Without her (and Miss Lou (known outside the Caribbean as Louise Bennett), and Zora Neale Hurston, and Toni Morrison, and Maya Angelou, and… nothing comes to fruition in a vacuum), I wouldn’t have formed the analysis necessary to critique unthinking forms of black “solidarity” or attempts at “post-“black movements. bell hooks is the first black feminist I encountered during my formal schooling, the first scholar who validated my theories on traditional methods of social and literary critique being implicitly predisposed to suit white concerns. “None of us come to black feminism except through you” – Melissa Harris Perry to bell hooks in the opening moments of their talk.ĬOULD. There’s a point to all this chatter, promise. I’m going to take you on a bit of a roundabout trip, but hear me out. If you haven’t watched the video yet, I strongly urge you to do so while you still can. The catalyst for this post came from the unlikeliest of sources: the recent livestreamed dialogue between Melissa Harris Perry and bell hooks, filmed at The New School. I’ll be damned if I let anyone define what this publication represents before I do. I am not offering this explanation as an anxious excuse or as a heartwrenching marketing ploy I am offering it because Butch Glam features my face, my name, my words. I’m going to try, but it’s going to seem sloppy, rambling, not quite complete. I don’t know how to put into words what Butch Glam means for me – why I felt compelled to do it, what I hope it will eventually become. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.
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