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Sssh
Raped by Dazee Dizzle I wrote two songs about rape. One was titled, “Raped”. Raped Could I hide my face Cover my hair to feel more safe? Not connect, just disconnect To avoid that fate not even date Not have sex Let all these things hold me back To not get raped, not get raped You know what I want I’m promiscuous So I get what I deserve I ask for it Just off of looks it’s what I’ve earned And I’ve had so much experience I can’t have love And anything I might get I have to give it up Don’t want my fate to be rape Let my…
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Sexual Freedom In The New World : A Response To Lavrin and El Saffar
By Joy Lynn Clark 10/30/2017 When I was in college, I took a Latin American Women Writers course. As I have mentioned in past posts, I got heated. In so many ways I could identify with these writers. I am going to give my Latin Studies professor a break (lol) and publish some of these papers. This particular paper was my response to, “Rapture Encaged, The Supression of the Feminine in Western Culture” (Routledge, London and New York) by Ruth Anthony El Saffar. The other reading was, “International Feminisms: Latin American Alternatives” (Blackwell Publishers Ltd.) by Asuncion Lavrin. 10/30/2017 After reading the two histories by Lavrin and El Saffar I immediately notice that sex…
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Explicit? Bio 101
Bio 101 by Dazee Dizzle I will be the first to say abstinence is not a good look on me. However, that has been my experience more often than not. Although I hate to reveal my age, if you knew it then you would know it is really hard to be abstinent. Many people go through this so I know I am not alone. A person can fantasize though. I watched porn for awhile. It worked for a bit. Then I got tierd of that. Here I was, a single mother going back to school, at “that” time in her life and studying biology. While I was sitting in biology,…
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The Cemetary On the Colored Side (Buried Alive)
By Joy Lynn Clark 3/12/2021 Published on: Oct 9, 2017 @ 05:03By Joy Lynn Clark (this story has been edited from the original) 10/12/2017 I have four ancestors buried at Burr Oak Cemetery on the famous Colored Side. Mother Mamie Roberts, Bishop William Matthew Roberts (CME ), Mamie Thompson and George Thompson I. My ancestor Bishop William Matthew Roberts started Chicago’s Original Roberts Temple. Bishop William Matthew Roberts has an honorary street on Chicago’s Southside (crossing 42nd Street west of Vincennes). The Historic church was much farther East (near Drexel) and was demolished in the mid-1990’s. I am no blood relation to the founders of the New Roberts Temple CME located…
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Singing Stones
I AM THE ONLY ONE AND, IF I COULD VISIT THE MOON I WOULD TAKE A SKATEBOARD . . . 9/23/2017 By Joy Merriweather Ok, I am not the only one but it sure feels like it. The title of tonight’s installation is Singing Stones. This particular exhibition features the artists from Palais De Tokyo and Institut Francais. I laughed. French black people in Tokyo. Got it. Maybe. Maybe not.
