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“It’s Not My Birthday, & I Don’t Want Cake”: On Rihanna & Chris Brown
Terern In VirginaThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License. Rihanna and Chris Brown are working together creatively, and also rumored to be back together. Click here for more on this. For those already familiar … More »
A Moment for Marlon: Celebrating One of the Black Gay Greats
Today is the birthday of the Emmy award winning Filmmaker, activist and author Marlon Riggs! Happy birthday Marlon! It’s not a surprise to me that Marlon was an Aquarius. In so many ways, he embodied the Aquarian ideal. He … More »
Last Year Rocked!: The 7 Most Visited Videos & Articles of 2011 on YoloAkili.Com!
2011 was quite a creative year for me. I had the opportunity to release my third video from my poetry album, and create and help to promote some pretty amazing work. For all of who you are new to … More »
The Pain of Being Poor: Masculinity & Manhood In A Recession: My Latest for The Good Men Project
I saw the pain in their eyes when I sat in the barbershop. The conversation was about money. The posture was hunched over, The pupils lowered; the heart…heavy. Phrases echoed across chairs: “not enough”, “they won’t pay me”, “can’t find … More »
“The Immediate Need For Emotional Justice”: My Guest Post on The Crunk Feminist Collective Blog
“Oppression is trauma. Every form of inequity there is has a traumatic impact on the psychology, emotionality and spirituality of the oppressed. The impact of oppressive trauma creates cultural and individual wounding. This wounding produces what many have called a … More »
Old White Men, Young Black Boys & The Sexual Legacy of Slavery.. In Light of Penn State
This piece was written a few years ago, but I felt compelled to unearth it due to the recent (alleged) sexual assaults and rapes of many young black boys at Penn State. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = … More »
New Video! Interviews of African Americans on Occupy Wall Street!
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’ve been really busy working on upcoming goodies, but not so busy that I couldn’t take the time to go out to Occupy Wall Street and find out what’s been going … More »
The Privileging of The Intellect is At The Heart Of All Oppression
My feelings are my power. Our feelings are our power. We feel therefore we can be free.* What is logical, what is rational, is not always what is real. While ideology can inform feeling, I believe that feeling is … More »
Reflections of A Black Queer Suicide Survivor: Part 2 of 2
It’s my honor to introduce the second (highly anticipated) and final part of Darnell’s powerful essay “Reflection of A Black Queer Suicide Survivor.” – Yolo Death—once again—seemed liked the only conceivable option after my boyfriend repeatedly cheated, verbally abused, physically … More »
Reflections Of A Black Queer Suicide Survivor: (Part 1)
Today it is my honor to share with you the first installment of a two part essay by the brilliant scholar activist ( and my good friend) Darnell Moore. Darnell is a current visiting lecturer at the Center for the … More »
