Link Love for 2 Dec 2008

It’s back! I’ve come to the conclusion that the Delicious Blog Posting Tool will never work for me again without putting forth more effort than I’m willing to put forth right now, and so, I will return to the regular just posting of What You Should Be Reading, also known as Link Love. Sometimes, making things easier is the hardest thing you can do. I’m going back to my roots and just copying and pasting links. Works for me. It should work for you.

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Quotation of the Day

This one is from Renee at Womanist Musings. She raises some really good points about my post on the most recent Blackface Files.

This was an attack on black women. It was also an attack on trans women. The mayor makes reference to smelly vaginas by the name that he chose. There is also in the way that he performed a mockery to the trans experience. He is applying that they are men in dresses and not women…merely cartoon figures.
It seems to me that when the black community confronts racism it is always so one dimensional. We often miss intersections of class, sexuality or cisexual status. Intersectionality needs to become a priority because there is no one way to be black.

Yeah, think about that, ’cause it’s real.

In Which I Proceed To Kick Ass

At least that’s what Devious Diva seems to think. And who am I to argue with her and her blogging awesomeness? If she says so, then it must be.

So, here I am, kicking ass, and proudly showing it off.

Now, as an ass kicker, there are rules. Failure to follow these rules will result in your ass kickingness card to be revoked.

Choose 5 bloggers that you feel are “Kick Ass Bloggers”
Let ‘em know in your post or via email, twitter or blog comments that they’ve received an award
Share the love and link back to both the person who awarded you and back to MammaDawg
Hop on back to the Kick Ass Blogger Club HQ to sign Mr. Linky then pass it on!

Ok. So, now I need to name those 5 bloggers that are Kicking My Ass. Here goes.

Matt Bastard. He (and his crew at Bastard Logic) is a frickin’ progressive force to be reckoned with. And by progressive, I don’t mean the usual racist, homophobic, sexist, trans-hating bs that often passes as progressivism these days. His blog was also just nominated for the Best International Blog award in the Black Weblog Awards. I’m not the only one that recognizes.

Eric Stoller. Eric is the definition of friend and ally. Don’t believe me? Look that shit up. It’s in the dictionary. I swear. He’s an anti-racist, social justice activist, computer geek, and he works in /blogs often about education. What’s not to love? Procedeth over to his diggs and watch the ass kicking ensue.

Renee at Womanist Musings. I’m relatively new to her blog, and damn, I’ve been missing out on some amazing writing and thinking over there. She’s one of the few people I know of that can call herself a humanist and I don’t cringe. Most folks now-a-days that call themselves humanists do so in the interest of shoving something unseemly, like their racism, sexism, or disablism under the rug. You know what I’m talking about: those folks that cry “Why feminism? Why womanism? Why not be a humanist?” When Renee says it, you can bet she’s for real.

Black Amazon My love for Black Amazon knows no bounds. With no tolerance for bullshit, she wields her machete-like pen (or is that keyboard?) at all the nonsense and pretensions that surround us and confront us daily. Looking for some truth dealt with no holds barred. This is where you need to be.

Melissa McEwan of Shakesville. Melissa rocks (as well as the whole crew at Shakesville). Her writing is always insightful and witty. I love the playful use of language that permeates her posts, and she is always on point. Again, this is progressivism as it should be, not that fake shit.

Wait, is that five already? Damn. I could go on and on, but alas, this time I will abide by the rules and stick to just five. Check these bloggers out, for sure, but if you’re looking for more, there’s a big long list of link love for all your bloggedy goodness needs.