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Ope Bukola

Ope Bukola is the Founder and Editor of Zora&Alice. When she's a "grown up," she hopes to be an entrepreneur, journalist, screenwriter, college professor, coffee shop owner, among other things. She enjoys reading magazines, watching documentaries, and finding new sites to add to her RSS feeds. Ope is a graduate of New York University and lives in New York City.

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Something to lift your mood – Aretha & Condi get soulful

by Ope Bukola July 29, 2010

Despite our nasty political climate, it’s still possible to put politics aside for a good cause. On Tuesday, the Queen of Soul (and staunch Democrat) Aretha Franklin performed with former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice to raise money for the Philadephia Orchestra. Read More: Condoleezza Rice, Aretha Franklin: A Philadelphia show of a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T

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Remembering the voices of women with disabilities

by Ope Bukola July 28, 2010
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I’ve been doing a lot of reading recently on feminism and womanism. More blogging to come on the two labels, what appreciable differences there are and more but, one fair critique of historical feminism is its lack of inclusion. One of the things that prompted me to reach out to Tasha Fierce to talk about [...]

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Occupied Bodies: new anthology to explore body image and women of color

by Ope Bukola July 27, 2010
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Tasha Fierce is a progressive writer, feminist, and activist. Her work has been featured in numerous publications ,including Jezebel, Racialicious, and FWD/Forward. She recently spent two weeks blogging at Feministe and will be blogging for Bitch magazine in August. Tasha is currently soliciting essays for an anthology titled Occupied Bodies: Women of Color Speak on [...]

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Books: A Queen and a Crown

by Ope Bukola July 22, 2010
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Book Review: Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom by Queen Latifah The Good: Queen Latifah, arguably one of the most powerful black women in media today, offers short, digestible lessons for young women based on her life and career. The lessons are universal, and the writing style is earnest and [...]

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Sarah Mulekatete: from genocide victim to womanist leader in Uganda

by Ope Bukola July 19, 2010
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The Do Something Awards, which honor social change agents 25 and younger, will air live tonight on VH1. Over the past two weeks, we’ve brought you interviews with Divinity Matovu, one of this year’s 10 finalists and co-founder of the Amageze Gemaanyi Youth Association (AGYA), a non-profit organization that operates a community center for youth [...]

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Gloria Steinem and Jehmu Greene talk feminism, racism

by Ope Bukola July 14, 2010

Did you read last month Atlantic cover story, The End of Men, written by Hanna Rosin? If not, you should but basic synopsis: Rosin lays out a host of statistics (college graduation rate, share of workforce, etc.) to argue that women have moved beyond our role as the weaker sex. It was a very interesting [...]

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