I am an artist, writer, poet, and dancer, from the Twin Cities, I consider myself a renaissance woman as I like to talk about important issues while enjoying the joi de vivre!
I want to dance around rooms, with large windows..to let the sun in I want to sing with the band with my pretty dress- I’ll really love it To gaze at the moon and make plans, you touching my hand, I’m motivated Been contemplating lately, you on my plate it makes me, crave stormy nights … More How my heart feels now
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Originally posted on URBAN GYPZY:
I spent this past weekend binging on classic movies made by aboriginal (black) Americans. We started off with Beloved, then Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls, the next day I tried watching Birth of a Nation, but found myself emotionally exhausted from what I started to term trauma movies. I understood…
His eyes have witnessed things that history forgot, the footprints of a time past dipped in struggle. He can recall his people when they were once wise and free, times now will make this reality hard to believe. Because his people have been exploited and stole, marketed on the auction block, families torn apart, … More The Watchman from the bridge For Dad By Stephanie Mann
Inside my self-there was a map that was locked with a key, a dramatic type of mystery, because no one owes me. I had no idea where to start looking for this key, nor did I know when and if I were to use it, what would be waiting on the map for me to … More Soul Love
photo by Stephanie Mann I center myself in a room, often dark and unassuming. In this room I can vaguely see, but there is always a presence that surrounds me, so reassuring, so loving. And I lost in a dark room, with no clear vision, had to learn to feel. Because emotions … More The poetry of you
I have been playing with the idea of photos and filters heavy for almost a year now. I like the way filters set the mood of a photograph. Since a photograph is static, I like the ability to create more with a single image. I started off by using my selfies because no matter how … More Digital Photo Art
On what he deemed the 30th anniversary of hip hop, in 2004, Village Voice critic Greg Tate wrote that the music’s “ubiquity has created a common ground and a common vernacular for Black folk from 18 to 50 worldwide.” Its global reach, however, has made it a rich site for “corporate exploitation.” The complicated relationship […] … More 150 Songs from 100 Rappers Get Artfully Woven into One Great Mashup: Watch the “40 Years of Hip Hop” — Blütensthaub
Originally published at Fangs for the Fantasy A gent by the name of Malcolm X once said, “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” Many people often wonder […] … More Navigating Through Race: The Plight of Storytellers of Color — thenerdsofcolor
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