An Endangered What Now?...

Anti-abortion groups Georgia Right to Life and the Radiance Foundation have partnered to erect 65 billboards like this one across Georgia, and plan to put up 15 more. The billboard features a black baby’s face and copy that reads “Black children are an endangered species.” Their website...

Scary because she’s black?...

I just watched this video on That Black Girl Site and wanted to share it with you. In the video, a mother records her daughter retelling a story that happened to her on the school playground; some white girls ran away from her and told her they fear her because she’s black. Marley, the black girl,...

Stop using the word “looting!̶...

So this morning I decided to check in on What The MSM Is Up To, just out of morbid curiosity. At MSNBC I found this image. The implication is that Haitians are ungrateful, uncivilized thieves. Right now, this is the top story over there. “Looters roam Haiti streets as aid trickles in.” Is...

Thinking of the children in our “p...

Swallow whatever you’re drinking right now because this one’s a doozy. A Louisiana justice of the peace refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple, citing their alleged short-lived unions and the pain it will inevitably cause their children. Surprise, surprise, JoP Keith...

Class Solidarity and the Universality of...

I’ll admit to not having ever watched, all the way through, any of Tyler Perry’s movies.  I lost my taste, long ago, for the general flavour of commercial film, and since his work seemed more or less to follow that path, I’ve stayed away from it.  But when I read, this weekend, that...

Policing Ourselves and Each Other...

There is an interesting conversation happening at Racialicious, which was inspired by this post about racist criticisms of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Four out of the five “Real Housewives” in that cast are black, and, as Tami says: A foray into online coverage, blogs and...

Pursue Your Harpyness Elsewhere: A Linka...

Pursuant to reader suggestions we are starting a weekly linkaround to posts in the womanist/feminist blogosphere of interest, with hopes of diversifying and deepening the kind of work we can do and the issues we can thoughtfully consider here at Harpyness. Renee at Womanist Musings on Racism and Power An...

Michelle Obama does not need the country...

For heaven’s sake. I am not posting a picture of Michelle Obama wearing shorts on her family’s recent trip to the Grand Canyon. There are plenty of rocks to look under on the web, and plenty of “news” outlets wringing their hands about her sartorial choices. This Newsweek blog...

Just because you don’t see it does...

How do you like “post-racial America” so far? I, for one, can’t tell the difference. Last week, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested outside his own home in Cambridge, MA, after returning to the States after a trip abroad. He had locked himself out of the house, so...

The Privilege Handicap on Display...

Via talkradionews @ Flickr.The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court judicial nominee Sonia Sotomayor are just about over. All week, she kept her composure whilst Republicans on the Judicial Committee made spectacles of themselves, asking stupid questions and ranting incoherently at the nominee. ...

But It’s Funny! RIGHT???...

These are funny robots. Via Dan Coulter @ Flickr. I’ve recently had my own run-in with a douchebag who insisted insulting women was “just a joke,” and that I should “chill out” and “develop a sense of humor,” so perhaps I’m just a wee bit more aware than...

Against Martyrdom...

Via Tyla'75 @ Flickr. Everyone’s been talking about the Neda video that’s been making the rounds lately.  I shan’t post it here, for reasons that will rapidly become clear, but you can find it easily enough if you Google around.  I have no strong opinion as to whether one “must” watch...