Dr. Robin Boylorn, writing at Ebony, reflects on the murder of Kasandra Michelle Perkins by Jovan Belcher and argues that we focus too much on those who commit violence and not enough on those whose lives are lost. I am sure that by now many of you know the name Jovan Belcher. If you didn’t…

Thanks to hip-hop songs like Ja Rule’s “Down A— Chick” and the enduring relationship of oft-embattled MC T.I. and wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle-Harris, the “down a— chick’” archetype is a celebrated but often limiting female stereotype in black culture. Crunk Feminist Collective contributor Robin Boylorn details how her recent academic analysis of the black male…

For African-American women, the black beauty salon, like the black barbershop, is a place where women can safely let loose on any and all hot topics, but Crunk Feminist Collective writer Robin Boylorn recently had a different experience. Chatting away in the salon one day, another woman took offense at Boylorn’s conversation and vowed payback.…

In an entry at Crunk Feminist Collective, blogger Robin Boylorn decries the recent battle of complexions as displayed in a Black History Month “celebration” in St. Louis, Mo. She says intra-racism is not a celebration. I am sick and tired of the cultural story line that insists only one version (complexion) of black women can…