{"id":5682,"date":"2013-11-10T10:08:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T15:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2020-05-07T18:26:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T22:26:19","slug":"sistahs-shop-talk-111013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=5682","title":{"rendered":"Sistahs Shop Talk \u2013 11\/10\/13 #blackgirlsrock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/3o6gEeg80PqeJBtsdy\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Introducing this new series, Sistahs Shop Talk is just random ramblings from yours truly about books, news, and views that captivate me (hopefully on a weekly basis).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9370d8;\"><strong><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">One Thought&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>#BlackGirlsRock:<\/b>\u00a0 I watched Black Girls Rock last Sunday on BET, and as always I felt inspired by these women who are making a difference and the encouragement it gives young women. Lord knows, girls and women of color aren\u2019t visible enough or are only visible as negative portraits painted by media), so the show\u2019s message is important and needed. Young girls like my 20-year-old niece, who just got her real-world job disappointment a while ago, need to know that they are special and they do have a place in this world. My only issue with Black Girls Rock is the exclusion of black lesbians. I thought it would be amazing to have Brittney Griner\u00a0earn the Star Power award for accomplishments in sports (not to take anything away from this year&#8217;s winner Venus Williams). Brittney\u2019s rise from college phenom to WNBA\u00a0Phoenix Mercury player is extraordinary. Not to mention she\u2019s unapologetically open about her sexuality and passionate about working with children in order to bring attention to the issue of bullying, particularly in the LGBT community. It would serve black girls who rock to see that sexuality is just one aspect of being comfortable in your own skin, especially those girls who identify or struggle as gay. Well, there\u2019s always next year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #9370d8;\">\u00a0<i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">News Snippets&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Kerry Washington is pregnant: \u00a0<\/b>I know all you Scandal fans are excited to hear Kerry\u2019s pregnant with a little Gladiator. Congrats to Kerry and husband Nnamdi Asomugha.<\/li>\n<li><b>Young gay leaders in the workplace: \u00a0<\/b>The Human Rights Campaign recently hosted the HBCU\u00a0Leadership and Career Summit, which brought together an effective group of LGBT\u00a0HBCU\u00a0student leaders committed to developing their personal leadership and career skills. Watch video of \u201cGeneration Equality: Entering the Workforce\u201d panel, hosted November 4 as part of HRC&#8217;s\u00a02013 HBCU Leadership and Career Summit. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/entry\/hbcu-leadership-and-career-summit\">http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/entry\/hbcu-leadership-and-career-summit<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #9370d8;\">\u00a0<i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What I\u2019m Reading This Week&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/descendantsofhagar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7124 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/descendantsofhagar-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/descendantsofhagar-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/descendantsofhagar.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a>Descendants of Hagar:<\/b>\u00a0 Nik\u00a0Nicholson has crafted a wonderful character in Linny Remington in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1481779710\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1481779710&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Descendants of Hagar<\/i><\/a>, a woman charting her own path in a small Georgia town. She doesn\u2019t follow the conventions of living as a lady in 1914, being 21 and without a husband and kids. It\u2019s unheard of. She\u2019s as smart and strong as the men building houses around her and just as gentle as the women she knits with. I think I heart her. I\u2019m a good ways in the novel and I\u2019m trying to savor it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #9370d8;\"><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Book Quote&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being unmarried, I\u2019m like some eternal child, less than a man and always at odds with everybody.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, may not have nothing to do with none of that. Mama was always hovering over my sisters, and I was always running behind Daddy when he what\u2019n pulling me with \u2018im. They always use to tease that he raised me like a boy, and that I would grow up to think and act like a man. They say that\u2019s probly why I\u2019m so stubborn and ain\u2019t got no respect for men. I know all they know and can do all they can do, so it ain\u2019t no place for one in my life. That bother Daddy, don\u2019t bother me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013 Nik Nicholson,<i> Descendants of Hagar<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9370d8;\"><strong><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trolling for New Books&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Slippery When Wet: \u00a0<\/b>Author Cairo\u2019s latest erotica outing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1593094353\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1593094353&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Slippery When Wet<\/i><\/a>, involves women-on-women action flaunted in short stories. With titles as \u201cJuicy Fruit\u201d and \u201cSweet \u2018n\u2019 Sticky\u201d, it\u2019s bound to be wild ride. I\u2019ve read at least one story in the book already, and I must say that Cairo, a dude with <a href=\"http:\/\/authors.simonandschuster.com\/Cairo\/47915658\/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11 books under his belt<\/a>, has a way with the raunchy. But it brings up the issue of can a man write good lesbian lit? I haven\u2019t found many men who\u2019ve quite gotten it right \u2013 well, with the exception of Terry B., author of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=9\">Dancer\u2019s Paradise<\/a>.<\/i> What do you think?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #9370d8;\"><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Visit This Website&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Sapphic Pages:<\/b>\u00a0 Have you checked out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sapphicpages.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sapphic Pages<\/a>, a new website review for gay and lesbian books?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing this new series, Sistahs Shop Talk is just random ramblings from yours truly about books, news, and views that captivate me (hopefully on a weekly basis). 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