Category Archives: Black Women

Where The Help Fails, Our Stories Can Shine

Posted on August 11, 2011 by ann

This summer’s movie, The Help, is nothing more than a close retelling of book whose stories are, in turn, stolen from the lives of the Black women it dismally tries to portray. This really shouldn’t come as a surprise to … Continue reading →

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Kindred – A Conversation Between Black Women

Posted on July 26, 2011 by ann

I don’t know if anyone reads this blog, but here is a project that’s been a long time coming. It’s going to be a digital magazine for Black women, by Black women. There are some pretty amazing Black women behind … Continue reading →

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Multilingual Programmer

Posted on May 6, 2011 by ann

Crockford writes: Language design has more to do with fashion than technology. It may seem strange that fashion is a major factor in the nerdliest of arts, but it is true. A language with radically different syntax, for example, has … Continue reading →

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On The Most Dangerous Place for a Black Child

Posted on March 5, 2011 by ann

Short and to the point: 1. These ads put all the blame on the woman without humanizing her at all. It is not the woman but the womb that is important. It’s the womb we should protect. In fact, there … Continue reading →

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