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>you know what i wanna see? > > >(i don't know how possible this >is but--) > >a conference for young women with > > >ntozake shange(i had to, yo!) >bell hooks >lauryn hill >oprah winfrey >toni morrison >nikki giovanni >jill scott (i wanna hear her >speak) >maya angelou >alice walker > >and other women artists/poets/journalists/etc. > >teaching young women how to speak, >how to love yourself, how >to love others, how to >be an example, discussing the >pains we have felt as >women, how to deal with >these pains, poetry/music/communication workshops..... > >man, that would be sweet.
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. I sometimes look at the messages being sent to young women and I think:
Black girls need a new feminism. 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. So... I think someone should rise up and start a new movement among young black women. 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. BUT it'll be called something different. I don't know what. I've been thinking of making this into a post, but oh well, you heard it first on this thread. LOVE YOURSELF, QUEEN! That could be the slogan. 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!
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