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Connecting Queeribbean & Caribbean feminists through storytelling, art, & gender justice advocacy from Antigua and Barbuda ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
May 4 โ€ข 5 tweets โ€ข 2 min read
As we gear up for our fifth teach-in, โ€œThe Concept of Intersectionality, Combatting Multiple Systems of Oppression in Caribbean Movements and the Grenada Revolution,โ€ weโ€™re sharing a quote from one of the readings by our facilitator, @AmilcarSanatan!! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿงต Headshot of Amรญlcar Sanatan, a black man, with long locs that cascade past and behind his shoulders. He is wearing a dark blue-black suit jacket with a crisp, white shirt. His facial expression is relaxed and neutral, matching the neutral tone of the backdrop โ€” a solid grey. ๐Ÿ” Alongside โ€œ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข๐›๐›๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‹๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ,โ€ weโ€™re reading โ€œ๐—ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š๐๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ‘โ€ by Nicole Phillip-Dowe to prepare for this session. Text: โ€œThe masculine frame of understanding the Caribbean Left contains three primary errors. First, it is partial and unduly selective because it does not reasonably interpret the concrete actions on the ground in many Caribbean liberation movements, movements in which the participation of women was crucial.โ€ from โ€œMasculinism and Gendered Power Relations in the Caribbean Leftโ€ by Amรญlcar Sanatan Visual description: Headshot of Amรญlcar Sanatan, a black man, with long locs that cascade past and behind his shoulders. He is wearing a dark blue-black suit jacket with a crisp, white shirt. H...
Aug 2, 2024 โ€ข 6 tweets โ€ข 3 min read
Here are some excerpts from Joanne C. Hillhouseโ€™s (@jhohadliโ€™s) latest piece from her residency with us! โœ๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿงต

bit.ly/4c99VLRA vibrant cover image for an essay titled "Caribbean Celluloid: Telling our Stories on Film" by Joanne C. Hillhouse. The background is a soft purple with large pink and white flowers framing the image. In the foreground, Joanne wears short natural hair, and a bright red-orange dress with cutout shoulders and vibrant earrings, is smiling while holding a copy of her book, โ€œLost! A Caribbean Sea Adventure.โ€ Her reflection on Kingsley Ben-Adirโ€™s performance as the eponymous character in ๐๐จ๐› ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ: ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž, is a thoughtful paean: The background is purple with colorful flowers and leaves framing the image, alongside a partially visible open book and a section of a book titled "The Boy from Willow Bendโ€ : โ€œIt matters that he understood that Caribbean languages are languages with a history and a system, and, like any language, evolved the vocabulary they need to say what they need to say and that there are nuances and context and layers to that.โ€
Jun 29, 2021 โ€ข 5 tweets โ€ข 3 min read
For #pride , Caribbean Historical Feminist Figures are back - #Queeribbean Edition ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

Today, weโ€™re presenting M. Jacqui Alexander of Trinidad and Tobago ~ a thread Founder of the Tobago Centre and Professor Emeritus at U of T, Alexander is the author of ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ - a work that has greatly impacted discussions of feminist, critical race, and queer theories.