"Remember The Time" Kiss N Grind Re-cap in Pictures

Secret downtown location lol

Wearing my DIY T-shirt that my love got at
a MO thrift store for like 10 bucks YAY

OCC Lip Tar in ANIME for the WIN

Graff Wall F-YEAH

Someone was there with a press making MJ shirts!
HOLLA

This was one of the designs! Cool eh?

Old MJ and new MJ
You should have seen this guy's
Patchwork bellbottoms!

Questlove!!!

Vikter Duplaix on the 1's & 2's

This is was soo good! Ride or Fry!
Find them on Twitter @kfcrip

New Friend! (p.s. OMG look at the pigmentation on the OCC LipTar)

I love this pic!

Brisket Tacos on Flaxseed Tortilla FTW thanks
Ride or Fry!

Had a blast! Wish I would have taken pics of the crowd..amazing. BEAUTIFUL and FUN crowd!

Can't wait till the next Kiss N Grind event! Follow them on twitter @Kissngrind and/or Vikter Duplaix @Duplaix

Luna's Lust List Lunes-Etsy Edition-Leilanniland

Pointy sleeve sweatshirt.

$45.00

Isn't this so beautiful? I've been obsessed with pointy shoulder stuff lately (I know I'm late on the bandwagon) but I love how casual yet cute this is sweatshirt is from the Leilanniland Etsy Shop! What do you guys think? Would you wear something like this for fall?

p.s. If you're in the LA area, keep your eye out I have some cool event postings coming up!

get OUT-Kiss n Grind Michael Jackson Edition

presents

The Second Installment of "Remember the Time"

Our celebration of the life & music of

Michael Joseph Jackson

with DJ's

Questlove & Vikter Duplaix

 Friday, August 27th

Friday (August 27th), Kiss-n-Grind and Walkin Talkin present the Second Installment of "Remember The Time" featuring special guest dj Questlove doing a 2 hour MJ B-DAY set. In addition to MJ, there will be 4 other hours of high quality soulful bangers of all genres for your satisfaction. Either way, we need you there to make it another legendary night.

Celebrating until the LATE night (old-school K-n-G style!)


10PM-4AM

925 Santa Fe Ave.

Downtown L.A. 90021

(Right off the 10 Freeway - Santa Fe Ave. exit in either direction)

$20 b4 11:30pm ONLY with e-mail RSVP.

questloversvp@walktalkin.com

$25+ Without

21+/Cash Only Bar/Limited ATM On Site

Ample street parking with plentiful patrolling security.

RSVP via e-mail questloversvp@walktalkin.com This is the ONLY way to get $20 admission to this event (before 11:30pm). Thereafter, admission will be $25+

 

Download Vikter Duplaix's Electric Love HERE for FREE

get OUT-Women's Rights Day Celebration

Sunday, August 29, 2:00pm


Women’s Rights Day Celebration

Battle on, Sisters!

Women Leaders Defend Immigrants, Workers and Education

Featuring front-line fighters Cecilia Gill and Maria Del Carmen Sandoval, UC-Irvine custodians and members of AFSCME Local 3299; Julia Wallace, Black socialist and organizer against budget cuts; and Beatriz Paez, Queer feminist and immigrant rights activist. Feisty-feminist poetry and discussion will follow their inspiring talks.



The event, which commemorates the 90-year anniversary of many U.S. women winning the right to vote, is sponsored by Radical Women. The purpose of the gathering is to celebrate the achievements of the militant 1920s suffragists (yes, many went to prison for the cause!) and to figure out what it will take to achieve a high quality of life for women and all working people.



Enjoy the program and a Rebel-Girl Supper, served at 5:00pm, at air-conditioned Solidarity Hall, 2170 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles (off the 10 Freeway at Western Ave., on bus lines #35, 207 and 550). A $3 door and $8 dinner donation is requested. (Work exchanges and sliding scale available.) For more information or childcare, contact 323-732-6416 or radicalwomenla@earthlink.net.
 
more info go to the Radical Women LA website.
 

get OUT-TG Film Festival (LA)

TG Film Fest

August 28th, 2010  11:30am - 9pm

The Renberg Theater

1125 N McCadden Pl Los Angeles CA 90038

$20 suggested donation, no one turned away



Since 2003, Trans/Giving has created a space for trans, genderqueer, and intersex artists to connect with audiences in southern California. Festival Director Kalil Cohen founded the TG Film Fest in 2009 with help from the Trans/Giving arts collective.
 

go to their website for more info & to buy tickets.


http://www.tgfilmfest.com/

Luna's Lust List Lunes-Loubies

I've been dreaming about these beauties for weeks now.  A girl can dream can't she?

Christian Louboutin

Tinazata Peep-Toe Platform Sandals

$1,395.00

Checking my (cis) Privlege or how I had a bad morning or disclaimer about MY blog.

This morning was emotionally hard.  I had to deal with some backlash over my blog by a transwoman on twitter who told me that the language on my blog is "Exclusionary and the equivalent of draping a confederate flag over my balcony" and other unkind words.  According to this person on twitter, I have managed to piss off every trans man she has shown my blog to (it was never told to me why, but that's a whole other subject).  Another person also stated "Why would butch trans women be welcome at this (BVLA) conference?"  Apparently there are some issues surrounding some of my posts regarding Butch Voices and me being a cis queer femme who desires masculine of center folks. 

MY blog does not represent itself as a FLAGSHIP for my support of any one community.  I blog about the events in MY life, Fatshion, Make-up, my likes/dislikes, events etc. MY blog is not a political social commentary on how I view being queer or femme or a person of color.  If the problem/issue stemmed ONLY from the description of any events that I post then the problem should be addressed with that entity and not with me.  If the problem is with my SELF ID as a queer femme then maybe you shouldn't read my blog, because that's what I am a queer fat femme ID'd Xican@.  If the problem is the fact that I desire masculine of center folks then again, that's not something that I apologize for.  I love masculine of center folks.  There are no if, ands or buts about that. 

I read a comment that was going back and forth about the fact that I might be the type of femme who needs a butch* to validate my femme existence.  Well just to let folks know, although my girlfriend presents masculine, she's a same gender loving gender non conformant beautiful amazing person who wants NOTHING to do with the butch/stud label. I also don't really know how my blog would be a window into knowing the work that I do in the community and/or what friends I do or do not have.  I also take much offense to the fact that my comments were likened to draping a confederate flag over my balcony. Why you ask? My partner is black and my future children will be black as well. That was a very low blow.

Now that I've said that, I would like to address the fact that I know I'm not perfect.  I know that my list of privilege as a cis, able, employed, femme woman is long and I also know that I can't pre-judge how other people feel about the things that I write.  I posted a tweet that stated "I want to let all my twitter peeps know that if there is ever anything that I do or say on my blog that makes you feel oppressed you can let me know" this statement also translates to this blog.  I'm open to learning and I know how to say I'm sorry.  The comment section is open (I just don't allow "anonymous" comments due to lurking ex's) and I'm open to a dialogue about anything that you as a reader of this blog think I may have done wrong. I welcome DIAlogue with people regarding my actions in a respectful manner where I don't feel like I'm being attacked, made fun of, or belittled.  That's why I actually sent out a couple of emails today to some of my friends/acquaintances who are trans and trans allies here in LA.  I've compiled a word document of the back and forth tweets with this individual and the people supporting her claim and of course will have them read my blog.  I hope to sit down with them in the very near future to be able to learn and dialogue in a manner that is not an attack on me personally.  That's actually one of the real reasons this hurt me the most because the fact that I'm so upset has NOTHING to do with the fact that this person is trans and I'm cis but more to do with the fact that I feel this person disrespected me without really telling me why.

btw I am currently reading this thanks to the suggestion of the woman who made the claim that my blog was Exclusionary

Luna's Lust List Lunes-Elisha Lim's #10

Good Monday Morning!!

Sooo I'm party of the organizing committee for the 2010 Los Angeles (West Hollywood) Butch Voices Conference,   I'm creative consulting for the Invincible Fashion show for opening night and the art lounge (also opening night).  I'm super stoked to be able to be a Fab Femme ally for this conference that is SUPER needed.  So, I got word last week that Elisha Lim has been approached to be part of the art lounge for opening night!  I'm super excited for her book 100 Butches (Thanks to my love, Jess who turned me onto it) you can pre-order the book on Amazon!! Elisha also has a new Etsy store! Elisha is selling prints that are part of 100 Butches and of course I totally want one for my our new place!!! So today's Luna's Lust List Lunes is Elisha Lim's #10 let me know what you think!

Text from the print below:

"One night at a party I asked Cudbi how she felt about being called a butch. Our friends had something to say. "I don't relate to butch,” said Leasha, “because it's usually used by and for white people."

I thought about it, and it was hard to argue. Where did I first hear the word? Leslie Feinburg's "Stone Butch Blues," Ellen DeGeneres "If These Walls Could Talk," Country Music Television. Toyin agreed. "Butch makes me think of flannel shirts, mullets and white working-class appropriation."

"Wow," I said.

"Yeah wow," she said. "Do you see me dressing like that?" We all shook out heads. She said "I'd call myself the names of the Black queer Family, like a stud or an a.g. But I'm a soft a.g."

"What about you Cudbi?" I said, "what are you?"

"How about a stemme?" she said. “Like a stud and a femme. I've only heard it used by Black dykes. It's used to describe androgynous people, for more gender fluidity."

It was a lot to think about, and I struggled with it all as the party loosened up around me. I had to grin in appreciation watching Cudbi work her way through the crowd. My first stemme encounter. I decided I liked it. "

*New Dates* Call for Participants Invincible fashion show Butch Voices LA 2010

Clothes off the rack don’t make you feel invincible enough? Ready to bring it on with YOUR Butch* fashion? This is your time to strut your butch* hot stuff down the catwalk at

INVINCIBLE: The Butch* Fashion Show

a night of daggers, dandies, and dapper dudes

October 8, 2010 Los Angeles, Ca 9 pm

We are calling all stylists, barbers, tailors, make-up artists, models, and shoe experts will be selected to showcase their work for one night of fabulosity. You don’t have to be a pro-just look, dress or have swagger like one! And if you're shy, don't worry. We won't notice. Let's have some fun!

Butch*=all who identify as Butch, boi, genderqueer, AG, tomboy, stud, butcha, dragking, jock, dyke, two-spirit, FtM, trans-masculine, androgynous-with-a-butch-twist.
WE ARE SEEKING

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* Those who design or tailor costume, fashion, accoutrements, hair, & under or outer wear for butch* or masculine wo/men.
* Applicants who live in the greater Southwest U.S.
* Those w/a proven ability to deliver in a professional, timely manner.
* Designers who can bring 2 models to strut for entire evening, supermodel-style.
* Those w/a defined design aesthetic, incl. preppy, urban, punk, goth, hip hop, leather, street, green, vintage, down, fuzzy, sporty, stretchy
* Amateur or pro models in butch* population.
More information: bvla2010.com



All fashion inquiries: Invinciblefashion@gmail.com

Applications accepted now to August 23.

Notifications August 27.

This is a kick-off event for the Butch Voices Los Angeles Conference, presented by LEX and the INVINCIBLE 2010 Team

Tania Hammidi -Schquay Brignac-Laura Placencia-Luie P. Garcia

Call for Submissions: "This Bridge Called My Baby: Legacies of Radical Mothering"

Because in my community, I am surrounded by the most amazing Radical Mothers (wish I could list them all here..)

“We can learn to mother ourselves.” Audre Lorde, 1983




All mothers have the potential to be revolutionary. Some mothers stand on the shoreline, are born and reborn here, inside the flux of time and space, overcoming the traumatic repetition of oppression. Our very existence is disobedience to the powers that be.

At times, in moments, we as mothers choose to stand in a zone of claimed risk and fierce transformation, the frontline. In infinite ways, both practiced and yet to be imagined, we put our bodies between the violent repetition of the norm and the future we already deserve, exactly because our children deserve it too. We make this choice for many reasons and in different contexts, but at the core we have this in common: we refuse to obey. We refuse to give into fear. We insist on joy no matter what and by every means necessary and possible.

In this anthology we are exploring how we are informed by and participating with those mothers, especially radical women of color, who have sought for decades, if not centuries, to create relationships to each other, transformative relationships to feminism and a transnational anti-imperialist literary, cultural and everyday practice.



“We don’t want a space where kids feel that only adults can imagine ways to strengthen our communities and protect ourselves against the Architects of Despair,” Sora said, “and we don’t want adults to feel that either. We want to create a space where all of our imaginations help each other grow; but we realize that kids might get bored from sitting still the way that adults tend to do, so we set up the play room with toys and games.” Regeneracion Childcare Collective 2007



Sometimes for radical mamas, our mothering in radical community makes visible the huge gulfs between communities, between parents and non-parents, in class and other privileges AND most importantly the wide gulf between what we say in activist communities and what we actually do. Radical mothering is the imperative to build bridges that allow us to relate across these very real barriers. For and by radical mother of color, but also inclusive of other working class, marginalized, low income, no income radical mothers.

“Parenting and being a role model to kids in your community is important because they will be the activists of tomorrow. And they will be our gardeners and mothers and bakers. They will question our generation, they’ll write their own history, create new forms of art and media.” -Noemi Martinez 2009

We find the idea of the “bridge” useful because we believe that the radical practice of mothering is at once a practical and visionary relationship to the future IN the PRESENT, a bridge within time that can inspire us to relate to each other intentionally across generation and space. We also acknowledge the not-so-radical default bridge function of marginalized mother in society. How our children in particular get walked all over in terms of public policy that criminalizes our mothering and movement spaces that claim to be creating a transformed future without being fully accountable to parents or kids.

“I came into the Third World Women’s Caucus when it was well under way. The women there were discussing the caucus resolution to be presented to the general conference. There were Asian women, Latin women, Native Women and Afro-American women. The discussion when I came in was around the controversial issue of motherhood and how the wording of the resolution could best reflect the feelings of those present. It was especially heartening to hear other women affirm that not only should lesbian mothers be supported but that all third world women lesbians share in the responsibility for the care and nurturing of the children of individual lesbians of color…Another woman reminded us of the commitment we must take to each other when she said ‘All children (of lesbians) are ours.” -Doc in Off Our Backs 1979

We see this book as a continuation of the accountability invoking movement midwifing work of the 1981 anthology This Bridge Called My Back in that it:

a. is the work of writers who see their writing as part of a mothering practice, as not career, but calling and who believe that their writing, and their every creative practice has a strategic role in transforming the possible world.

b. contextualizes contemporary radical mama practices in relationship to socialist and lesbian mothering practices experimented with and practiced in the 1970’s by writers including Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Adrienne Rich, Third World Lesbians conference, Salsa Soul Sisters, Sisterhood of Black Single Mothers

c. seeks to speak to those who participated in that earlier practice and who have been informed by it as a primary audience, and to connect those who have not have access to that work to it



We invite submissions including but not limited to the following possibilities:


*Manifestas, group poems, letters, mission statements from your crew of radical mamas or an amazing group from history
*Letters, poems, transcribed phone calls between radical mamas supporting each other
*Accounts of your experience as a radical mama
*Your experience raising children as a trans mother or parent
*Raising children in a transphobic world
*Your experiences as a single mother
*Raising genderfree babies
*Stories of resilience and oppression as welfare warriors

*Reflections on enacting radical mamacity at different ages

*Motivations for/obstacles in your practice of radical mothering
*Conversations with your kids
*Rants and rages via the eloquence of a mother-wronged
*Your experience of radical grandmothering
* Parenting children through radically queer and loving modes of support, community, belonging and resilience
* Your take on reproductive justice
* Parenting from inside prison
* Extended family (both biological and chosen)
* Life as a disabled parent
* Your experience parenting as a teenager
* Raising Boys
* Gender socialization and Parenting
* Raising Biracial children

* Raising First World children

*Self-interviews, interviews with other mamis
*Birthing experiences
*Ending child sexual abuse
*Mothering as survivors (survival and mothering)
*Mothering with and without models
*Mothering and domination
*Mama to-do lists
*Mama/kid collaborations…
*Radical fathering
*Overcoming shame and silence in the practice of radical mothering
*Ambivalence, paradox, emotions, vulnerability
*Experiences of state violence/CPS
*Balancing daily survival
*Loss of children, not living with children, custody arrangements and issues
*Sharing your stories from where you live
*Everything we haven’t thought of yet! Take a deep breath and WRITE!!!!

This anthology will center the writing of mothers of color, low income mothers and marginalized mothers. If you have any further questions, feedback, suggestions feel free to contact us as well.



Please send submissions via email to:

alexispauline@gmail.com
maiamedicine@gmail.com
and china410@hotmail.com

or via snail mail to

P.O. Box 4803 Baltimore Maryland 21211

by April 1, 2011.
Word Count: 6,000 words or under
Please also send your bio (a short paragraph or whatever size you like) with the understanding you can update it if your piece is accepted in June.

Info from This Bridge Called My Baby website.

Today! Free! "The Radical Legacy of Black and Chicana Feminism"

Radical Women, LA Branch & Freedom Schools - Los Angeles Present:
The Radical Legacy of Black and Chicana Feminism


The present fight to save public education and social services in California has been largely organized and led by women of color. This is why this class will be dedicated to highlight the hidden history of Black and Chicana feminism. We will cover the legacy of Black feminism in the Civil Rights Movement and Chicana feminism in the Chicana/o Movement. The goal of this class is to have lively discussions on working class women of color feminist theory and activism, obstacles in overcoming resistance to feminism, and examine how feminism relates to race, class, and sexuality struggles. We will develop strategies to confront sexism as well as draw out the lessons learned in this history for the present Civil Rights battles (education, immigration, LGBT, workers, abortion, etc.)! and for the liberation of all people!! All genders are welcome.

Facilitator(s): Yuisa Gimeno & Beatriz Paez
Organization: Radical Women, Los Angeles Branch
Date(s): Monday August 9 & Wednesday August 11
Time(s): 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Solidarity Hall, 2170 W. Washington Bl., Los Angeles, CA 90018

Luna's Lust List Lunes-Monif C

Pre-Fall Collection..all I can say is WOW! 

The following are my faves:

"Naomi" High Shoulder Dress w/Panels - Black $198.00

"Marilyn" Ruched Convertible Dress - Blue $215.00

Go get your dress now at the Monif C. website

get OUT-Justin Bua Solo Show in LA 9/11/10

BUA, the legendary urban artist, proudly introduces his newest collection of original art, entitledBUA “POPS”, as well as showcasing some of his classic works on Saturday, September 11, 2010, at the Hold Up Gallery, located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district. For BUA, POPS represents more than just popular cultural representations and iconography or the style of art made famous by the likes of Warhol and Haring. Known as the artist “for the people, of the people, by the people”, POPS continues BUA’s message as an homage to the artist’s fan base as well as creating pervasive hip hop imagery recognizable across cultures.

BUA is internationally known for his best-selling collection of fine art works and prints—“The DJ” being one of the most popular selling posters of all time. Born in NYC’s untamed Upper West Side and raised between Manhattan and East Flatbush, Brooklyn, BUA was fascinated by the raw, visceral street life of the city. BUA’s distinct style born on the city walls and subway trains — “New Urban Realism”, captures the essence of contemporary culture as expressed through the memories of BUA’s turbulent youth, navigating the streets and underground worlds of the urban jungle and the birth of the hip hop scene. Following in the footsteps of the great masters, BUArepresents the lives of both the revered and the marginalized, the heroes and the underdogs of our time.



In addition to the artist appearance and exhibiting the BUA art, Hold Up Gallery will also present a limited number of BUA prints for sale, a live DJ, street performances, and refreshments will be served.
BUA POPS event details: (tbd)

Sep 8-11

Doors -TBD

Hold Up Gallery
358 East 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90012


Hold Up Art
358 East 2nd Street Los Angeles, CA 90027
213.221.4585
info@holdupart.com

info & pic from Hold Up Art website.

Genderqueer Revolution Beach Day THIS SAT!

Check out the details below:

About GQR: Taken from their website

Have you ever felt...

Like M, F, or even FTM and MTF aren't enough? And certainly not "gay," "straight," or "queer?"

Or that your gender changes by the minute, hour, day, or season?

That maybe you were meant to have more than one gender?

Ever feel that your gender isn't so clear cut? (Or that it falls right off the map?)

Tired of hearing, "You're just confused," when you already know who you are, or, you're comfortable with not knowing?

Does it ever bother you - or amuse you - when people say you're "too" "feminine" or "masculine," that you "look like a girl," or "a boy," whatever these words mean, with a tone that implies that that's a bad thing?

Ever wish people would just stop asking, whether sarcastically or seriously, when you're going to start hormones, have surgery, and "transition," with the assumption that these terms automatically apply to you? (They might, but that doesn't give others the right to assume).

Our stories tell us that genderqueer and gender non-conforming people need a safe haven, a uniquely genderqueer, gender-defying, gender-gifted, gender non-conforming, non-binary space. In GenderQueer Revolution community space, no one will force you to choose a label. No one will oppose weekly, daily, or even hourly changes of name, pronouns, gender identity, gender expression, or style. You can choose to "wear," play, or experiment with any gender configuration, revel in confusion, by choice or by circumstance, or not. Here, "genderqueer" does not mean "trans." It may, but it doesn't have to.
Beyond Labels. Beyond Gender. Beyond Arbitrary Distinctions and Divisions...
GenderQueer Revolution Welcomes...

Anyone and everyone open to their unique gendergiftedness.

Terms that may or may not fit you at any given time, perhaps today and not tomorrow, all at once, at any given moment, never, sometimes, not right now, or all the time: genderqueer, trans*(-sexual, -gender, -genderist, -vestite, -cended, -sensual, etc.), gender-gifted, genderqueerriffic, gender-fabulous, gender-plus, gender-more, gender non-conforming, non-gendered, androgyne, bi-gender, boigirl, girlboi, boygirl, girlboy, girlfag, guydyke, pansexual, polysexual, omnisexual, bisexual, transguy, transdyke, transwoman, womon, womyn, FTM, FTMTF, MTF, polygender, intergender, intersex, straight-but-not-narrow, omnigender, genderfuck, gender-variant, no-ho, no-op (no hormone, no surgery), genderless, metagender(ed), both man and woman, neither man nor woman, effeminate, feminine, female, femme-as-gender, butch, masculine, male, queer, gay, lesbian, bi, birl, byke, dyke, open, curious, asexual, sex-positive, SM, leather, BDSM, Domme, sub, slave, switch, crossdresser, en femme, in "boy mode," in "girl mode," drag king, drag queen, gender performance artist, gender impressionist, gender bender, gender blender...
Also, handicapped, disabled, handicapable, people of size, fit-at-any-size, fat-positive, size activist, positive, negative, HIV+, HIV-, Jewish, Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jew-Bu, Orthodyke, spiritual, God/dess spiritualist, leather, atheist, agnostic, principled, moral, ethical, white, black, POC, person of color, asian, amerasian, hapa, Afro-Am, brown, latina/o, chicana/o, mestizo/a, southeast asian, bi-racial, multi-racial, red, yellow, native, mixed, and an infinite more descriptors that attempt to describe the vast, overwhelming complexity of human Beings...

Any other words (knowing that words have great limitations) for your unique gender, sexuality, racial/cultural identity, spirituality (or absence thereof), physical ability, body shape, size, karyotype, physiology, class, socioeconomic status, biological age, spiritual age, artistic predisposition, level of education, profession, occupation, hobby, or anything and everything that makes up the whole of you, your gestalt, your Being, your multifaceted, Divine complexity...

Wordless Wed - I haven't done one in a while....

Love Wins! Where I'll be tonight!!!

Los Angeles


Event Type: Vigil

Meetup Location: Olvera Street Plaza, 845 N. Alameda Street, LA

Meetup Time: 8:00 p.m.

Contact: latinoequalityalliance@gmail.com

Notes:

Candlelight vigil starts at 8PM on Olvera Street in downtown L.A. There will be a separate press conference in West Hollywood, as well.

info found on HRC website

Intellectual History of Black Women -- Call for Papers

Call for Papers -- Intellectual History of Black Women


Date & Time: October 15, 2010 - 12:00pm

Project: Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women, Semester: Fall 2010

The Black Women's Intellectual and Cultural History Collective (BWICH) is seeking paper submissions for a broad-ranging conference on black women's contributions to black thought, political mobilization, creative work and gender theory. We are interested in work on any time period that explores black women as intellectuals across a broad geography including Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America, and Europe. BWICH aims to piece together a history of black women's thought and culture that maps the distinctive concerns and historical forces that have shaped black women's ideas and intellectual activities. To this end, we are interested in papers exploring subjects including, but not limited to, the genealogy of black feminism, the patterns of women's leadership and ideas about religious culture and politics, the scientific work of black women, the economic ideas of black women, the politics of black women's literature, and the history of black women's racial, sexual or social thought. We encourage submissions from scholars of all ranks, and any relevant discipline.



Accepted papers will be featured at a conference on the Intellectual History of Black Women in New York City on April 28-30. The conference is sponsored by Columbia University's Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference (CCASD), which will also cover participants' travel and lodging expenses. Submissions are due no later than October 15, 2010, and should include a one-page abstract of the projected paper, as well as a short C.V. Paper proposals and C.V.s should be submitted by email to: bwhichconference@gmail.com
About BWICH


BWICH is an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort dedicated to recovering the history of black women as
active intellectual subjects. We aim to encourage scholarship on black women’s intellectual activities among a diverse and enduring community of senior and junior scholars, whose intellectual exchanges will cross generations and foster a scholarly tradition that outlives this particular project.



PROJECT DIRECTORS

Mia Bay, Rutgers University

Farah Jasmine Griffin, Columbia University

Martha S. Jones, University of Michigan

Barbara D. Savage, University of Pennsylvania