Not me. Last night, the BBC attempted to tackle the issue with a sliver of sensitivity in the documentary ‘Music, Money, and Hip Hop Honeys’. I can’t be the only black woman who is sick to the back teeth of other black women’s bodies being oiled up, dissected and objectified in hip hop and grime [...]
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Who wants to be a video chick?
Posted in Feminism, Journal, Uncategorized, tagged BBC, BBC3, feminism, hip hop, patriarchy, race, video chick on January 6, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Ageism? No, that’s sexism
Posted in Feminism, tagged ageism, BBC, Countryfile, feminism, gender equality, patriarchy, sexism on July 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Take a quick glance at the UK’s trending topics on Twitter, and you’ll find the recent inclusion of the hash tag #proudofthebbc, in response to the Conservative led governments’ threat to cut the licence fee. There’s no denying the fact that BBC is a British institution, providing service to millions. But with every pro comes [...]
An open letter to BBC3
Posted in Journal, tagged BBC, BBC3, MTV, teenagers, trash tv on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I used to feel confident in trusting the BBC. I and many others my age enjoyed our late 90s childhood years. We were quite comfortably over saturated with CBBC’s after school entertainment- the eye catching, bright colours, the chirpy, spirited young presenters who seems to relate to us all so well. It suited our demographic [...]
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