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• In Media Res
  Re: Swinging the Pendulum of Black Pop Culture Feminism

  lawd please bury the r(h)hatchet!

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  Nina Cartier Northwestern University

  Thursday, August 28, 2014 — 6:13 pm

  Thanks for the comment Regina. I tire of the same narratives too. What has been irking me as of late is not so much that black women can't be sexy without someone calling us "hoes" and "ratchets" and such, but that our current mom ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Names and Claims: "Shabooya, Roll Call!"

  Performing the Shabooyah

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  Nina Cartier Northwestern University

  Tuesday, August 26, 2014 — 5:17 am

  Shabooyah always reminds me of the bodily aspect of the call. As a little girl, it was a "cheer," much like the Bring It On clip. The word play was just as important as how inventive your moves were, and that bodily performative aspect seems to ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Dad’s Hollywood Secret

  plus ça change...

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  Nina Cartier Northwestern University

  Thursday, August 28, 2014 — 1:55 am

  I find it really interesting that on so many levels this clips does so much of the ideological work you have thoroughly excavated and explicated. It explodes with teachable moments like the ones you describe and further complicates our relationships to th ...