We are the ones we've been waiting for

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(I'm going to type out the first part of Ms. Magazines article about black feminism, I can't link to it, but if anybody suscribes, it's an awesome article)

We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For
Young Black feminists take their research and activism online
by Moya Bailey and Alexis Pauline Gumes

"For Black feminist in the U.S., it has always been uncertain whether and how our words will survive. Who would have thought that the line "we are the ones we've been waiting form," from June Jordan's 1980 "Poem for South African Women," would have ended up in a speech by a successful presidential candidate---Barack Obama--and then dispersed, unattributed on countless mugs, T-shirts, key chains and posters? Who would have thought that classic literary devices such as dramatic irony, used by enslaved 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley to ensure her words would be published despite unspeakable odds, would be the same devices that convinced Black literary critics her work was "not black enough" for more than a century?
When Black feminism's words do live on it is not by accident, default or simple popularity: It is often because Black feminists scraped coins together to publish them, as when, as when Black women's social clubs raised the funds for Ida B. Wells to put out her 1890's anti-lynching and anti-rape pamphlets. Similarly, merely a century later, in the late 1980's Barbara Smith risked bankruptcy to continue funding Kitchen Table an autonomous press for writing of women of color.

We--the 1980's babies who authored this article--treasure this grassroots legacy, while knowing that Black feminism still lives on unstable ground. So, from these roots, a new(er) generation of Black feminist voices coming out of academia are using free and direct mean of publication--the Internet and its social media--to spread our visions and provoke on ongoing dialogue.

The Black feminist blogosphere that we are connected to includes more that 100 sites. To name just a couple crated by Black feminist Ph.D students at the University of Maryland, there are women's studies student Renina Jamon's blog Model Minority: Thugs and Feminists + Boom Bap which takes Black feminist theory to the streets and Jessica M. Johnson's blog African Diaspora,PhD., which "honors the activists, artists, teachers, researchers, librarians, bloggers and others who bring depth to our work.

Here is the link to Ms
http://www.msmagazine.com/

And here are a few sites cited in the article

Black Feminism In Cyberspace:

Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist mind
http://blackfeministmind.wordpress.com/?ref=spelling

Combahee Survival:
www.combaheesurvival.wordpress.com

BrokenBeautiful Press:
www.brokenbeautiful.wordpress.com

Quirky Black Girls:
www.quirkyblackgirls.ning.com

FireWalkers:
www.firewalkerwomen.blogspot.com

Sister Scholar:
wwwsisterscholar.com

Model Minority:
www.newmodelminority.com

African Diaspora,Ph.D.:
www.africandiasporastudent.wordpress.com

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1. it's so great....

...to learn that there are other feminists of color out there. most don't have a national platform, so one has to wonder about their existence. also while reading on some sites, blogs, on-line, etc. one tends to witness a great deal of misogyny from other women (of color) i sometimes wonder about the existence of other (feminists of color).

i'm thankful to ms magazine for making the effort to cover these issues as they affect women of color. as well as including all under the umbrella of feminism.

i saw this a day ago--but waited to reply when i could share comments, links, etc.. unfortunately, my computer (still) isn't cooperating w/me this evening (as i've had to revise my posts in another thread :( :banghead:)...so i'll have to respond again (with more), at another time. just wanted to let you know how much i appreciate seeing you post this! :hi::hug: