Toshi was born in Atlanta,
grew up in Washington, D.C., and has been living in Brooklyn, NY, for
the past 20 years. Her parents were part of the Freedom Singers, who
fought for Civil Rights in the ’60s. Her mother was also a founding
member of Sweet Honey in the Rock. Her music is powerfully soulful and
clearly rooted in folk, gospel and the blues. Her presence on stage is
electrifying and irresistible, and it’s no wonder–she’s been performing
for much of her life. Reagon dropped out of college when she was
invited to open for Lenny Kravitz on tour...
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Typically
white,
thin
and
airbrushed
are
the
images
media
uses to portray women and girls in the
media. Email us the, "Pictures you Love & Pictures you Hate" and
tell us
why... more
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You came
out of disability
out
of
skin
and
teeth
and
bones
and
rage
at
inequities
of race,
gender, class...
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One
of
the reasons that so many women and girls are kidnapped, trafficked,
raped, and otherwise abused is that they grin and bear it. Stoic
docility - in particular, acceptance of any decree by a man - is
drilled into girls in much of the world from the time they are babies,
and so they often do as they are instructed, even when the instruction
is to smile while being raped twenty times a day. This is not to
blame the victims. There are good practical as well as
cultural reasons for women to accept abuse rather than fight back and
risk being killed. But the reality is that as long as women and girls
allow themselves to be prostituted and
beaten... more
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Every
woman's body is a keeper of experiences, secrets and stories. What's
your bodies confession?
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Body Positive Literary
Seal
of Approval
An Anthology of Voices from
Marginalized Spaces
A
diverse
collection
of
poems,
essays,
and
short
stories
that
document
the
transition
from
girl
to
woman, as told by the girls and women who
know the journey best.
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