women of color

Since I’ve begun my stint here at Bitch, I’ve been watching a lot of Bones on Netflix. Are you ready for a surprise, faithful TelevIsm readers?

I’m kind of in love with it.

I spend a lot of time critiquing how ladies and folks of color are portrayed on television, but Bones is a rare show that consistently portrays their politically marginalized characters as competent, admirable, and worthy of respect and commendation.

Who is this woman? And why is she on Time's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World?  Read on for the answers and for my look at the list, by the numbers.

My really good friend and fellow Chicana blogger, brownfemipower, is hosting a collaboration at her blog, Flip Flopping Joy, with fellow amazing media maker, Jess Hoffman (of make/shift fame).

Their collaboration is called (Re)Thinking Walking and centers ways that we can build new worlds through the process of purposeful walking.

Some excerpts:

BFP:

One of the big reasons so many women make the choice to not participate in sports is because "sports" is defined as a thing that very specifically and consciously denies women a place in. For example, I was discussing Sean Avery with my partner earlier in the week and he expressed the belief that on the whole, hockey is one of the least sexist sports out there.