This month, Spitfiyah! first discusses the Boko Haram
kidnapping in the media. Mercedes moderated the discussion and Spitfiyah!
analyzed Western media's reaction to the kidnapping, and the role of social
media in how the events unfolded.
While
the internet blew up watching Solange beat Jay Z in TMZ’s elevator video,
renowned feminist, and radical critical thinker bell hooks was back at the New
School as Scholar-in-Residence for another discussion on May 6th. In the
discussion, entitled "Are You Still
a Slave?: Liberating the Black Female Body", hooks was joined
by black feminist thinkers Marci Blackman,
Shola Lynch and Janet Mock and drew controversy when the
conversation turned to Beyonce. Is Beyonce a terrorist? Moderated by
Alyssa, we discuss hooks' use of the ‘t’ word towards one of the most
universally revered pop culture figures of our time.
May
is also Asian Heritage Month! In honor of Asian Heritage Month, we will be
featuring tracks from several influential women from the Asian diaspora. They
are Susheela Raman ("Ye Meera Divanapan
Hai"), Ann One ("Crush on You"), Thao Nguyen
and the Get Down Stay Down (" The Feeling Kind"), and Masia One
("Warriors Tongue"). We also talked about the Komagata Maru's
centenary, and you can read the press release authored by migrant justice
advocates here.
Lastly,
we would like to dedicate this show to Maya Angelou, poet, author, activist,
who sadly passed away on May 28th.
Listen to the show here.
