The day I found out some shit

This post is a work in progress.

I was reading on blackfolk (Livejournal) and this article was posted

First the definition of womanism can be found in In Search of Our Mother's garden. Or You can read the below statement:
The black folk expression of mothers to female children, 'You acting womanish,' i.e. like a woman … usually referring to outrageous, audacious, courageous, or willful behavior. Wanting to know more and in greater depth than is considered 'good' for one … [A womanist is also] a woman who loves other women sexually and/or nonsexually. Appreciates and prefers women's culture … and women's strength … committed to survival and wholeness of entire people, male and female. Not a separatist … Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

There is more but that is for another post. What I have read and have come to understand about womanism doesn't jibe with how Rebecca Walker says she was raised or how her mother responded to her pregnancy. Does this mean that I don't believe her? No. She has no reason to lie. I try not to have any human heroes (save for my mother because she's the shit).
That said, R. Walker's views on some things are just not hitting it with me. In this interview
she says somethings about adaptation that would have be doing a diss record if I was Meshell.
The following is text from the interview in case the desire to read the whole thing isn't there:

In fact, much of the criticism about Baby Love stems from Walker's discussion of her relationship with Ndegeocello's teenage son, Solomon, whom she co-parents. In one of the more controversial segments, she writes: "I don't care how close you are to your adopted son or beloved stepdaughter, the love you have for your nonbiological child isn't the same as the love you have for your own flesh and blood."

The response has been interesting, said Walker, who has yet to discuss the book with Solomon. "I'm not saying that one is greater, but that they are different," she explained. "And why wouldn't they be different? They have different processes. It's a completely different experience."

I'm not faulting her for being excited about being pregnant and birthing her baby. The quote without explanation however, is insensitive.

Right now I am working on buying What Makes a Man edited by Rebecca Walker after a conversation with her adopted co parented son Solomon. It's a penny used on Amazon so It will be bought.



I am currently reading: Black Saga: The African American Experience (another book borrowed from my pastor)



And BabyCakes by Armistead Maupin.