thoughts. I can't be the only one yearning for the liberal arts round table discussions.

      To the list, I would add Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Nella Larsen' s Passing and Quicksand.

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        tairygreenonionlatkestaylvie3
        12/02/13 7:54pm

        A third and hearty yes!

        To this marvelous list I might also add The Womanist Reader, edited by Layli Phillips (Maparyan).

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        ThinWhiteDutchesstaylvie3
        12/02/13 8:03pm

        I was hoping to see some Morrison. She adds the storyteller- and I'd also add any of Angelou's nonfiction as well. Sometimes the telling of a story through literature can have a huge impact, where other venues fail (not saying this is the fault of the work, but rather the preference of the reader). Also, I am a lit nerd. This list is pretty solid, can't find any flaws- can only build upon it.

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      La.M.Callie Beusman
      12/02/13 6:51pm

      Thanks for posting this. After becoming a more regular Jezebel commenter, I decided to beef up my understanding of feminism (and revisit a lot of study that I have done on poverty, systemic racism and educational disparities by seeking out college level syllabi and just digging in. This is a great start.

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        LilKlausCallie Beusman
        12/02/13 6:44pm

        I would add the music of Nina Simone! Specifically her album Emergency Ward, and the songs "Four Women," "Pirate Jenny", "Mississippi Goddamn," "Young, Gifted and Black," "Sinnerman" and "Why?(The King of Love is Dead).

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          llaalleellCallie Beusman
          12/02/13 6:42pm

          Kimberle Crenshaw is my jam. That is all.

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            tairygreenonionlatkesllaalleell
            12/02/13 7:44pm

            I don't have enough hands to clap sufficiently for her.

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