Super Hussy Media
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About
Founded and helmed by Aiesha Turman, we are an independently operated outfit whose goal is to explore Black life in general and the lives of women and girls specifically, across place, class, ethnicity, time and sexuality.
Super Hussy Media investigates what it is to Black and female in all of its many facets. Black women come in every shade, economic and social class and inhabit the spectrum of sexual orientations. Yet, what we see of black women is that they are either hypersexual booty shakers, deviants, unfit and uncaring mothers, superstar performers, or Oprah (not that there is anything wrong with being Oprah, ahem.)
Our projects are intensely personal and through them, we hope to shed light on the contradictions, triumphs, perils, and beauty that is Black womanhood. Super Hussy Media is dedicated to exploring the everyday within the Diaspora.
Our exploration is through film, photography, the web, live events and the written word.
Oh, and about our name...
We've gotten a little bit of flack from some well-meaning folks about the name Super Hussy. We’ve been told that the word “hussy” reflects negatively on Black women given our history in the US and elsewhere. We disagree, obviously. So why the name? Here’s a little story from Aiesha:
For as long as I can recall, I have been fascinated by words. I was taught to read very early and was blessed to grow up in a home full of books. It amazes me how language changes, and how words on a page can transform someone’s life. With that said, “hussy” was my maternal grandmother’s favorite/only swear word. Regardless of your age, if you pissed Nana off and you were a female, you were pretty much a hussy.
Now, after looking up the etymology of the word, I found out “hussy” was derived from the German for housewife and began thinking about how patriarchy (particularly the white supremacist brand) twists, labels and misconstrues anything that does not fit into its neat little power structure, Hussy became to be known as a wanton, lascivious, ruthless and sexually promiscuous heathen.
Not so, says I. Language can be used to both uplift and nourish or belittle and hurt. Any woman who goes against the grain and/or lives lives by her own rules, not the ones forced upon her, has been labeled something or other (bitch and whore come to mind) which seeks to minimize who she is in the world.
If we learn to critically examine language and our attachment to certain meanings, I bet a lot of us would be able to let get of some antiquated/archaic beliefs attached to words.
The name Super Hussy, in many ways, honors not only my grandmother, but all the other women known and unknown.
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Our Films
Our first feature-length film, The Black Girl Project is a documentary which asks pretty much one question: who are you? Of course that question morphed into other, follow-up questions, but that singular question lies at the heart of the film.
In a culture where Black women and girls are either venerated for their saintly accomplishments which strips them of any other character attribute except that of martyr/mammy, or demonized and used as the fall gal to explain away all that is wrong with the Black community and society-at-large, it is important to hear and see Black girls speak their truths.
Traditional media continues to have a problem with realistic, multi-faceted portrayals of Black women and girls, and for that matter, all females of color. It is our hope that the film adds to the discussions about Black women and girls across the country and that it will contribute to a paradigm shift in how they are seen by others and how they see themselves.
For more information, visit the film’s site, BlackGirlProject.com.
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VAD LORES
Her fro looks so soft.
She looks soft all over tbh.
Long before the Kardashians could get ass implants, the Hottentot images coming out of Southern Africa inspired European women in the 18th century to enhance their profiles with the available technology.
MIND. BLOWN.
I never thought this.
RE: Hottentot fetish discussed between wiitns and I.
BOOM!
CAKE
Racism is a system. Racism is a way of thinking. Racism is subconscious. Racism is an entire country being trained to suspect an entire race of being shifty, lazy, or suspicious by default.
Read the entire article here.
(via froggyfibers)
(above photo by: shoomiah on Deviantart)
Sekhmet
Mythology: Egyptian
Goddess of: War and destruction, strong feminine sexuality
Name means: “to be strong and violent”
Also Known as: Nesert (Flame), Great One of Healing
Symbolism: Lioness, Cobra, Eye of Horus
Sekmet was presumably created by Ra as a weapon of destruction because his people were disobedient to him. After she unleashed her destruction, the people of Egypt feared another attack, and decided to create a ritual in order to keep her happy. There were 700 statues involved, and the Egyptian priests were meant to perform this ritual in front of a different statue every morning and every afternoon, year round. However, her origin story has been debated, and many believe that she is much older than Ra, while others insist that he is her father.
Sekmet is pictured as having the head of a lioness on a woman’s body. She is considered the crone of the trinity: Hathor, Bast, Sekhmet.
Sekmet has a terrible reputation, but many women of great power generally do. She is associated with Kundalini, which is strong feminine sexuality brought forth as psychic energy, also called “shakti” (power of the individual) which is a Hindu word derived from Sekhmet.
It is interesting to note, though, that she also stood for Healing, and her priests/priestesses were said to be the greatest healers in Egypt. Also associated as a Goddess of Love in some circles, she had the power to destroy with her flames, but was also a protector of the dead.
Sekhmet is said to be helpful nowadays to modern women to help them with protection, Banishing negativity, helping one overcome rage, an aid in depression, helping to discover courage, sexual energies and standing up for oneself.
(Above image by: sekhmet-the-flame on DeviantArt)
it’s soooooo interesting how there are all these different goddeses in various cultures that occupy this space - a powerful women who is destructive and feared, but also a creator and a healer.
Sekhmet, art, illustration
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(Part 1) by Aishah Shahidah Simmons for The Feminist Wire
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Each of us is here now because in one way or another we share a commitment to language and to the power of language, and to the reclaiming of that language which has been made to work against us. In the transformation of silence into language and action, it is vitally necessary for each one of us to establish or examine her function in that transformation and to recognize her role as vital within that transformation.
For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it. For others, it is to share and spread also those words that are meaningful to us. But primarily for us all, it is necessary to teach by living and speaking those truths which we believe and know beyond understanding.Audre Lorde, The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action* (Link)
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