Exploring Unconventional Black Feminist Art

Описание: Boston Globe cultural columnist Jeneé Osterheldt moderates a discussion with three Black women artists. She asks what makes their work a beautiful resistance and explores why Black femme radical imagination and art is a beautiful resistance. Learn about the inspiration behind each woman’s work and how their chosen craft is what Audre Lorde would call a vital necessity of our existence.

Osterheldt delves into what it means to be Black and femme and how everyone loves a Black woman until she dare speak for herself and use her art as her portal. She shines a light on the backlash experienced by Candace McDuffie and shares her own experience with death threats, as well as what nearly all Black women with a platform endure both by their own community and other communities. She brings in a little Toni, a little bell, a little of each artist and how we root for one another and persist through the f**kery.

Resources
A Beautiful Resistance | Instagram: @abeautifulresistance

Poems by Ashley Rose:
Poem for Mayor Janey 100th Day in Office
The Haunting 2020 NAACP Convention Poem of the Year/ March for Mothers BLM

Ashley’s WGBH Stories from the Stage, The 1996 Flood of Roslindale

“Not Liking Beyoncé’s “Kitty Kat” Doesn’t Make Me Anti-Black,” by Candace McDuffie for Essence.

Listen to Oompa’s single “Closer”
Oompa’s latest album, UNBOTHERED was released independently on October 1

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