Jennifer Hightower’s Reviews > Women of Color and Feminism: Seal Studies > Status Update

"My mood began to change when the class discussions made me realize that these ideas were so new and foreign to the majority of my peers that most of our time was spent explaining terms, histories, and misconceptions. Their monopoly of the class time and professor thwarted most in-depth discussions of the course materials."

"At the same time, within a capitalist economy, artists of color face the pragmatic realization that social relevancy and financial profit sometimes go hand and hand."

Damn. Sexism is rooted in heterosexism that sometimes it feels as though I am literally sleeping with the enemy. That, along with respectability politics, continues to police sexuality and female bodies within the Black community. Ain't that a bitch?