>
>Yes indeed. It would be
>extremely sweet. I wouldn't
>be at it, of course
>(man that I am), but
>it would make my heart
>sing nonetheless.

:D

I sometimes
>look at the messages being
>sent to young women and
>I think:
>
>Black girls need a new feminism.

i know--i plan to be apart of it.

hell, i already am apart of it.

maybe i can be the new millenium ntozake shange or bell hooks or something.

> You ask the avg.
>black girl if she's a
>feminist, and she'll be shocked,
>whether she's conscious or thinks
>of BET video chicks as
>role models.

some young women (not just black young women) think that feminism starts with hairy legs and and ends with lesbianism.

if they read some of the feminist literature out there (like "for colored girls..." or a few bell hooks essays, and maybe even some joyce carol oates) they would know that this isn't so.

perhaps a neo-feminist book club would be neccessary. it would educate us about what feminism really is.


So... I
>think someone should rise up
>and start a new movement
>among young black women.

this shall be me and a other young black women all over the country that are making the same observations. i really believe that.

>It'll be feminist in the
>sense that it will focus
>on making young black women
>think independently and recognize their
>inherent self-worth and demand respect.

i'm sayin though!!!! :-)

But I'm
>a stop making up stuff
>cuz this movement doesn't need
>a man to be telling
>them what they ought to
>do. You'll get full
>support from this brother, though!

i believe some men are needed in a feminist movement. not necessarily in workshops and conferences, but moreso for support.

women have supported men in almost every American war, every American movement.

it is now their turn to support us. trust and believe.

-loryn

"I love this land. I'm not crazy about the nation."--Alice Walker

I stopped combing my mind so my thoughts could lock--Saul Williams

i'm an okayoungin.