Hey, y’all,
I’m dopegirlfresh. I’m guest blogging here at Feministe this week and next. I am very pleased and excited to participate — I’ve been reading Feministe off and on (mostly off) since about 2002, when I found Lauren Bruce via the now-defunct wehavebrains.com (were any of y’all around then?). I am a queer cis femme, black USian with some of the fiercest food allergies you ever did see.
I have a blog on wordpress that I ignore. And I have a tumblr that I use a lot, where I post original content ranging from rants about personal stuff to cultural commentary, to recipes. Also, I reblog any damn thing I want. I also co-host a weekly radio show called Hip Hop is for Lovers, where my co-host homegirl and I curse a lot and talk about sex, love, romantic relationships, dating, sex toys, and sex work with hip hop music as the soundtrack. I’m verbose. And I’ll ramble on forever if you let me. (Hence the title of this intro post.)
While I’m here, I’ll probably talk a lot about the following: culture, sex, race, class, sex work, serving as a co-parent to children who are not your relatives (think of the people Patricia Hill Collins refers to as other mothers in Black Feminist Thought), music, and random things that I find completely hilarious. Also, I’ll probably write about my experiences being a large bodied person on public transit, especially traveling in NYC versus traveling in Philly (my hometown).
Be forewarned: I don’t do a lot of 101 posts. If I think there’s something I’m discussing that requires background, I will provide it to the best of my ability. I’m looking forward to posting here. Many thanks to Jill for the invite!