#blackwomensrights

[heathaakosuaphotos]

So delighted that #toomanyblackamoors lives on! Gracing the cover of new book by #SamanthaNPinto @dukeuniversitypress Infamous Bodies:Early Black Women's Celebrity and the Afterlife of Rights. Out in August!! Delighted to be showcasing this important book about reframing the gaze. @autographabp #blackwomensrights #visualart #artactivism #dukepress https://www.instagram.com/p/B9GtUNvl5wF/?igshid=1jnkmnlsepse2

[shasharishi]

A very apt quote posted by @hunkydorygirl for #internationalwomensday 🙏🏽💜🎠🔥 #shashaspiritledlife #internationalwomensday #womanpower #feminism #womensrights #blackwomensrights #mayaangelou #femalesolidarity #womentogether #fightforwomen #divinefeminine #magick #wombmagic #bloodmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKI2irj8bI/?igshid=1gajwk1u5n1f4

[therealchandon]

AGAIN!! BLACK WOMEN SAVE THE WORLD!! #MotherOfTheUniverse #LoveGodHerself #BlackWomen #BlackWomensRights #Respect #FearOfABlackPlanet ✊🏿✊��✊🏻✊🏾✊🏼 (also note @officialjkrowling is a SAVAGE!! 💖) #ByeRoy #ScrewYouAndTheHorseYouRodeInOn (at La Plaza Mall)

[jordipoo]

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass. - Maya Angelou #womensmarch #womensrights #blackwomensrights #genderequality #beautifulqueens

[feministarchives-internet-blog]

The quotes WE picked out: “Black women faced constant sexism in the Black Liberation Movement. Although there were several different movements for black liberation (the Civil Rights Movement, Black Nationalism, the Black Panthers, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and others) for the purposes of this paper they are all considered under the title Black Liberation Movement. The movement, though ostensibly for the liberation of the black race, was in word and deed for the liberation of the black male. Race was extremely sexualized in the rhetoric of the movement. Freedom was equated with manhood and the freedom of blacks with the redemption of black masculinity. Take, for example, the assumption that racism is more harmful to black men than it is to black women because the real tragedy of racism is the loss of manhood; this assumption illustrates both an acceptance of masculinity defined within the context of patriarchy as well as a disregard for the human need for integrity and liberty felt by both men and women.” “Many black men in the movement were interested in controlling black women's sexuality. Bell hooks comments that during the Black Liberation Movement of the 1960s, "black men overemphasize[d] white male sexual exploitation of black womanhood as a way to explain their disapproval of inter-racial relationships." It was, however, no contradiction of their political views to have inter-racial relationships themselves. Again, part of "freedom" and "manhood" was the right of men to have indiscriminate access to and control over any woman's body.”

“[statement by black male activist Amiri Baraka]: Baraka insists that men and women are unequal by nature. This is an attitude which he considers healthy and worthy of promotion to other black men and women. Not only are men and women different, he says, but there is no reciprocity in their relationship to each other; hence, a black man is not 'for' his woman as a black woman is 'for' her man. The two do not submit to one another; rather, the woman submits to her black man.” [statement by black male activist and rapist Eldridge Cleaver] “I became a rapist. To refine my technique and modus operandi, I started out by practicing on black girls in the ghetto-in the black ghetto where vicious and dark deeds appear not as aberrations or deviations from the norm, but as part of the sufficiency of the Evil of a day-and when I considered myself smooth enough, I crossed the tracks and sought out white prey.” “Sexual discrimination against women in the Black Liberation Movement not only took the form of misogynist writings, it was also a part of daily life. Elaine Brown recalls an organizational meeting of the Black Congress in which she and the other women were forced to wait to eat until the men were served food for which they had all contributed money. The "rules" were then explained to her and a friend: "Sisters... did not challenge Brothers. Sisters... stood behind their black men, supported their men, and respected them. In essence, ... it was not only 'unsisterly' of us to want to eat with our Brothers, it was a sacrilege for which blood could be shed." Similar discrimination existed within the Civil Rights Movement. E. Frances White recalls, "I remember refusing to leave the discussion at a regional black student society meeting to go help out in the kitchen. The process of alienation from those militant and articulate men had begun for me." 

“It must be stressed that it was not only many of the men but also a great number of the women in the Black Liberation Movements who were enforcing strict gender roles on black women. In much the same way that women in dominant society do not resist but encourage sexism, black women fell prey to perpetuating patriarchy within the black community.”

[blackfemmovement-blog]

Third World Women's Alliance 1970

[poppascrew]

California prisons sterilized female inmates without permission

  Published on Jul 8, 2013

The Center for Investigative Reporting has released a story on prisoners in California who had been sterilized from 2006 to 2010. According to the report, 148 women had the procedure known as "tubal ligation" which prevents them from having more children. Courtney Hooks, communications director for Justice Now, gives us the details on how this was possible without state approval.

[feministarchives-internet-blog]

“Since many have deemed the life of black woman and black female child as worth less than black men and black boys, the only way for the supposedly “bottom of the pile” black woman to peacefully exist in this world is to divest herself economically from the black community completely and stop enriching white wealth.

Stop the fake solidarity. Stop supporting individuals and institutions who do not reciprocate in kind. Leave religions that devalue your humanity. Stop valuing the opinions of individuals who do not have the power to define you. Just stop doing anything that does not greatly benefit you or your well-being.

The black woman can thrive only when she vehemently rejects all of the implicit or explicit messages that attempt to tell her she’s less than human and go about her business and live as she chooses.

I wonder what would happen if black women did the same things as black men do.”

[feministarchives-internet-blog]

“Give BW a break. Research racial loyal entrapment. These women got no choice to march for them. They're trap in relationship or neighborhood with their abusers.“

- Comment regarding the loyalty BW have towards their race (read: black males, as males are the default). 

[feministarchives-internet-blog]

“Another thing is I can't blame her because exactly what I dealt with my whole life [unconditionally supporting/defending black males], she did too. If she never felt like she mattered being a BW, how can she let her daughters know they matter? Black women have been in this cycle since as long as I have known. The world treats us as if we are nothing unless we are somebody daughter, somebody wife or somebody mother, but we are never just seen as somebody. I am so glad for the opportunity to see these [videos/literature] now, because it wasn't available when I was younger. I really needed it then but I am grateful I still wasn't to old to change my thought process and live a different way.“ - PS: If you’d like to know what incredible material this commenter is referring to that changed her life, send us a private message and we’ll hook you up. 

[feministarchives-internet-blog]

“The violent uprisings and wars are already happening [and have happened]. They started long ago – perpetuated by black men on black women, children and one another, worldwide. Look at all the pointless bloodshed. If there were intergroup wars, there is no reason to believe most black men would protect black women. Even black women active in Black Lives Matter are reporting being raped by black men active in the movement. Other black people, including black men, told the women to be silent about the sexual violation for the sake of the movement, and the sake of not putting an outspoken black male member of BLM in jail. Most black men value their individual existence, and that’s it. They’d send black women to fight race wars, hide behind the women until the dust settled, and then happily skip off into the sunset with non-black women over our dead bodies. Black men are more likely to be shot dead by black men than by white cops. Black women don’t know the names of the black women who get killed by cops, or the black girls and women who go missing and are never found, but want black women to worry about grown men who should be capable of handling their own problems. I don’t want to be queen of violent, impoverished, rape-infested, murder-infested slum “kingdoms” black men have worldwide. What’s the point? I’m satisfied living safely in the suburbs under the protection of my white husband, who treats me like his Queen. Asian men are also marriage options for real women who like nation-builders, so black women should keep eyes out for them, too.” - SHOTS FIRED, ladies and gentleman.