HappyBrownGirl
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Introduction | A born-again Southerner and bicultural black woman with a hint of an afro-indie aesthetic about her. I'm also an American Studies graduate student writing a dissertation about black women electric guitarists. I dig the African Diaspora, Hello Kitty, other people's cupcakes, patty melts, transformative agency, black cultural resource design, blues, rock & black feminisms. I'm the cat's meow! *rebel yell* |
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| Interests | alternative blackness, black identities in the diaspora, shoes, bags, transnational feminism, black women's history, globe trekking, media literacy, humor, reading/writing/research, faith/ethics, pop culture, other people's cupcakes |
| Favorite Movies | The Politician's Wife, Run Lola Run, Chasing Amy, The Lion in Winter, Anne of The Thousand Days, Iron-Jawed Angels, Sliding Doors, Boomerang, Chacun Cherche Son Chat, Crooklyn, Jackie Brown, Mary Poppins, 101 Dalmatians, Good Will Hunting, Grace of My Heart |
| Favorite Music | Morley, Trespassers William, Jonny Lang, Beady Belle, Feist, Tori Amos, Esthero, Keri Noble, Eva Cassidy, Lizz Wright, Dianne Reeves, The Cranberries, Fertile Ground, Teena Marie, David Ryan Harris, Dave Matthews Band, Luther |
| Favorite Books | The Diary of Anne Frank, Jane Eyre, Hunting in Harlem, Praisesong for the Widow, Benigna Machiavelli, This Bridge Called My Back, Flyboy in The Buttermilk, Anne of Green Gables, A Separate Peace, Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought, My Place, The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin |