In My end of the academic (arts/ethnic studies) world has a higherarchy of experience where they believe the more oppressed a person is the more valid their openion and experience is. Black > white, gay > hetero, women > men. in an effort to reclaim equality that whitch was in power has been turned upside down instead of made level. I understand that there is a need to define for yourself your experiences as independent from those of other social classes. But where is this perspective of different but equal ? Can I tell you how many times I hear "its because your white or it's because you're a man ?" As reasons for disregarding my openion or experience of art....

Dance imagery ideas

I think I want to use wax. Wax dried on the skin the is such a beautiful image. The way it cracks as you start to move again... images of stone made flesh again come to mind...I wonder what it would look like on a person in a bath tub...

Second wave

Today I had a conversation with mollie about the differences between the 4 waves of feminism. When I thought why have we in pop culture thought of the feminist movement as something that is in the past? And as a man how do we take a proactive roll in mending the oppression between men and women while not throwing babies out with the bath water. How do we find macro solutions with out getting so robotic that we can't treat people as people. Complex flawed and diverce people being addressed on a case by case basis.

Second wave

Today I had a conversation with mollie about the differences between the 4 waves of feminism. When I thought why have we in pop culture thought of the feminist movement as something that is in the past? And as a man how do we take a proactive roll in mending the oppression between men and women while not throwing babies out with the bath water. How do we find macro solutions with out getting so robotic that we can't treat people as people. Complex flawed and diverce people being addressed on a case by case basis.

thoughts...

Lately I have been having little thoughts throughout my day where I think to myself "I should write that down." I just got blogger app for my phone. As an aspiring artist I am constantly often find sudden neccessity to communicate and express. I am hoping that this will act as a bread crumb trail for my brain. Also as a way to start to get outside of my overly self critical mind...maybe...possibly I am having a simular experience as a human as someone else out there, but this one is for me first and if it is of use or amusing to you I will enjoy interacting discussing defending elaborating appologizing...to you for my series now lovingly called thoughts.

Oh and yes I am this bad at spelling... I am dyslexic and don't believe in a singular linear form of intelagence ...

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Top five hip hop artists. Go.

thats impossible! but here is a few off my head
Lupe fiasco ( paints a picture with words)
K-0S (does it all, and keeps it true to original hip hop)
Zion I (just makes you feel good)
the roots ( quest love = best drummer )
mos def ( free styles and deep)
talib Kweli (great live + black star album years ahead of game )
tribe called quest ( changed way people raped + conscious)
de la soul (OG's but still making great music , AOE:bionics)
brother ali ( this man could change the world )
lauryn hill (unpluged album 2002, most raw and real show ever )
cunning linguists ( underground been around a while )
aesop rock ( abstract imagery, labor days is a great album )
common ( Chicago, visionary for what hip hop could be )
krs one ( the father ! he is history and is still active in hip hop )

if i missed someone big let me know and if you say weeezy i will be forced to lecture.

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