Archive for the 'Gender Issues' Category
October 1st, 2007 | Posted in: Gender Issues | 1 Comment »
This title Woman Pastor Seeks Virtuous Husband was sparked by Rev. Renita J Weems. Yup. Blame her. I’m innocent. She’s the one who asked Who Can Find A Virtuous Husband? There was no sense resisting a response to her, as I could not agree more with her conclusion:
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September 6th, 2007 | Posted in: Gender Issues | 6 Comments »
The quiet no-hype Christian service of Jamaican Yvonne Patricia Thoroughgood was recently laid bare before the world. On Monday September 3, Yvonne appeared on the Today Show. The story in the media was a feature on KIVA, an internet based organization that facilitates women lending money to women entrepreneurs in developing countries. Yvonne Thoroughgood, is [...]
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May 21st, 2007 | Posted in: Gender Issues | 2 Comments »
Jamaica Chooses a Rastafarian Beauty The beautiful and stately 25 year old Rastafarian, Zhara Redwood, Miss Jamaica 2007 has decided to buck the trends and challenge the stereotypical images of beauty I have been discussing this past month. She will be representing Jamaica in the upcoming Miss Universe Competition in Mexico on Monday May 28th, [...]
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May 1st, 2007 | Posted in: Gender Issues | 3 Comments »
The connection between Black women’s hair, their character, and the Bible is worth revisiting. In my previous article, Black Women, Their Hair and Character Pt.I, I referred to the attitudes and practices still present within at least some Jamaica Churches regarding the hair of Black women. Highlighted here are some Biblical passages and how these [...]
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April 14th, 2007 | Posted in: Gender Issues | 8 Comments »
Racism Once More in US Media Sadly enough, Black women and our “nappy head” has brought issues of racism to the forefront of the US (and world) media again. CBS mustered the courage and fired Don Imus their $11 million income generating personality. Imus seemed to have allowed either momentary insanity to overcome him, or [...]
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March 8th, 2007 | Posted in: Gender Issues | 1 Comment »
May International Women’s Day 2007 be an inspiring one for you as we focus on the theme….. Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls By His Wounds You Have Been Healed 1 Peter 2:24 O God, through the image of a woman crucified on the cross I understand at last. For over half of [...]
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