#when the rainbow is enuf

[roseillith]

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF (1982) dir. OZ SCOTT

[vivaciousoceans]

i sat up one nite walkin a boardin house  screamin/ cryin/ the ghost of another woman who waz missin what i waz missin i wanted to jump up outta my bones  & be done wit myself  leave me alone  & go on in the wind  it waz too much  i fell into a numbness  til the only tree i cd see  took me up in her branches  held me in the breeze  made me dawn dew  that chill at daybreak  the sun wrapped me up swingin rose light everywhere  the sky laid over me like a million men  i waz cold/ i waz burnin up/ a child  & endlessly weavin garments for the moon wit my tears  i found god in myself & i loved her/ i loved her fiercely

Ntozake Shange // for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

[waywordsstudio]

𝐓𝐁𝐑 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐞: 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 -

A few of the books I'm most looking forward to this month!

[partypoobindahouse2nite]

Uuugh… hrrr… uggg.. *throws up but it’s just rainbow.*

(I’m so sorry the sickfic is grabbing me hard but I just remembered ur sensitive 2 that stuffz so I tried 2. Change it up,, you donr have 2 answer this idk,, /ooc)

Woag!

R u ok?!

[robynsassenmyview]

I am woman, hear me roar

"I am woman, hear me roar", a review of Ntozake Shange's 'for colored girls who have considered suicide//when the rainbow is enuf' at the Joburg Theatre until 3 March 2024.

DANCING on beer cans and shingles, Siobhan King and Refilwe Modiselle (in the background) in a scene from for colored girls who have considered suicide//when the rainbow is enuf, directed by James Ngcobo. Photograph courtesy Joburg Theatre. WHEN YOU ARE able to be present in a huge concrete interior in which one woman and her voice can with clear authority, take control of the whole space, with…

[earthjrnl]

"My love is too delicate to have thrown back on my face" - Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf.

[lboogie1906]

Ambassador Bisa Williams (1954) was a career member of the Foreign Service of the UA Department of State. She was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the Ambassador to the Republic of Niger.

She was born in Trenton, New Jersey to Dr. Paul T. Williams, a surgeon, and Eloise Owens Williams a professor of Social Work at the College of New Jersey. Her sister Ntozake Shange is known for writing her award-winning 1976 Broadway play, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” Her sister, Ifa Bayeza, who is a playwright, wrote a multi-generational novel, Some Sing, Some Cry, with Shange.

She earned a BA cum laude from Yale University. She earned MAs from both the UCLA and the National Defense University.

She joined the US Foreign Service in 1984. Her first overseas assignment was as a general services officer at the Embassy in Conakry, Guinea. She served as a political officer at the embassy in Panama City. She spent a year at the State Department as a country officer for the countries of Cape Verde, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. She returned to Panama as a political officer. She was a special assistant to the coordinator of assistance to the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union.

She worked as a political and economic officer for the US mission at the UN in New York. She was a special assistant to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. She served as the first secretary for African Affairs at the embassy in Paris. She held the position of deputy chief of mission in Port Louis, Mauritius. She served as the director for international organizations at the National Security Council in the George W. Bush White House.

She became the coordinator for Cuba Affairs at the State Department and served as acting deputy assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs.

She has received five Superior Honors and four Meritorious Honor Awards. She is proficient in the French, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[moonfirebrides]

'A woman with a moon falling from her mouth, roses between her legs and tiaras of Spanish moss, this woman is a consort of the spirits. & handled warmly. And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows' For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

[whilereadingandwalking]

For Black Women Writers at Work, Claudia Tate interviewed 14 playwrights, poets, and novelists to get at their sensibilities and their craft, and ask their takes on some of the debates of the day. The artists include Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde, and many more, and the interviews include a lot of fascinating insight into their craft, especially valuable when they were interviewed in the 1970s and too much of their work reduced to solely their own experiences rather than their creativity or process. The iconic tome has been rereleased by Haymarket Books in this new lovely edition.

The one thing I wish this reissue had was an introduction to the issues and debates of the day for the 2023 reader. Over and over again, Tate asked writers about a 'debate.' My understanding is that the Black sexist debate was raised particularly by two works: Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman by Michele Wallace and for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange. The crux of it was that female writers who raised issues of misogyny, abuse, and sexual assault were accused of dividing the community and undermining the unity of the Black cause. I was able to slowly get that from reading along and then google-searching, but an introduction to it could have been incredibly valuable and taken mere sentences.

It was honestly incredible to get into the heads of these authors and hear from them about their stories and their craft, when they were in the midst of it. Their voices are so distinct and vivid, and it's fantastic to have this archive, to get a chance to see into their heads. It includes many fantastic pieces of writing advice (I particularly loved Toni Morrison's, perhaps because she too feels like her characters and stories just arrive in her head). A great and necessary read for writers and for readers of these incredible authors' works.

[butchie-sweethearts]

I’m a bit of a name hoarder, you can call me any version of Butchie, Marima or Ezcarabeo. My fursona is a Shapeshifter Angel named Berhane/Solito, its pronouns are She/They/It and mine vary but They/Them or Ze/Hir will always be accepted. My gender is Butch. My sexuality is Butch.

If you are under the age of 18 please block #mdni

I will not reblog sexual nudity but may reblog some sexy characters/ outfits or textposts that are explicit. Also I talk about drugs and swear often.

https://linktr.ee/butchiemarimacho

Any other account not on this list is not me. These are all I got.

My main isnt on there bc this is my only actually social social media, I don’t enjoy other sites, and this linktree is for art.

My art blog is @butchiesart

Too much stuff so its going under tha cut

Webspace Interests:

* Night in the Woods

* Disco Elysium

* Splatoon

* But I’m a Cheerleader

* RHPS

* Cybersix

* Vocaloid

* Vampire in Brooklyn

* Furries

* Blade Trilogy and Anime

* To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

*Vampirus (2022)

* My Little Pony

* Vampires vs. The Bronx

* Carrie (1976)

*We Are Lady Parts

*Vamp (1986)

* For Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf

* Blacula

* Spider-Man Across the Spiderverse

* Experimental Music (PLZ send me ur music as an ask I WILL respond with my thoughts, but know it takes a lot for me to be a hater)

Brickspace Interests:

* Chicano and African American History + Rights

* Racial categorization and blood quantums and why they’re fucking ridiculous

* Womanist and Profeminist Theory

* Land Back (In all countries not just America)

* Queer History + Rights

* Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish History and Ashkenazi Jewish Customs

* Disability Rights and Mad Liberation

* Punk anything

* Art movements (I took classes on western art movements but am having to learn about art movements from the east and global south on my own, any resources you know of or history from your country are appreciated)

[roseillith]

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF (1982) dir. OZ SCOTT

[apilgrimsprogress]

I found god in myself & I loved her I loved her fiercely

Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

[angelofthemornings]

If you want some free resources that were not particularly intended to be free, here are some books that I have. Please go and buy them if you can, but if you can't, Share And Enjoy

Re-Regulating (for CPTSD)

The Body Keeps the Score (about PTSD/CPTSD but not really a self-help type book, more useful for understanding what you've been through and finding sympathy)

The Complex PTSD Coping Skills Workbook (CPTSD)

Disconnecting to Survive (for dissociation related to trauma, PTSD/CPTSD/DID)

The Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills (DBT skills for autism and ADHD)

Stop Self-Sabotage (general life skills)

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (this is just a seminal piece of literature for Black women who feel alone trying to cope with the world)

Get out of Your Mind and into Your Life (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy workbook)

Can't Hurt Me (you might not be ready for the tough love approach to getting your shit together and I don't agree with everything Goggins does, but I find this one pumps me up)

I also threw in Tiny Habits because it was written by the director of the Stanford Behavior Design lab in response to Atomic Habits (comparatively a pretty useless book), and this is how habit forming and habit breaking REALLY work.

If you need an app that will read the files, ReadEra is a good free one.

guys. please

[lboogie1906]

Lynn Whitfield (born February 15, 1953) is an actress. She began her acting career in television and theatre before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her breakout performance in The Josephine Baker Story. She was born in Baton Rouge, the daughter of Jean Smith, a former president of the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency, and Dr. Valerian Smith, who was a composer who wrote the musicals, The Supper and The Wake. She is the eldest of four children and a third-generation BFA graduate from Howard University. She played leading roles in several made-for-television movies and had several starring in theatrical films, including The Slugger's Wife, Silverado, The Women of Brewster Place, The George McKenna Story, Jaws: The Revenge The Slugger's Wife, Silverado, Jaws: The Revenge, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Gone Fishin', Eve's Bayou, Stepmom, Head of State, Madea's Family Reunion, and The Women. She has starred or appeared in over 100 films and television productions. She starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf in Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards. She first garnered attention on the stage by performing with the Black Repertory Company in DC. She married playwright/director/actor Vantile Whitfield, one of the company's co-founders and a pioneer of Black theatre. She moved to New York and appeared off-Broadway in such shows as The Great Macdaddy and Showdown Time before earning international acclaim touring the US, Australia, and London's West End in the play "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf". She made her professional screen debut in Hill Street Blues. She appeared in the comedy film Doctor Detroit. She was a regular cast member in the series HeartBeat. She has been married twice. She married Vantile Whitfield. She married director Brian Gibson, with whom she had a daughter. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphakappaalpha https://www.instagram.com/p/Corsfi6LhVD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

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“i found god in myself / & i loved her/ i loved her fiercely”

— Ntozake Shange, from For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf

To our children leaving home, Winterville, Georgia - by David Noah, American