Author Archives: the angry black woman

I was listening to this story on NPR’s Morning Edition a few days ago about the debate over whether the military should lift its ban on women in combat roles. Currently, women are (obviously) allowed to serve in the military, and might end up in combat, but they aren’t assigned specifically to combat positions. In […]

Coddling Is For Toddlers, Not Grown-Ass Men — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

Continue reading →

Right now on my hard drive I have a huge virtual stack of fiction, poetry and essays by writers of color. We’re talking award-nominated and award-winning stories by some of the fanciest writers of color to ever set pen to paper. Don’t believe me? Here’s the list:
Short Fiction

Judgment of Swords and Souls by Saladin Ahmed
Elan […]

Speculative Fiction Lovers, Check Out My Stash — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

Continue reading →

As some of you know, every year for the past several I’ve done the Clarion West Write-a-thon, a fundraising event for the 6 week writing workshop I attended a few years ago. Usually what I do is split the money I raise between Clarion West and the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship, which assists writers […]

Win An eReader And Support Speculative Fiction Writers of Color (At The Same Time!) — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

Continue reading →

Some of you might not get the context of this next post as I have mostly been blogging about it at my personal site. Click here if you want the backstory.
Can someone please explain to me how one makes the leap from “We no longer want to honor this person” to “Book burning and censorship“? […]

You People Are Out Of Your Goddamned Minds — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

Continue reading →

Last year when I was a guest on Hour of the Wolf I read my 9/11-inspired story Until Forgiveness Comes on the air. Jim Freund liked it so much and liked the radio-y/NPR-esque-ness that he suggested we should record it as a radio play. I am all for that, so I wrote a script and […]

I turned it into a story but the hole in my heart is still there — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

Continue reading →

I would have written an angry rant about Dr. Laura’s crazypants meltdown on air in which she just enjoyed saying the word nigger so much she had to say it about a dozen times while telling a black, female caller that she was hypersensitive, except I keep getting the feeling that a lot of this […]

Since Dr. Laura Can’t Give Advice To Black People Without Being A Racist Twit, We’ll Give It A Shot — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

Continue reading →

The next time you’re in a situation where a person says something racist and then says “But I’m not racist why would you say I’m racist?” don’t even bother trying to talk them down from the failtree. Just point them at this clip from VH1′s Bad Girl’s Club and walk away for a little while. If they […]

Constructive Ways Of Administering The Cluebat — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

Continue reading →

I don’t feel like putting on my diplomatic hat for this one. Unfiltered language ahoy.
It’s come to my attention that British pols are upset that our president is saying nasty things about BP. In case you weren’t aware, BP stands for British Petroleum, and it’s one of the country’s biggest companies. Apparently a lot of […]

Dear British Politicians: Shut The Hell Up — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

Continue reading →

Part of my commitment to stop ignoring my poor blog and get on livening things up around here is a reassessment of some design aspects of the blog, including ads. Currently there are three places I’d marked for ads: the top left, lower down on the right, and the bottom of the RSS feed. The later two […]

And now a word from our sponsor…

Your ad could be here, right now.

Ads on the ABW

Continue reading →