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Did you say lesbians? I love lesbians!
So I'm sitting in a coffee shop talking with a brother about a trip he took to Africa to work in a village. I was a little annoyed by his comments that more black kids should be taken to Africa so they can see how good they have it in America, but I decided not to intervene on that point. (Good is a relative term and entitled US urban/suburban black youth can go to plenty urban and rural places in the US and see that they have greater access to basic needs. No global gawking is necessary).
Then he proceeds to explain that one of the participants was a lesbian and that she started to become more feminine the more she got into the gender roles established in the community that hosted them. He continued to talk about this woman reconsidering her "lesbianism" having had this experience in Africa until I explained that I did not agree with his perspectives on lesbianism as something wrong.
In hindsight I wish I had just said, "Did you say lesbians? I love lesbians. They are so awesome!" Then followed that up with my long list of why I LOVE lesbians.
Lesbians founded my alma mater—I'm pretty sure of it.
Lesbians taught me about Marx in their spare time in Ohio.
Lesbians gave me a place to stay in DC, Oakland, Southern California, Ohio etc.
Lesbians are deliberate about having a relationship with my son.
A lesbian groomed my partner for his current position and still has the shit we left behind when we moved in her basement—MB we will handle our business soon.
Lesbians taught me about heterosexual privilege, homophobia, and heterosexism in addition to racism, sexism, ageism, ableism etc.
Lesbians played guitar and sang and danced with me
Lesbians write some really good fiction
Lesbians go door knocking with me on Get Out The Vote campaigns
Lesbians go marching and rallying with me
Lesbians fight for justice everywhere
Lesbians taught me about public policy, labor rights, women's rights activism and advocacy
Lesbians helped me paint and pack my house when we moved away
Lesbians brought me honey and took me out to dinner.
Lesbians created black women's studies
In short lesbians have always shown me and mine lots of love.
" Did you say lesbians? I LOVE LESBIANS, will be my first response next time someone wants to think that we might think alike because we are both, I dunno, black, speaking English, fancy the same coffee shop at the same time of day, whatever. Next time I will be ready with a list of ALL the fly lesbians I love: Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Sapphire, Cheryl Clark, Me'shell Ndegeocello, JenRose, MaryBeth, Laura and Katie (shout out to your new beautiful baby girl), Moya, Nancy, Monique, Bonji, Donna Troka, Sile Singleton, Taising and Jen, Carol, Smiley, just to name a few. Do you love lesbians too? Name your list of favorites and tell us why. (Please be considerate, do not out anyone!)
Tags: Black Women, lesbian, love, solidarity, women's friendship
Categories Activism, Self-Care
Author sheridf
Please Accept My Sincere Apology
Dear Sonja,
I just wanted to write a letter and let you know how important you are to me. You have been there by my side all these years and I am ashamed to say that I have never showed you my full appreciation.
Sonja, you helped me learn things about myself, my body, and my pleasure that no sex education class, romance novel, porn film, or lover could ever teach me. Thank you, baby.
You have always been the prominent player of the goodie drawer, but I promise that you will no longer have to share that space. I'm gonna make you your own goodie throne..Yes, gurrrl– you're that special to me.
Through the good, the bad and the-oh so very awkward of sexual encounters, you were there. I'll admit, there were times when your mere presence would intimidate past lovers. Their insecurities about the committed relationship between you and my clit would start negatively affecting my relationship with them. Back then, I didn't have the courage to explain to them that you were a part of the full package. I didn't have the courage to tell them that they could leave. I was forced to downplay the significance of your touch, your speed, and your rhythm. I was forced to deny that you were always the missing ingredient. Sometimes, I just gave up and stopped reaching for you during those moments of almost climaxing. Sadly, (for both of us), I neglected you, and you…you just patiently waited for me. You didn't even judge me when you heard all those fake moans of "ecstasy." You just waited for them to leave and then got back in that game.
Sonja, I apologize for all of my neglect. The only thing you ever ask me for are new batteries, and baby, from now on I promise to buy the family size packs so that we never run out. 'Cause girl, you sure do know how to show your appreciation.
Thank you for being my ride or die chick…but, most importantly, thank you for letting me ride.
Crunkista
Categories Relationships, Self-Care
Author crunkista
Sex, Scripts, & Single Ladies
I'll admit it. When VH1's scripted dramedy Single Ladies premiered a few weeks ago I had very low expectations–so low, in fact, that I forgot it was even coming on that night. It wasn't until I logged on to my Facebook and saw a bunch of statements like, "OMG!" "He said what?" "Stacey Dash is how old?" "Why does LisaRaye always play herself?" that I realized the show was on. So, I flipped the channel to VH1 to see what all the buzz was about. To tell the truth, it took me a minute to even find VH1 because a channel whose claim to fame is messy-ass shows like Basketball Wives and Love and Hip Hop is generally not on my radar.
Anyway, my first impression of Single Ladies was that it was an over-the-top soap opera in the vein of Dynasty and Melrose Place, replete with rich, beautiful people and sudsy, paper-thin plot lines. And while I thought it had the potential to be some escapist fun, the raggedy acting, flat characters, and reliance on tired stereotypes had me giving the show the side eye. I will say I had great fun Facebook-critiquing it and decided to keep watching the show for the moment, if only for sociological interest…okay, and the eye candy, too, let me not front.
April, Val, and Keisha out on the town. Is it wrong for me to wonder if April shops at the same wig shop as Kim Zolciak?
My Facebook friends ran the gamut of reactions to the pilot episode. Some vowed that Single Ladies took two hours of their lives that they can never get back. Others decided that they would stick it out, at least for a few more episodes.
In thinking of my own mixed reaction to show, I decided to check out what critics had to say. Let's just say that reviews have been less than kind, to say the least.
Hank Stuever at The Washington Post wrote:
This is a series for people who found "Sex and the City" too quick-witted and "The Wendy Williams Show" too intellectually stimulating. It's the TV equivalent of a beach read with no words.
I'll admit it. I died and was later resurrected when I read that. Ooop!
Brian Lowry at Variety wrote:
Although VH1 bills "Single Ladies" as a romantic comedy, this hourlong show is really a soap–basically a scripted version of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" seeking to fill a niche among African-American women largely abandoned by broadcasters since "Girlfriends" went off the air. Still, it's not a particularly inspired serial, replete with tired situations, stiff dialogue and male characters possessing less dimension than those populating "Sex and the City," if that's possible. It's not easy for a series featuring beautiful women to harbor zero appeal among men, but these "Ladies" thread that needle.
Hmm. I can get with the first part of the comment, but I must admit that one-dimensional male characters were the least of our concerns in Sex and the City. You mean to tell me that those women went all around NYC and they couldn't find more than like three people of color to put in the whole series (Sonia Braga, Blair Underwood…who was the third, y'all? Help me out…). So, no, the fact that we did not learn Big's first name until the last episode of the series has not kept me awake at night.
By the same token, of all the critiques to make about Single Ladies, and there are plenty to make, the lack of fully realized male characters is not at the top of my list. Because the show is a soap, the scenarios are definitely over the top. Still, having lived in Atlanta for five years, I know that the dating scene there is often off the chain, with folks doing the most and achieving the least, much to many sisters' chagrin. Case in point: I dated a beautiful, smart, and gainfully-employed brother who thought the same stupid shit as Val's sexy chef did in episode two: giving head is just not "manly" but receiving head is "natural." It's true, folks, there are still people out there in the twenty-first century who think black men shouldn't do cranial maneuvers! It is not a myth like unicorns and leprechauns; they actually exist. (Yes, I know there are brothers who do it and do it well, but y'all might want to take your fallen brethren under your wings, 'cause they are tripping). So, seriously, I'm not hating on the show because some men (read: some straight men) ages 18-45 don't like it. #kanyeshrug
How about the fact that the show only has one token gay male character, when we know good and hell well that Atlanta has a vibrant and diverse queer community? How about the fact that almost all the women on the show can pass the paper bag test? Riddle me that. Now, I'm not suggesting that a soap opera on VH1 has to be all things to all people. But with Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit productions at the helm, I think it's fair to ask for a bit more. C'mon, Khadijah, we need ya!
At the end of the day, I do find the show interesting on a few levels. Real talk, sometimes after teaching and writing all day all I want to watch is something that doesn't require a lot of brainpower. I also do enjoy seeing a city I love represented, especially as I toil in the confederate wilderness of Alabama. Looking at Stacey Dash and LisaRaye McCoy makes me vow to drink more water and get more sleep because they make 45 look really, really good. Some of the situations that the women have encountered around men and dominance have been surprisingly interesting. In fact, I had a great conversation the other day with my girl Crunktastic about the whole dinner scene with the pompous professors, which tickled me especially as a sister with working class roots who went to Emory for graduate school. Despite the fact that all the profs were caricatures, I did think the class dynamics of the scene was fascinating and I definitely laughed out loud when the words "hypersexualization" and "objectification" made it onto the show. Let me mess around and find out that some folks at VH1 have taken women's studies…
Bottom line for me: the show is not great, but it does prompt some interesting questions about race, class, gender, and sisterhood, in addition to having a slew of foine—yes, foine—guest stars and an easy, breezy plot. I'll be watching, with a crunk feminist critical lens of course, for now.
What is your take on Single Ladies?
Tags: colorism, friendship, Pop Culture, scripted tv, single ladies, Vh1
Categories Film & TV, Pop Culture, Relationships
Author crunkadelic
"And You Even Licked My Balls: A Black Feminist Note on Nate Dogg"
***Note: This piece is from the blog vault of CF ReninaJ, who maintains her own spot at newmodelminority.com. As the 24 hr news cycle goes, it's easy to miss great commentary on popular culture. Occasionally, then, we'll share with you pieces that we think you should read, which you might've missed. We hope you enjoy the reflection below on Nate Dogg's life and music for those feminist, Hip Hop enthusiasts among us.***
So I have been thinking of Nate Dogg in general but rap music in particular and the difference between how I as a Black woman and how White men relate to rap music.
While I understand that sexism and patriarchy is systemic, that we LEARN and are taught how to be "men" and "women," how to be racist, how to be sexist as well as how to Love, how to forgive.
What I am getting at is, to be crude, we don't pop out of our mommas knowing how to be men and women, we are taught from infancy on through blue and pink clothing, girls being told to sit a certain way that is lady like, boys being told crying is weak, and not manly etc.
I also know that there are several structural things impacting the lives of Black men and women such as archaic drug laws, mandatory minimums, three strikes, the underdevelopment of public education, gentrification, police who shot and kill Black people with impunity, and the lack of good grocery stores in working class and low income neighborhoods. All this matters.
Culture matters as well. Culture meaning, music, books, websites and films.
Culture is hegemony's goon.
Which brings me to Nate Dogg. The recent coverage of his death clarified for me why some issues that I have thought of about rap music but didn't have the language to articulate.
I am a little troubled over how White mens investment in Black mens misogyny in rap music isn't interrogated. And how this impacts me and the women who look like me.
Society is organized by and for men.
And our lives in the US are hyper segregated racially.
By and large Black people don't live around White folks, so most White men can experience the pleasure of singing "and you even licked my balls" in the comfort of their cars, homes and apartments, whereas a young Black man said to me nearly two years ago on 125th street that he wanted to "stick his dick in my butt."
On the street, in broad daylight.
This was so absurd I thought HE was singing a rap song initially. No, he was talkingto me.
Consequently, largely, White men are not subjected to the kinds of violence and sexism that is sung about in the songs that Nate sang the hook on. As a Black woman, I am.
As a woman, as a Black women who Walks like she has a right to be in the street, this means my behind is toast.
For example, there is an officer in my neighborhood that harasses me so fucking much that I am now on a first name basis, Peace to Officer Anderson. Typically he stops me because there is apparently a 11pm curfew in DC for children under 18 on week nights. He normally asks me from his car, "Hey, how old are you." Dead ass, the second time he did it, I responded saying I was grown. o.O
After the third time, I was like "Mr. Officer whats your name because this is either the second or third time you have asked me that, and seeing as we are going to keep running into each other, I thought we could just on speaking terms." He smiled. Doesn't MPD carry 9mm's too? Sassing officers of the state who carry legal weapons? Ummhmm. And, he told me his name.
My clarity on this issue came about after I read a excerpt of a post on NPR about Nate Dogg by Jozen Cummings. He writes,
"There's also "Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Get None)," a song that was never chosen as a single from Snoop Dogg's debut album, Doggystyle but has become a favorite for many DJs trying to work a room. The song is a tour-de-force of misogynistic lyrics, but only Nate Dogg can make a verse about dismissing a one-night stand sound so sensitive and endearing."
"Remembering Nate Dogg, Hip-Hop's Hook Man"
by Jozen Cummings, NPR.org, March 16th, 2011
(via beatsrhimesandlife)
Then I reblogged and responded on tumblr saying:
In some ways, Cummings comments re Nate Dogg remind me of why I think The Chronic and Doggy style are the Devil, in terms of rap music. Men in general and White men in particular have a different relationship to the kinds of violence that I am subjected to as a Black woman who WALKS like she has a right to be in the street. Shit…two weeks ago I told two dudes to kill me or leave me alone. Dead ass. This ain't for play. This is our lives.
Have you ever thought about White men's investment in rap lyrics by Black men that are hella outta pocket?
I went to look for Cummings racial identity and I learned that he is African American, Japanese and Puerto Rican, so I am not saying that he is White. What I am saying is that his writing about Nate Dogg's misogyny reminds me of how when the misogyny bomb is dropped, people who look like me tend to get hit with hella sharpnel. Whereas White men get to live out their thug fantasies singing along with Nate "And you even licked my balls."
The Chronic and Doggystyle are sonically genius, however, did they up the ante on allowing White men and even some Black ones live out their Black sex fantasies?
Do you see the connection between Black women and White men that I am trying to make, why or why not?
Originally posted at New Model Minority.com.
Tags: gender violence, Nate Dogg, New Model Minority, rap music, The Chronic
Categories Music, Pop Culture
Author Reninawrites
8 Reasons Why Formenism Can Ruin Your Love Life
Despite the fact that "How Feminism is Ruining Your Love Life" traffics in the worst kind of stereotypes around black feminism, we want to respond in the spirit that we'd like to think the original piece was intended. The stated goal of the article is to help sisters, albeit those who have "misguidedly" used "radical black feminism" and, as a result, are single, or rather, man-less. Unfortunately, in the guise of helping folks who have been led astray, this piece will undoubtedly lead some sisters down a road to perdition and to a world of hurt. When it comes to sisters' lives, we don't play. And for that reason, we are also gonna keep it CRUNK.
Not all women want a man. Some of us want women. Some of us want (multiple) men. Some of want to be, and are, gloriously single. We can experience intimacy in multiple ways. Black women are complicated. And, lowkey, calling single sisters "mules" because they are holding it down by choice or circumstance—well, that ain't what Mother Zora had in mind.
Femininity? How about femininities (and masculinities)? There are multiple ways to be a black woman. See #1. (Also, 1892 called. They want their old-ass notions of Black womanhood back.)
It takes a village, not only to raise a child, but also to be(come) a fully actualized human being. Perhaps sisters wouldn't have to work so hard if we got rid of this patriarchal hierarchy in which female friendships come last. Sister-friends and other forms of family need not necessarily compete in one's life. (Relationships should not in fact be user-friendly. Beware of any sister that puts her girls on a DVR plan—i.e., pauses them at will, fast-forwards through the inconvenient parts, listens to and makes time for them only when she has nothing better to do on a Saturday night, etc.)
The "How To Get A Man Checklist Meme"= #Fail. Like majorly –and if a list about finding a partner doesn't include attention to things like shared interests, politics, goals, etc., but is (yet another) checklist on what sisters don't (read: never) get right and what we need to fix about ourselves then, frankly, it's the last things sisters need. Can a day go by when there is not a pejorative list of do's and don'ts for black women? (Seriously, this author sounds like the love child of Scheherezade Ali and Steve Harvey; T.D. Jakes is the Godfather, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan officiated at the shotgun wedding, where Tyler Perry was the videographer.)
Formenism =#setup; Feminism=#comeup: Formenism[1] is the misguided belief (read: sexist man's wet dream) that giving in to every traditional and stereotypical gender role for women will guarantee that you get a man and live happily ever after. That is, you will happily submit while T.I.'s "You Can Have Whatever You Like" plays in the background. There is however a catch…
It's hard to yell when the bedrail's in your mouth! (We told y'all it was a setup!) So, um yeah, giving women contradictory messages ("a ho is a ho is a ho" but don't be a prude) about sex is unhelpful. No one is saying go fuck with reckless abandon. But don't abandon your desires when you fuck. We advocate responsible, fulfilling sexual activity. Why?: cuz we grown. And cuz sex is not just for men. Women want it too. And they should be able to get it on their own terms. No apologies. Wonder how that, "hey you should just conform to the sexist sexual double-standard cuz that's how it is" would've worked on the whole slavery and racism thing? And in case you hadn't heard, Black feminist sex is the best sex ever. Even scientists agree.
For the record: there are plenty of sisters out here looking for a dude to be the head of her family, while she serves as his willing "helpmeet" and she isn't having any more luck than the rest of us. Can't blame that on feminism. Try again.
Madame Noire might as well be called "Misogynoir"[2] if it's gonna publish this kind of ish, which promotes dangerous messages about black women in the name of our welfare. We deserve better. #shutitdown
Real talk: we acknowledge that the original piece speaks to a sort of disgruntled feminism, the kind that might occur among sisters who played all their feminist cards right and still don't have the (progressive) man to show for it. We feel your pain, truly. But asking us to turn a caustic, critical gaze back on black women, rather than to take a good hard look at the systems that perpetuate patriarchy, sexism, and the like is unfair and damaging. As CF Eesha put it, "Feminism is not about 'living your best life.' It's about de-centering yourself so that we can all live our best lives." And, as CF ReninaJ broke it down, "Feminism is not about being equal to men… We need to be clear about who we want to be equal to. In fact, we need to ask do we want to be equal or do we want to be free?" At the end of the day, advocating that sisters seek out traditional marriage roles denies the fact that Black women and their partners, be they men and/or women, have been creating multiple models of partnership, family, and love for a very long time. Going backward to a way we never were is not an option; as our sisters at QBG say, black girls are from the future.
Crunkadelic & Crunktastic
[1] Sarojini Nadar and Cheryl Potgieter 2010
[2] Term coined by CF Moyazb to describe the particular brand of hatred directed at black women in American visual & popular culture.
False Feminism: Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman
You know, this has been said time and time again. But a woman candidate is NOT the same as a feminist candidate. And I know that many of the CFC's beloved readers are not suffering the delusion that Michelle Bachman and Sarah Palin are feminist advocates.
So why am I up in a tizzy about this, today of all days, when there are many pressing matters at hand? Well, it's because there are many pressing matters at hand. And I don't want to watch the mainstream media and blogosphere continue to reckon with the feminist bonafides of these decidedly anti-women presidential contenders (presumably, in the case of Sarah Palin who hasn't declared her candidacy yet). What is really going on here?
I believe that the root of this confusion is actually a deeper rift in the feminist community/movement. As Carmen Vasquez wrote in "Towards A Revolutionary Ethics,"
"We can't even agree on what a feminist is, never mind what she would believe in and how she defines the principles that constitute honor amongst us. In key with the American capitalist obsession for individualism and anything goes so long as it gets you what you want. Feminism in America has come to mean anything you like, honey. There are as many definitions of Feminism as there are feminists, some of my sisters say, with a chuckle. I don't think it's funny.[i]"
It isn't funny. Feminism is an action. An action that requires solidarity with others who do not shared your lived experience. An action that is NOT merely about equality with men. As CF ReninaJ just put it so aptly:
"Feminism is not about being equal to men. All men are not equal. A black man from 135th street with a Harvard MBA does not have the same social capital as a Black man from 135th street who just got out of Rikers. Full stop."
So then what are we talking about here? Why is there any confusion at all about whether feminism is about equality, and whether Michelle Bachman and Sarah Palin (and Barak Obama, for that matter) are feminists? Well, take a look at an image from the homepage of the website of anti-choice group, Feminists for Life.
That looks like a "feminist" image, doesn't it? Woman as superhero, a quintessential feminist trope. So, what is going on here?
It's a problem with relying on a loosey-goosey definition of feminism. Feminism that focuses on defining women as autonomous individuals and centers on personal freedom OR feminism that focuses on equality with men are limited because they gloss right over the action-element that is KEY: as defined by bell hooks and many others, feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. It is an ACTION, not an identity or a lifestyle.
As we know, shared biology does not mean a shared commitment to dismantling sexist oppression. And that is the crux of this whole thing. Feminism is not about "living your best life." It's about de-centering yourself so that we can all live our best lives. It's about being part of a political movement that does not privilege one definition of woman. A movement that resists imperialism and capitalism.
And here is an important point: if we're going to resist imperialism and capitalism we have to challenge the sexism we see around the world. Not by defining feminism for women who live elsewhere, but by lifting up their struggles against sexist oppression. Take for example, the French Muslim women's struggle against the banning of the veil. It is a contemporary struggle that brings to light the importance of understanding the intersectionality of women's lives. It's a complicated issue, but not one that can be fully understood through a singular (read: western feminist) lens.
But here's the beautiful part: anyone can be a feminist. When feminism is defined in a why that it reminds us about the diversity of women's experiences it can be truly revolutionary. It can center the voices and experiences of women that have been marginalized.
I don't think that running for president and shouting about equality of opportunity for women counts. So, Michelle and Sarah stop falsely and disingenuously allying yourself with feminism. We're on to you.
[i] Vasquez 1983, p.11.
Author eeshap
Arielle Loren Asks "Is Beyonce the Face of Contemporary Feminism?" My Response
We need to be clear about who we are trying to be equal to.
In her blog post Arielle Loren asserts that most women do not identify as being feminists even if they share its core ideologies, that there has been a shift in the contemporary agenda for women's equality and that women are tired of rhetoric of hardcore oppression and patriarchy. She goes on to say that "frankly, all of the traditional feminist criticism of her "Who Runs The World (Girls)" video is just another example of the disconnect between intellectual theory and real life." Beyonce is the face of contemporary feminism because women feel empowered listening to Beyonce's music, so consequently, they take this "power" with them as they go on about their day to day lives.
Let me lay out my assumptions.
We need to be clear about who we want to be equal to. In fact, we need to ask do we want to be equal or do we want to be free?
Second assumption.
Black feminists are rooted in Love.
Black Feminists are interested in creating spaces for men to feel because men who don't feel do not know how to Love. Black feminists are interested in holding themselves, and others accountable when they say racist, homopobic 'ish, because thats how we roll. Black feminists will get up in that behind when a rapper tries to make jokes and bets about non consensual choking of women during sex. Peace to Jay Electronica. The Black feminist I know are rooted in Love. Being rooted in Love means that you understand that you will not be able to have meaningful emotionally invested relationships with another adult until you have forgiven you one OR both of your parents for abandoning you. Peace to all my homies who are in therapy. We grown.
Black Feminist Love is hella grown.
We are so grown that we understand like Arielle Loren does, the importance of Black women being able to be sexual, complicated, whole human beings. We understand that is is particularly important for Black women who are rendered 50 million ho's on the regular in pop culture. The mission statement for the Black Feminist blog Betta Come Correct states that:
BECAUSE BLACK FEMINIST SEX IS THE BEST SEX EVER…THIS IS ALSO A WAKE UP CALL TO ANYONE WHO INSISTS ON INTIMACY WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, CONDONES VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK WOMEN, OR REFUSES TO BE TRANSFORMED BY THE ECSTATIC MIRACLE THAT BLACK WOMEN EXIST. YOU ARE SERIOUSLY MISSING OUT.
So Black women having space to be multidimensional and whole is a part of the contemporary Black feminist agenda.
Back to Beyonce.
As you many of you know I have done a lot of writing about Beyonce, because I am concerned about how the messages that she conveys shapes expectations within Black heterosexual relationships. Given the fact that she made 80 million dollars in 2007-2008 and that earning that kind of money is extremely rare for people in general Black women in particular, Beyonce's messages influence society and they shape how Black women look at themselves and their partners. Black women are not allowed to earn nearly 100 million dollars unless they are beautiful, talented, non-threatening to White men and they convey historical stereotypes about Black men and women. Dave Chappelle walked away for a reason ya'll.
Because I care about Black women, I pay close attention to what Beyonce says.
It is dangerous to make open statements that women run the world, because there is so much evidence women get the shit end of the stick in the world.
Black, Latina and Asian women are sex trafficked in the Bronx, East Oakland and Las Vegas.
Eastern European women are sex trafficked globally.
An estimated nearly 100 Million female fetuses and girl children have been aborted or neglected in China and India over the last thirty years.
Women are 50.7% of the US Population. Yet, women are only 16.4% of Congress. They are 17 of the 100 members of the Senate. They are 73 of the 435 member of the House of Representatives.
Women are routinely paid less for the same jobs that men do and this is broken down byrace.In fact when I told my students two weeks ago that they could graduate from college and be offered less money, just because of what was between their legs, they looked depressed.
They couldn't believe how profoundly unfair it was. When I said that "Women are cheap labor" they looked mortified. I explained to them that shutting down was not going to create a more just and equitable world. That they cannot change a system if they do not understand it. And now that they do know that women are offered less money to do the work that men can do, they are expected to go out into the world and change it. Peace to the Equal Pay Act.
Poverty is feminized in this country, meaning that a main predictor of poverty is having a baby because children are expensive (childcare, healthcare, food, clothes, shelter) and there is very little support such as state/federal child care, paid federal family medical leave, support for families who work full time as parents.
We need to be honest about who we are tying to be equal to.
Women do not run the world. The world shits on women. Ask Ester Baxter. Ask SusanGiffords. Ask the woman who claims that she was assaulted and raped by the former President of the IMF. Ask Shaniya Davis's family. Ask Ayianna Jones's family. AskSakia Gunn's family. Ask. Ask. Ask.
Now if we want to celebrate the catchiness of a Beyonce song, or honor her athletic ability, her fierceness as a dancer, that is perfectly legititmate. But to call her the face of modern day feminism is ahistorical and a slap in the face to Black, White, Latino, Asian, Muslim, Native American women and men who have been working to change our world so that being born with a vagina does not automatically mean being raised to be someones wife, street harassment material, nanny, slave or prostitute, but a fully developed human being.
For more readings on the history of Black Women and Feminism read:
Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement and the Black Baptist Church 1880-1920by Evelyn Brooks Higgenbotham
Living for the Revolution by Kimberly Springer
Radical Sisters: Second Wave Feminism and Black Liberation in Washington in DC by Ann Valk.
For more readings on Black, White and Chicana Feminisms:
Separate Roads to Feminism by Benita Roth
For more readings on Third Wave Feminism
To Be Real, Ed by, Rebecca Walker
"Under Construction: Identifying Foundations of Hip Hop Feminism…" by Whitney Peoples
On Being Feminism's Ms. Nigga by Latoya Peterson <<<And I still have issues with the title.
Feminism for Real: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism, Ed. Jessica Yee.
My post on R. Kelly and Julian Assange mentions some good books on feminism as well.
Thoughts. I know you have them.
Is positing Beyonce as "contemporary feminism" a move to come up?
What is your definition of feminism?
Music as feminist empowerment?
Originally posted on New Model Minority.com.
Tags: Beyonce, Black Feminist Love, New Model Minority
Categories Film & TV, Pop Culture
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Summer drought will likely mean reduced pasture and may increase producers' need for hay. Late summer and fall rains provide some late-season forage growth but proper management is important in order to make the most of this moisture.
The best way to benefit from the fall rains is to manage the grazing of pastures. Managed grazing will ensure livestock get the most out of the forage without harming the health of the plants.
It is tempting to let the cattle run the entire pasture when forage is short. However, this actually decreases plant health and forage production later. When cattle run all the pasture during a drought, they eat off most of the leaves, reducing the ability of the plant to catch sunlight. As a result, the plant's roots starve.
A similar mistake can be made in a rotational system if animals are turned back into a paddock for "a day or two of grazing" as soon as pastures show some regrowth, while this may provide some forage in the long run it is likely to be detrimental to the pastures.
Proper rotational grazing allows for a rest period for the pasture plants. If the plants are allowed to rest, the root system will stay healthy and the plants can build up energy reserves in the tiller base (grasses) and roots (legumes) for later growth. Under drought conditions when plants are rested and allowed to build up energy reserves, there will be compensatory growth by pasture plants when rainfall finally comes. Plants overgrazed during drought will grow slowly in comparison.
Allowing the plants to grow to an adequate height will ensure good root health before grazing. For bluegrass, this is 4 to 6 inches; for orchardgrass, bromegrass and endophyte-free tall fescue, 8 to 10 inches. Rotational grazing will also allow good utilization and provide controlled rest for the plants between grazing.
After the plant's energy reserves are restored and tiller buds formed, pastures can be grazed to use available top growth without hurting plant health or spring growth. Leave at least a 4-inch stubble on orchardgrass and bromegrass since new growth in the spring comes from the energy reserves in that part of the plant. Bluegrass, which has energy reserves in below-ground stems, will survive closer fall grazing.
Pastures that were severely overgrazed during the summer will benefit from resting until growth stops in fall. By resting drought-stressed pastures until mid- to late October, energy reserves will increase since plants will catch sunlight and make sugars even when it is too cold for the plants to grow. Also during this time of year, grasses will develop new tiller buds necessary for next spring's forage production. With overgrazing in the fall, the pasture's growth potential next spring is jeopardized.
Resting the pastures in the fall may require holding the cattle in a relatively small area and feeding hay. Preferably, this area should be a section of pasture or hay land that will benefit from the manure produced.


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Le Mouvement des jeunes marxistes-léninistes (MJML) est un ancien parti politique sénégalais.

Histoire
Le MJML est fondé par Landing Savané en 1970, mais son existence est éphémère.

Dans la scission, deux courants s'opposent :

Les frères Blondin Diop le quittent et créent le Comité d'initiative pour une action révolutionnaire permanente (CIARP).

De son côté, Landing Savané formera le groupe Reenu-Rew en 1973.

Parmi les frères Blondin, le cadet, Omar Blondin Diop, a fait ses études à Paris. Après avoir été élève au lycée Louis-le-Grand, il sera diplômé de l'École normale supérieure. C'est à ce moment que sa conscience politique se consolide.

À Paris, il rencontre Jean-Luc Godard pour qui il joue dans  La Chinoise en 1967.

Il fréquentera le milieu estudiantin et participera aux évènements de mai 68.

Il repart à Dakar où l'impact de 68 a été un retentissement important comme partout en Afrique.
La jeunesse sénégalaise instruite, réactive et inspirée notamment par Frantz Fanon, Cheikh Anta Diop, Jean-Paul Sartre et autres rénovateurs de l'esprit de cette époque, est extrêmement surveillée par les services du pays. Omar Blondin Diop souhaite transmettre l'amorce révolutionnaire que fut mai 68 et les idées d'égalité entre tous qu'il véhicule.

L'agitation syndicale et scolaire aboutit à la crise politique de 1968. C'est un revers pour le gouvernement. Il prendra des mesures coercitives. Les partis étudiants, associations, regroupements sont interdits. La population s'agite et manifeste dans la ville de Ziguinchor et en Casamance.

Omar gardera contact avec les mouvements communistes français et ses camarades parisiens. Après quelques actions politiques à Dakar et une opposition fermement déclarée et radicale à la politique du Président Senghor, il sera arrêté puis inculpé pour « terrorisme » et pour espionnage comme agent étranger. Il est emprisonné à la prison du cul de basse-fosse sur l'île de Gorée. Quelques mois plus tard, on le retrouvera mort par strangulation. La population en réaction exprime sa colère. Le Sénégal est au bord du chaos. Le Gouvernement français « aidera » le pays à retrouver son calme.

Orientation
C'était un parti marxiste-léniniste radical.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Diop Cheikh Anta. Vers une idéologie politique africaine. La Voix de l'Afrique Noire (mensuel de l'Association des Étudiants R.D.A.), Paris,
 Khalifa Dia, Analyse socio-historique des partis marxistes au Sénégal, Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1985, 60 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise)
 François Zuccarelli, La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988), Paris, CHEAM, 1988

Liens externes
  Leftist Parties of the World: Senegal

Ancien parti politique au Sénégal
Parti politique communiste en Afrique
Parti politique fondé en 1970

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Built in partnership with the Maserati factory in Modena, the officially sanctioned project is christened MC12 VC and looks almost identical to the race car, with only slight modification to the body panels compared to the MC12 Versione Corsa racer.
Most of the deviation was made to make the car more road friendly, including a lifting system for the front and adapted body height, along with individually adjustable dampener and spring rates. A fan supported water cooling system has also been installed at the front.
To comply with noise and emission limits, Edo Competition also fitted a sports exhaust system with noise control and a flap system, while the fuel system is regular rather than the high-pressure type found on the racer.
Finally, the road-legal MC12 Versione Corsa gets a set of street wheel and tyre combination, as well as door locks and road compliant lights.
Of course, the car's engine has also been fittingly uprated. Its 6.0-litre V12 now punches out 555kW at 8,000rpm and 740Nm of torque at 5,500rpm, enabling the 1,250kg MC12 VC to hit 100km/h from a standstill in a mere 3 seconds.
The German tuner says it took seven months to rebuild and develop the car. The Maserati MC12 VC is currently being displayed at the Maserati Museum in Modena.


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"While AMD has not officially released any dual-GPU HD 7970 card, in recent months we have seen two implementations: PowerColor HD 7990 Devil 13 and HIS HD 7970 X2.
Today ASUS launches their ASUS ARES II dual-GPU HD 7970, which was first announced at CES earlier this year.
The ASUS ARES II is one of the few rare cards to come with watercooling out of the box. At its heart are two full HD 7970 graphics processors that each run higher clock speeds than AMD's HD 7970 GHz Edition. In addition to the watercooling (for the GPUs), a fan has been installed to keep memory chips and voltage regulation circuitry cool.
Everything about the ARES II screams "premium". Starting with the thick metal unibody cooler construction, the two included fans, the nice presentation in a suitcase and the fact that this card is a limited edition with only 1000 pieces produced.
The card also employs the latest PCI-Express Gen 3 bridge from PLX which ensures maximum performance, even with two ARES II cards in CrossFire.
Price-wise ASUS has told us that the card will retail at $1599 - quite hefty."


View this poster to see a detailed, graphic explanation of how the Neurochip works.
1) Recording and digitizing neural and physiological signals.
Other physiological signals, including electro-cardiography (ECG); electro-oculography (EOG) etc.
2) Real-time processing and analysis of signals.
3) Delivery of multi-channel, open- or closed-loop electrical stimulation.
Occurrence of a preset or random amount of time from the last stimulation event (open-loop stimulation).
When one of the rules for stimulation has been met, stimulation is delivered to a determined output channel (single-ended stimulation) or across two output channels (bipolar stimulation). Stimulation parameters like pulse width, intensity and pulsing frequency are defined by the user. Up to 6 output channels can be independently programed and paired with different rules, stimulation parameters and delivery schedules. Examples of tissues that have been successfully stimulated include: cerebral cortex, subcortical areas (deep brain stimulation), spinal cord, peripheral nerves (musculoskeletal nerves and vagus nerve), and muscles.


Due the the rash of foreclosures in recent years, particularly with commercial and investment real estate loans, a rash of deficiency judgment actions are taking place in the courts. A little known amendment to Tennessee Code Annotated 35-5-118 effective in 2010 has caused lenders and borrowers to scratch their heads about how to calculate if a property sold for materially less than the fair market value at foreclosure sales.The basic law states that the sale price paid by the creditor is presumed to be equal to the fair market value of the property at the time of sale.If facing a deficiency judgment suit, the borrower must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the property sold for an amount materially less than the fair market value at the time of the sale. Unfortunately , the legislature has kept us guessing on what materially less means.Two appellate court cases have attempted to define this and the courts appear to be heading in the direction that a sales price equal to 80-86 % of the proven fair market value is not materially less than the fair market value. Watch for legislation as to this issue in an attempt to define what materially less is or is not.


First, I'll like to thank Sunrise for the sample. Sunrise has had its up and down this year so far but they are not slowing down. Knowing that the China-market-oriented Xcape v2 missed its mark on the Western front, Sunrise is more than ready to replace it with something more worthy of being called the successor of the well-received original Xcape. After all, this new IEM is called the Xcape "Impressive Edition".
Driver: 9mm silver coil dynamic transducer.
Cable: 1.2m, gold plated 3.5mm plug.
Since I only received the sample and not the full package, there really isn't much to say. Xcape-IE shares the same design as the already reviewed Xcape v2 (discontinued) and Xcited so I will just repost the same section from the old Xcited ("B") review. The only differences between Xcited and Xcape-IE are on the marking on the Y-splitter and color – Xcited will have a gunmetal grey finish while Xcape-IE will have a black finish on the earpiece. Otherwise the two are pretty much identical in build quality.
As far as I know, the packaging and accessories of Xcape v2 is pretty much the same as the original Xcape. In such case, I won't want to write about the same stuff twice. If you are interested, please read my previous review of the original Xcape for more detail.
The very obvious difference between the two Xcape models is of course the change in outer design and basic build quality. I have had the original Xcape for over half a year now and have yet to have any issue regarding build quality. The Xcape v2 (as well as 'B', which uses the same housing and design) is said to be even better in build quality, where a denser alloy is used for the new housing as well as a new cable that is better at resisting mechanical stress. The inclusion of metal shell on both the stereo plug and Y-splitter are said to be serve both an aesthetical and stress resisting purposes, though I would like to see proper strain relief as well. Isolation is about average, microphonics is decently low.
Overall the new Xcape v2 does look classier and better build then the original Xcape. The only complain I have is the lack of chin slider which was included in the original Xcape. It doesn't mean much when you are wearing the IEM straight down, but it could still be very useful for holding the cable down when it is over-the-ear. The same conclusion applies to 'B' as well.
The IEM has been given about 200 hours of burn-in. No significant change was detected except perhaps a little bit more refined in overall presentation. Calling the new Xcape the 'impressive Edition' is a bit of risk for Sunrise, especially after the original Xcape owners don't find the Xcape v2 an upgrade over the original. Thankfully this 3rd generation of Xcape does outperform its predecessors and really aims to impress. The original Xcape has a classic Sunrise house sound, which is largely neutral with a slight warmness radiated from the central upper mid. The Xcape-IE retains mostly the same flavor, brings the overall sound a little more forwarded with a touch of intimacy, some added texture, bass and soundstage.
The overall sound signature of Xcape-IE is warm, sweet, full and smooth. Bass is where it is most different from the old Xcapes. It is full, punchy, well bodied though misses some of the really deep note. It is a good balance between quantity and quality and should be quite satisfiable except for the most serious of bass addict. Mid is lusher and more rounded but slightly less textured compared to the original Xcape (which is its strength), but overall still above average. It takes away a little of the technicality but adds back some intimacy and richness to the mix. Treble, while still decent, takes a step back on the whole presentation. It has the same sparkle, but in smaller scale and doesn't sound quite as crisp as the original Xcape. While not totally lacking in micro detail, it is not quite as analytical as the original Xcape or analytical IEM in general. I think it is safe to conclude that the focus of the overall sound has shifted from the original Xcape's upper-mid-lower-treble's detail to more of a lower-mid-upper-bass's texture. Soundstage is above average. It might not have the same dark background as the original Xcape, the overall positioning and imaging are improved and feel less 2D.
While I do find Xcape Impressive Edition to be upgrade over Xcited and the original Xcape, it is not something very major. On one hand, Xcited is turning the Sunrise house to another direction; On the other hand, Xcape-IE is trying to gives the original Xcape a more warm and musical presentation. For those who enjoy more detail and bass together, Xcited will be a good choice. For those who prefers smooth and warm, Xcape-IE will be more fitting. Between the two, I reckon Sunrise has the market very well covered. Since Xcape-IE is priced the same as the original Xcape, it is just as good a successor for the original Xcape's Sonic Diamond, much like Xcited.
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What happened to that New Year's resolution?
Did you kick off 2020 with a New Year's resolution? Go to the gym more? Eat fewer carbs? Get a dog?
One suspects that this year, Longfin Corp. CEO Venkata S. Meenavalli wishes he'd made a 2019 resolution not to try to defraud the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC kicked off its own new year's resolution to punish more bad actors by announcing the first week of January that Meenavalli will pay $400,000 in disgorgement and penalties to resolve the Commission's fraud action against him. The settlement, which remains subject to court approval, concludes the regulator's actions against Longfin, its CEO, and three other individuals in which the SEC has secured over $26 million of ill-gotten gains. Not a bad haul for the regulator and a potential windfall for the "harmed investors." But a big hit for the SEC targets. The SEC intends to establish a Fair Fund to distribute money received from the defendants to harmed investors.
False representation for an A+ offering
According to the SEC's complaint, Longfin and Meenavalli obtained qualification for a Regulation A+ offering by falsely representing in public filings that the company was managed and operated in the U.S. The company and its CEO then distributed over 400,000 Longfin shares to Meenavalli's affiliates, and misrepresented the offering to NASDAQ to meet its listing requirements. The complaint also alleged that more than 90 percent of Longfin's reported revenue for 2017 was fictitiously derived from sham commodities transactions.
"As alleged in our complaint, said Anita B. Bandy, Associate Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, "Meenavalli abused the Reg. A+ process to conduct a fraudulent offering, list Longfin on Nasdaq, and entice investors with falsified revenue. (Exposing) the full scope of Meenavalli's fraud…resulted in additional monetary and prophylactic relief to prevent him from defrauding U.S. investors in the future."
Qualifying for less burdensome procedures
To execute the NASDAQ listing scheme, the defendants secured a qualification to conduct an offering under SEC Regulation A, a set of rules that permitted issuers to publicly sell securities under less burdensome procedures than those that apply to sales registered under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Part of that qualification mandates that the company be based in the United States or Canada, which Longfin was not, despite its claim to be located in New Jersey and New York. Rather, Meenavalli located most of Longfin's management, employees, assets, cash, and records outside the United States.
Still missing the NASDAQ mark
The misrepresentation made it possible for Longfin to qualify to sell its securities at $5 per share. However, unable to sell enough shares to meet NASDAQ's listing requirements, the company then distributed shares to insiders and affiliates to create the false appearance of having a sufficient public float of bona fide investors to proceed with a listing. None of the insiders or affiliates paid for the shares. Undiscovered, Longfin's Class A shares were able to publicly trading on the NASDAQ. Two days later, Longfin announced it had acquired a purported cryptocurrency business named "Ziddu.com" from Meridian Enterprises Pte. Ltd., an entity at least 92%-owned by Meenavalli. Following the company's announcement of the acquisition, Longfin's stock price rose dramatically – as high as $142.82/share even though Ziddu.com itself was worthless.
The sell-off…and more fraud
The insiders and affiliates began to sell their shares for millions of dollars in profits. Additionally, Longfin and Meenavalli perpetrated a massive accounting fraud by reporting more than $66 million in fictitious revenue from commodity transactions that represented more than 89% of Longfin's total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2017. Meenavalli signed all of the firm's materially false year-end reports each of these reports.
Payback is a…
If approved, the settlement the SEC has reached with Longfin's CEO would require Meenavalli to disgorge $159,000 (his full salary received while acting as the company's CEO) plus prejudgment interest of $9,000 and to pay a $232,000 civil penalty. It would also require Meenavalli to surrender all of his Longfin stock, permanently bar him from acting as an officer or director of a public company, and enjoin him from participating in the offer or sale of penny stocks.
This is in addition to a previous default judgment the SEC obtained against Longfin that ordered the company to pay nearly $6.8 million in monetary relief. A parallel criminal action against Meenavalli, filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, remains ongoing.
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[C. 1930s Cairo, Egypt Tourist Map and Perfume Shop Ephemera].
English-language tourist ephemera from 1930s Cairo, Egypt with a focus on exotic Middle-Eastern goods and all the amenities of home in a foreign city. Of note here are two brochures from two competing Egyptian parfumier or perfume makers and merchants.
Brochures from perfume manufacturer Ahmed Soliman and his competition in the Khan El- Khalili Bazaar, manufacturers Abou Taleb El-Helw & Said Abdel Latif, advertise all manner of perfumes, incense fragrances, and beauty products for women.
Other women's beauty products seem here include ambar paste—"'the elixir of youth'...and its healthy blood-warming properties"—kohl for making up the eyes, and ambar gum for the skin. Ambar cigarettes were also sold.
Accompanying these brochures is a small booklet given to hotel guests of the Shepheard's Hotel Cairo. Inside are advertisements for Anglo-American travel and banking services and ads for other luxury goods merchants such as gem and carpet dealers. A list of foreign legations and consulates in Cairo is a useful inclusion here as is a fold-out map of Cairo.
Description: [Ahmed Soliman]; [Abou Taleb El-Helw & Said Abdel Latif]; [Shepheard's Hotel Cairo]. [C. 1930s Cairo, Egypt Tourist Map and Perfume Shop Ephemera].
[Cairo, Egypt. C. 1930s]. Three items: 1. Small Booklet with fold out map. pp. with center fold map. 3¾ x 2½ inches. Stiff paper wrappers; stapled; 2. Brochure. pp. 5¼ x 3 inches. Stiff paper; illustration; 3. Brochure. pp. 5 x 3½ inches. Stiff paper. Unobtrusive contemporary pencil annotations on two of the items; near fine.


A new novella which sees Jack Reacher, hero of no fixed abode, finding himself on the wrong side of the law. Also available in the collection No Middle Name.
A Jack Reacher short story which takes our hero back to his time in the army, now also available in the new complete Jack Reacher short story collection, No Middle Name.


The exterior shape of Sanctuary is inspired by Persian architecture and signifies a temple. A personal temple. A place of sanctuary where you tend your wild garden, where you set your dreams free. Here they take root, they are nourished, and they thrive with this love. The lotus flower, if you've ever observed, emerges from a murky pond, clean, pure, beautiful, which signifies growth, change, and rebirth.
I wanted to design a piece that felt that a personal sanctuary, a piece that feels like coming home every time you wear it. A personal talisman. A place for you to flourish and thrive in your secret garden, your sanctuary.


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Paris Suburbs Back To Slow Simmer
Paris suburbs seemingly back to slow simmer
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PARIS, June 1, 2006 (AFP) – Riot police had Thursday brought two unruly Paris suburbs back under control after an outbreak of street violence there had raised fears of a repeat of last November's nationwide riots.
Montfermeil and neighbouring Clichy-sous-Bois in the northeast of the capital remained under tight security following two nights of unrest which saw up to 100 youths battle riot police and attack public buildings, injuring a dozen police officers.
Some 300 riot police patrolled Montfermeil a town of 24,000 inhabitants overnight Wednesday, along with several firefighter units. But there was no repeat of the violence of the previous two nights.
Early in the evening, police climbed onto the roofs of public housing estates in the area, to remove potentially dangerous objects such as car tyres or stones that could be hurled at them from above.
Run-down housing estates in both suburbs were the epicentre of the riots that spread to some 300 high-immigration French towns last autumn, and relations between police and local youths remains extremely tense.
Montfermeil has been on edge since the centre-right mayor whose home was attacked Monday passed a tough anti-crime decree banning public gatherings of more than three youths. The measure was later blocked in the courts.
Young people from local housing estates told AFP that the trouble began Monday after police used tear gas on a woman whose son had been arrested in connection with a robbery.
The police union Alliance said the woman had "rebelled" when officers came to search her son's home and that, feeling threatened as a group of youths started climbing the stairs, they had "used tear gas to escape."
Last year's nationwide riots were fuelled by anger at racial discrimination, a lack of educational and employment prospects and police harassment.
Some 10,000 vehicles were torched and more than 3,200 people arrested in three weeks of unrest, which prompted the government to declare a national state of emergency.
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Antonia Malate finished with two birdies in the league championship.
Antonia Malate wanted to finish the Monterey Bay League girls golf tournament championship meet with a score in the 70s.
The Stevenson School golfer achieved her personal goal, shooting a 75 to earn medalist honors and help her team win the MBL Gabilan Division championship on Monday afternoon at The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch in Salinas.
Malate was six shots clear of the field, as Stevenson not only won the team title but also earned a spot in the Central Coast Section regionals, scheduled to take place next week at Rancho Canada Golf Club in Carmel Valley.
"I was doing well the last two matches, and I needed to shoot a low round today," Malate said.
Malate had a double bogey but notched two birdies on the day, both coming on the back nine.
She said she felt a little pressure not only before the start, but also during it. Pacific Grove's Courtney Vogel led by one early before Malate found her birdies. The first came on No. 10.
She ended the day with a birdie on No. 18.
Malate said her driving and putting were the best parts of her game on Monday.
Vogel was second on Monday, shooting an 81. Santa Catalina's Coco Chai was third with an 86.
Stevenson was the Gabilan Division champion for the season with 32 points.
Pacific Grove finished second on Monday with a 507, while Santa Catalina shot a 515. Both teams finished in second place overall with 29 points. The head-to-head tiebreaker went Santa Catalina's favor because it had defeated Pacific Grove earlier this year.
Because of that, the Cougars will face MBL Pacific Division champion Carmel on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. back at The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch for the right to go to the CCS tournament.
Carmel as a team shot 516 and finished the top Pacific Division team with 30 points.
Notre Dame, which shot 629 as a team, was second with 25 points. North Monterey County (664) was third overall at 23 points.
Alisal (682): Jennifer Gonzalez 116, Sara Reyes 124, Daisy Garcia 131, Yarelly Jaramillo 149.
Alvarez (606): Mariel Mercado 102, Salma Arredondo 97, Katelyn Wise 126, Sabria Henry 146, Gabriela Sanchez 135, Norma Lopez-De Leon 146.
Carmel (516): Patricia Fischbeck 94, Kaley Kinoshita 103, Emily Tenneson 107, Priscilla Caballero 95, Rachel Bagby 130, Myla Hayes 117.
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PIANIST, COMPOSER (GERMANY)
BORN 13 Sep 1819, Leipzig, Sachsen: Hause "Hohe Lilie", Neumarkt - DIED 20 May 1896, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen
BIRTH NAME Wieck, Clara Josephine
CAUSE OF DEATH stroke
GRAVE LOCATION Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Alter Friedhof (Abteilung IV, Grabnummer 860)
Daughter of piano teacher Friedrich Wieck, who started teaching her when she was only five years old. She impressed her surroundings by playing difficult piano pieces by head when she was sixteen. In 1828 she made her public debut at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. In the same year Robert Schumann started piano lessons with Friedrich Wieck.
Clara and her father went on concert tours to Hamburg, Paris and other cities. Clara and Schumann started to spend more time together and Wieck tried to keep them apart by taking her to Dresden. They entered into a secret engagement on August 14, 1837 and on September 13, 1837 Schumann asked for her hand. Wieck refused boldly and Clara left for Vienna where Emperor Francis I called her 'Wundermädchen' (wondergirl).
In 1839 Clara asked for legal permission to marry Schumann and on September 12, 1840 they were finally married. They travelled to Russia in 1844 and to Vienna in 1846 for concerts. In 1849 they had to flee dresden for the revolution, Clara being pregnant of one of their eight children. In 1850 the Schumanns moved to Düsseldorf.
By 1854 Schumann suffered from a mental illness and he died in 1856. Clara's contacts to the young Johannes Brahms, whom she had met in 1853, became closer and he was probably in love with her (later he had his eye on her daughter Julie but Brahms was very unlucky in love). Details are unknown because Clara and Brahms destroyed the letters they wrote to each other between 1853 and 1858. Certain is that he lived with her in Düsseldorf for a while.
Clara sent most of her children to relatives. She moved with her children to her mother in Berlin in 1857 and Lichtenthal (now part of Baden Baden) in 1863, where she lived until 1873. Several successful concert tours followed. In 1864 she toured Russia once more. Like her husband when he was still alive, Clara didn't like the music of Richard Wagner. She called the enthousiasm for his music 'a disease that sweeps across a country and takes away the best people'. In 1882 she attended "Das Rheingold" but it bored her.
In 1873 she moved back to Berlin. From 1878 onwards she lived in Frankfurt am Main, where she became the main piano teacher at the new conservatory. In Frankfurt she gave her last concert on March 12, 1891. She died in 1896 after suffering two strokes.
• Father: Wieck, Friedrich
• Daughter: Schumann, Julie
• Son: Schumann, Felix
• Husband: Schumann, Robert (1840-1856, Schönefeld, Sachsen (near Leipzig): village church)
• was a friend of Arnim, Gisela von
• is half-brother/half-sister of Bargiel, Woldemar
• was a friend of Brahms, Johannes
• performed with Clauss-Szarvady, Wilhelmine
• was teacher to Goldschmidt, Otto
• performed with Hellmesberger, Josef (senior)
• was a friend of Joachim, Amalie
• cooperated with Joachim, Joseph
• was painted by Lenbach, Franz von
• performed with Liszt, Franz
• cooperated with Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
• visited Oriola, Maximiliane, Gräfin von
• knew Radecke, Robert
• knew Reinecke, Carl
• visited Schadow-Hasenclever, Sophie
• supported Smetana, Bedrich
• was a friend of Stockhausen, Elisabeth von
• knew Thalberg, Sigismund
• disliked the work of Wagner, Richard
• was a friend of Wasielewski, Alma von
12/5/1824 Clara Wieck's mother Mariana leaves her husband Friedrich Wieck [Wieck, Friedrich]
17/9/1824 Clara Wieck returns to her father. Her mother had left her father in May and she had spent the summer with her mother. But she came into the custody of her father because she was five years old now. [Wieck, Friedrich]
27/10/1824 Clara Wieck starts piano lessons by her father Friedrich Wieck [Wieck, Friedrich]
20/1/1828 First public performance of Clara Wieck at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig
31/3/1828 Robert Schumann meets Clara Wieck. At the occasion he heard her play the piano. [Schumann, Robert]
3/7/1828 Friedrich Wieck marries Clementine Fechner. He had divorced his first wife Mariane Tromlitz in 1825. [Wieck, Friedrich]
0/8/1828 Robert Schumann starts his piano lessons under Friedrich Wieck [Schumann, Robert][Wieck, Friedrich]
6/3/1830 Clara Wieck starts her private concerts in Dresden. They would continue until 7 April 1830.
14/5/1830 Concert by Thalberg in Leipzig. The 10-year old Clara Wieck was in the audience. Two days before she had played the first movement of a four handed Sonata of Hummel together with him. [Thalberg, Sigismund]
8/11/1830 Clara Wieck's first solo concert at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig
25/11/1830 Clara Wieck starts a concert tour together with her father [Wieck, Friedrich]
0/1/1831 Clara Wieck and her father return from their concert tour [Wieck, Friedrich]
8/6/1831 Robert Schumann calls Clara Wieck 'Zilia' in is poems. This relates to the "Schmetterlinge" poems. [Schumann, Robert]
25/9/1831 Clara Wieck starts a concert tour in Paris. She was in the presence of her father Friedrich Wieck. [Wieck, Friedrich]
1/5/1832 Clara Wieck returns from her concert tour in Paris [Wieck, Friedrich]
0/7/1832 Clara Wieck performs solo concert in Leipzig. She would do it again in September.
0/11/1832 Clara Wieck performs in Altenburg, Zwickau and Schneeberg
0/0/1833 Clara Wieck gives concerts in Leipzig, Chemnitz, Karlsbad and Schneeberg. She did this in January, February and April.
11/11/1834 Clara Wieck starts a concert tour to Hamburg and other cities. She would also perform in Hannover and Magdeburg.
0/4/1835 Clara Wieck returnes from her concert tour. After her return she spent much time with Robert Schumann. Schumann was secretly engaged to Ernestine von Fricken, but he started to withdraw in August after he heard of Ernestine's heritage. [Schumann, Robert]
25/11/1835 First kiss between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck. Friedrich Wieck would take his daughter to Dresden in January 1836 to keep her away from Schumann. [Schumann, Robert][Wieck, Friedrich]
7/2/1836 Secret meeting between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck in Dresden. Clara's father Friedrich Wieck disapproved of their meetings and thus they met in secret. The meeting lasted until 11 February 1836. [Schumann, Robert][Wieck, Friedrich]
8/4/1836 Clara Wieck's concert tour to Breslau ends
0/6/1836 Clara Wieck returns Robert Schumann's letters [Schumann, Robert]
0/11/1836 Concert tour by Clara Wieck to Naumburg, Jena and Weimar
3/5/1837 End of German concert tour by Clara Wieck. The tour brought her to Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. She also visited her mother Mariana.
14/8/1837 Secret engagement between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck [Schumann, Robert]
13/9/1837 Robert Schumann asks Friedrich Wieck for Clara's hand. He did this on her eighteenth birthday, but Friedrich Wieck refused his daughter permission to marry Schumann. [Schumann, Robert][Wieck, Friedrich]
15/10/1837 Clara Wieck leaves for Vienna for a concert tour
15/3/1838 Clara Wieck is named 'Royal and Imperia Virtuosa' in Austria. She was in Vienna for a concert tour.
21/3/1838 Emperor Ferdinand I calls Clara Wieck 'Wundermädchen' ('Wonder girl')
0/4/1838 Clara Wieck hears Franz Liszt for the first time in Vienna [Liszt, Franz]
0/5/1838 Clara Wieck returns from her concert tour to Vienna
8/1/1839 Clara Wieck leaves for Paris without her father Friedrich Wieck [Wieck, Friedrich]
15/6/1839 Clara Wieck asks for legal permission to marry. This was because her father refused to let her marry Robert Schumann. [Schumann, Robert]
14/8/1839 Clara Wieck returns from Paris
3/9/1839 Clara Wieck joins her mother Mariana to live with her in Berlin
17/4/1840 Robert Schumann visites Clara Wieck in Berlin. The visit lasted from 17 April to 30 April. [Schumann, Robert]
5/6/1840 Clara Wieck returns to Leipzig
1/8/1840 Legal permission for the marriage between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck is granted. The Court of Appeal allowed them to marry. Before that Clara's father Friedrich Wieck had stopped the marriage. [Schumann, Robert][Wieck, Friedrich]
5/9/1840 Clara Wieck performs her last concert before her marriage to Robert Schumann
27/2/1841 Friedrich Wieck returns her piano to his daughter Clara [Wieck, Friedrich]
31/3/1841 Clara Schumann first performs under her married name at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. She had maaied Robert Schumann on 12 September 1840. [Schumann, Robert]
0/11/1841 Clara Schumann gives concerts in Weimar
14/2/1842 Clara Schumann leaves for a concert tour. With her husband Robert Schumann she travelled to Hamburg. She continued alone to Kopenhagen. [Schumann, Robert]
0/2/1843 Clara Schumann visits her father Friedrich Wieck for reconciliation [Wieck, Friedrich]
25/1/1844 Start of a concert tour of Robert and Clara Schumann to Russia [Schumann, Robert]
5/3/1844 Clara Schumann is decorated in Saint Petersburg. She became a honorary member of the Philharmonic Society.
30/5/1844 Clara and Robert Schumann return from their Russian tour [Schumann, Robert]
3/10/1844 Clara and Robert Schumann visit Dresden [Schumann, Robert]
13/12/1844 Clara and Robert Schumann move to Dresden [Schumann, Robert]
0/11/1846 Start of the concert tour of Clara and Robert Schumann to Vienna. They visited Brno and Prague as well. They took their daughters Elise and Marie with them. [Schumann, Robert]
4/2/1847 Clara and Robert Schumann return from their concert tour to Vienna [Schumann, Robert]
5/5/1849 Clara and Robert Schumann flee from Dresden. Clara was seven months pregnant and they fled for the revolution. [Schumann, Robert]
12/6/1849 Clara and Robert Scumann return to Dresden. They had previously left Dresden in May for the revolution. [Schumann, Robert]
6/12/1853 Sophie Offermans sings a work by Robert Schumann accompanied by Clara Schumann. She sang a part from "Der Rose Pilgerfahrt" by Schumann at the Hague. Clara Schumann accompanied her on the piano. Robert Schumann was in the public. [Schumann, Robert]
25/4/1854 Clara Schumann hears Liszt's "Piano sonata in B Minor" and strongly dislikes it. She received it on this day and it was dedicated to her husband Robert. Johannes Brahms played it for her and she strongly disliked it. The piece was performed in public in 1857 by Hans von Bülow and it would become both popular and influential. [Brahms, Johannes][Bülow, Hans von][Liszt, Franz][Schumann, Robert]
22/9/1869 Julie Schumann marries and Brahms loses another love. He was in love with Julie Schumann, the daughter of Robert and Clara Schumann. He dedicated a composition to her and hinted at 'settling in Vienna'. Neither mother nor daughter understood what he meant and Julie married the Italian count Vittorio Amadeo Radicati di Marmorito. On the evening of her marriage Brahms showed Clara his "Alto Rhapsody" and declared that this was his song for her engagement. It contained the text "Ach, wer heilet die Schmerzen" (who will heal the pain) and this was the first sign for Clara of Brahms' interest in Julie. [Brahms, Johannes][Schumann, Julie]
12/3/1891 Last public concert by Clara Schumann in Frankfurt am Main. She was 71 years old and she played Brahms's "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" in a duet verion with James Kwast.
Clara Schumann painted by Franz von Lenbach when she was nearly 60 years old.
The grave of Robert and Clara Schumann at the Alter Friedhof, Bonn.
Picture by Androom (23 Apr 2005)
Plaque at Bilkerstrasse 15, where Robert and Clara Schumann lived in Düsseldorf.
Picture by Androom (06 Nov 2005)
• Clara Schumann Chronology, Internet, 1996
• Halloran, Annemarie, Liszt's Heroes: An investigation into the Artistic Interdependence, 2005
• Time Table of History, Xïphias, 1992
• Sigismond Thalberg - Wikipedia
• Sophie Offermans-van Hove - Wikipedia
Published: 01 Jan 2006 Last update: 10 Mar 2022


The Crown's Claire Foy was filming in the same location as Mary Queen of Scots – and this got leading star Saoirse Ronan pretty excited.
The Irish star – who plays Queen Mary in the film alongside Margot Robbie, who plays Queen Elizabeth I – could not help but get ecstatic over the fact The Crown was also being shot in Scotland at the same time.
The Netflix series is about the life of the 'other Lizzie', aka Queen Elizabeth II, and found itself sharing shooting spots with the Hollywood movie.
While the Oscar-nominee loses her mind over being in the same place as Claire Foy – who has since passed on her role to Olivia Colman – we can't get over history literally overlapping in the same place.
Meanwhile, Margot was upset she didn't get to make it to Scotland.
The film tells the true story of the bitter rivalry between cousins Mary and Elizabeth I.
The pair were keen to be friends and allies – however, due to being women in power in an incredibly male-dominated world, they both made choices that they hoped would further their own chances at power, using their intelligence as well as their bodies in differing ways to influence those around them.
Mary Queen Of Scots is in cinemas on 18 January.


Keep a running list of people and things you want to pray for on this cute prayer roll free printable that coordinates with my Come Follow Me 2019 Study Helps.
I have to tell you a little backstory to why I made this printable. I literally had to do it.
A few months ago my husband and I noticed that our kids weren't thanking as much as they were asking in their prayers. We challenged them to start their prayers with FIVE things they were grateful for. They totally took on our challenge to heart so much that this past week I realized they weren't asking for ANYTHING anymore. I have a huge testimony of prayer and know that Heavenly Father answers our prayers. We want our kids to show gratitude for all of their blessings for sure, but also want them to know that they can, and should, ask for the blessings that they are needing or wanting.
I was pondering this one morning and I got this sudden feeling I needed to make a prayer roll. We needed something to write down who and what we wanted to pray for. A small vision flashed across my mind of having it on the table in the living room and we all looked at it at night, before we said our family prayers. I had one on my nightstand where I wrote down the sisters I minister to and others that I thought of as they came to me. I pictured one hanging on my fridge, where we all had access to it. My kids could come home from school after talking to a friend who was having a hard day and they could write their name on it. I saw it all so clearly.
And then I couldn't get it out of my mind. I talked about it to my family, to my friends, in church…and yet I still hadn't made it.
There was a to-do list though, I started making other gifts and started photographing them, but nothing was working out for me. Seriously, I was struggling so much with everything that usually goes pretty easily for me.
I just kept feeling like I needed to make this and share this. So, finally, I made this prayer roll, and the floodgates opened. First of all, all of the ideas for the Come Follow Me 2019 Study Helps came to me without any second guessing. That's huge for me. I second guess everything!
My to do list flowed amazingly, and I was able to complete it without any problems.
I absolutely know without a shadow of a doubt that I was supposed to make these and share these with you.
They might just be for me and my family, but I don't think so. This is important.
I put these on a binder clip and printed a whole bunch so I can put them all the places I saw them when I got the idea.
It's not rocket science or even a very elaborate printable. It's literally just a list paper…until you write on it. That's when it becomes special. Anytime an impression comes to you, or someone asks for prayers you can write their name down.
Writing something on paper has power. We know that. It's been proven.
Writing a name or a blessing on paper that you want Heavens help with? Miraculous power.
When you kneel down by your bed at night, or with your family before everyone goes on their way…or just when you get a moment of conversation with your Heavenly Father, you can pull your list out. You can read the names and the blessings, you can ponder them in your heart, you can consider the needs and get ready to plead with the Lord on their behalf. It truly could make all the difference in your prayers.