Introduction to Theme 1I

​The original impetus for this class was a course designed on education literacy, and young Black women.  By explicitly naming it #BlackGirlMagic (#BGM), we place ourselves in a very specific time and space in race consciousness, gender & sexuality politics, and meanings of Blackness.  Whether we are talking about the ways Black women and girls are digitally organizing and crafting their lives under #BGM or the ways in which social science research and scholarship have made a definite turn into representing Black girls’ lives, the Movement for Black Lives today as well as longstanding Black Feminist activist-intellectual traditions have made our work and discussions possible.  

Part I
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SANKOFA: “A Black Feminist Reading of the Movement for Black Lives"

Part I
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The Public Pedagogies of Black Feminisms Today

Part II
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Intersectionality This! ​

Part II
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“Demonic Grounds”--- Theoretically Situating Our Discussion of Black Women/ Femmes/ Girls Beyond Identity, Inclusion & Other White Tropes

Part II
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Theme II Project ​