It Ain’t Over ‘Til Rihanna Sings

I’m not sure what she was wearing. I’m not even sure I followed what she was saying. Fact is, Rihanna’s performance at this year’s American Music Awards show wasn’t really about either of those things. The essence of her performance was captured in her final pose– it was about a young woman who, one year after publicly dealing with domestic violence, was still standing strong. Rihanna was faced with many choices after Chris Brown attacked her last year. She could go back to him (and she did briefly) or she could leave him (which she ultimately did). She could retreat privately (and she did briefly) and let her career fall to the wayside or she could do what many artists do and use that emotion to inspire her next album (which she ultimately did).

In her interview with Diane Sawyer, Rihanna said that her choice to leave Brown was about her young female fans. She said that she needed to let them know that it was not okay to stay in an abusive relationship. Tonight, Rihanna gave her young fans another lesson. She taught them that even in the face of adversity, you have a choice and even if you don’t initially make the right choice you can learn from that and move on.

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categories General | Erica | datetime November 22, 2009 8:52 pm | comments Comments (0)

Black Women For Reproductive Justice Events

What happens when you mix the skills of a professional, slightly bohemian, writer, poet, Midwest Diva with almost 20 years of experience working in Black women’s health with an Indie soul artist, songwriter, poet, actress, single mom, women’s health educator with over 20 years in the entertainment industry?  What do you get when you get these two women together with a cup of coffee or tea and a current event?   You get “Kitchen Table Talks“.  Join Toni Bond Leonard and Cherisse Scott of Black Women for Reproductive Justice for their weekly show, “Kitchen Table Talks” (KITT).  KITT provides listeners with cutting-edge discussions of everything for, by, and about Black women and then some.  KITT focuses on what it takes for Black women to be healthy, have healthy families, and live in healthy communities?  There’s always “a pot on the stove” with Toni and Cherisse.

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categories General | Erica | datetime November 18, 2009 9:01 am | comments Comments (1)

Here We Go Again

It’s about that time– the end of the semester. Which means I’ll be totally consumed by my studies and won’t have time to post until mid-December. In the meantime, I encourage you to take a look at a few of my favorite posts.

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categories General | Erica | datetime November 11, 2009 6:06 pm | comments Comments (0)