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Every day a feminist

Sat 14th November 2015 MamaJunkYard

Every day a feminist

I have been, or rather I am always thinking about what my feminism means to me. How it informs my PhD research; how it shapes my interactions; how I frame my reactions to situations, what it means to be every day a feminist. I tried to explain this “every day a feminist” … [Read more...]

Gender, Kenya, Race Africa, blackness, diaper mentality, feminisim, identity, intersectionality, racism

Thug Notes: What’s in the subtext?

Mon 21st October 2013 MamaJunkYard

Thug Notes: What’s in the subtext?

I recently read a wonderful summary of Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s definition of coded racism that describes it as: “new racism that entails individuals saying and doing things that perpetuate racial stereotypes and inequalities, but they do so in such a way that the offender is … [Read more...]

Gender, Pop Culture, Race bell-hooks, Coded-Racism, culture, ethnicity, hip-hop, identity, Language, Literature, Pop Culture, Race, Thug-Notes, YouTube

Testing…1.2.3: Is this thing on?

Fri 22nd February 2013 MamaJunkYard

Testing…1.2.3: Is this thing on?

It has been a long while since I considered myself a blogger.  So long in fact that even the claim to being a ‘sometimes blogger’ has started to wear thin.  So, forgive me if I am a little rusty.  A lot has happened in the time between my regular blogging and now. To name … [Read more...]

Blogsphere, Gender, My Junk, Race, Site News blogging, identity

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From my PhD Blog: Digital Race

#KOT, digital Black joy and Moi’s accidental & actual death

#KOT, digital Black joy and Moi’s accidental & actual death

My writing is featured in this month’s The Sociological Review. The theme for the May issue is Digital Social Life. The title of my contribution is Digital Black Lives: Performing (Dis)Respect and Joy Online. I write about #KenyansOnTwitter (#KOT) and I explore how former Kenyan president Moi’s legacy and eventual death in 2020 was discussed […]

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