Episode 66: Out of Rose?

I Can't Fux With You! Confessions of An Uppity Black Woman

Me and the legions of #ubw who have been silent for so long, most definitely are not fuxing with misogynoir. At least we must be intentional in our attempts to not be complicit actors. It would be unfair to jump to Diddy and the minefield of misogyny that is hip-hop, without examining my own participation given my love of hip-hop - the more vulgur, misogynostic, the better! I know - it is contradictory. However, if I say I am living a life of alignment, that everything that I say and do are a match, then having on repeat a Ricky Rozay song that includes a line that in effect is equivalent to: "Drop that p***y b***h" is in direct juxtaposition to whatever I said before, thereby rendering my words....BS! Imma ease into that elimination of Ricki and the rest from my hip-hop lexicon. But before we get there, life stays filled with joyful disasters. Settling into that as the feeling is incredibly uncomfortable. I can experience the joyful highs of watching my daughter flourish and blossom into this amazing #ubw in training. I watch her at the same time I have to process the disastrous nature of how my ex-husband continues to poke the delicate protective membrane my daughter and I have wrapped around ourselves. For some, the disastrous times appear to overshadow the joyful ones, and its enough to cause one to be broken. I am beyond grateful for the legion of #ubw that allow me to unburden during those times. Sis, my prayer for you is that you have that same legion.
REFERENCES IN TODAYS EPISODE
Shadow of Masks - Jumbie
Sade - King Of Sorrow - Official - 2001
Vanessa Quilanten, I'm a Feminist who Loves Hip-Hop. Rick Ross and Other Misogynists Can't Change That. Dallas Observer, April 5, 2013
Amy DuBois Barnett, Commentary: For Black Women, the world of hip-hop has always been a minefield of misogyny, April 10, 2024

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