Mc lyte bad as i wanna be zip3/10/2024 “My competition, you’ll find them in a hospital” Not just a female rapper– she was hard-core! Her voice was deep and raspy I always believed my voice was too deep to be “feminine.” But most important, Lyte was a rapper. She was brown-skinned, I was brown skinned. So why did MC Lyte appeal to me? She wore baggy clothes- I wore baggy clothes. Long before a Women and Gender Studies minor in college, I discovered womanism through MC Lyte and Queen Latifah. I’m the dopest female that you heard thus far” My coming of age in the movement wasn’t in the midst of being denied some right or liberty because of my sex. ![]() ![]() Those were my exact thoughts when I discovered feminism. ![]() Given her age, I would probably say something like, “Feminism means that girls can do anything boys can do.” Of course when she’s older we’ll have more in-depth discussions about intersectionality and the role of women of color in the quest for equity but for now, I just want her to know that girls can do anything that boys can do. I recently thought about explaining womanism (feminism) to my toddler niece.
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