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Black women’s experiences are as dynamic and far-reaching as the communities we come from, customs we maintain and languages that we speak. Too often images of black women in popular culture reflect narrow and biased understandings of black women, reducing rich histories to fantasies and caricatures. Nevertheless, women of African descent have consistently challenged limited understandings of blackness, femininity, sexuality and nationality. We believe that the thoughts, imagination and feelings expressed in Live Unchained matter and can … more

I Whip My NATURAL Hair Back and Forth!: Jenn on S*@t Natural Hair Girls Say

January 13, 2012 By liveunchained Leave a Comment

Share The “Shit _______ Says” videos are all the rage on the web. While we haven’t seen them all, we were happy to see someone hilariously representing for natural hair girls! Here we chat with Jenn, the brains and beauty of “Shit Natural Hair Girls Say,” on the making of the video, her creative background… [Continue Reading]

My Stage is My Home: Bergitta Victor on Performance, Growth and African Inspiration

January 9, 2012 By liveunchained 1 Comment

Share A wise woman knows not to reveal too much, she is comfortable in her mystery. Bergitta Victor has a joyful youthful spirit and presence, but don’t let that fool you, there is definitely more than meets the eye. When I first heard Singer Bergitta Victor’s debut single, “Say Love,” from her latest album, So… [Continue Reading]

New Year, Same Mission

December 30, 2011 By liveunchained 2 Comments

Share We’d love to hear what living unchained means to you for 2012 and always. Please drop us a line below and connect with us on Facebook.com/iliveunchained and Twitter.com/iliveunchained to share. Share

What Naysayers Do For Me: My Imaginary Talk With Michel Martin

December 29, 2011 By liveunchained Leave a Comment

Share Michel Martin is an accomplished journalist who hosts my favorite show on NPR, Tell Me More. Earlier this month, I dreamt she and I discussed haters. I used to listen to her show, a lot online (especially the Barbershop and Can I Just Tell You pieces), that aside, I can’t explain how or why… [Continue Reading]

Vote Live Unchained!

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The Art that Binds: Idil Ibrahim on Film, Unity and Empowering Somalia

December 26, 2011 By liveunchained 1 Comment

Share Artists have restless minds. For many of us, it’s not enough for us to know what goes on behind the scenes of a film, but also what it arouses in the audience. The fear of not having our vision received the way we’d like stops many of us from continuing, or worse, even beginning… [Continue Reading]

Without Approval, Applause or Understanding: What Your Vote Means to Me

December 12, 2011 By liveunchained 4 Comments

Share I’m proud to tell our loyal, encouraging and artsy readers that Live Unchained recently won a fellowship to participate in a media entrepreneurship boot-camp with Unity Journalists of Color in Las Vegas, Nevada. Now begins the second phase of the program, a competition for $10,000 in seed money. We would be eternally grateful for… [Continue Reading]

Sharing “The Gift”: Delphine Diallo’s Vision for Art of the 21st Century

November 28, 2011 By liveunchained Leave a Comment

Share Guest Post by Delphine Diallo Hello Live Unchained world; I’m writing to share The Gift with you. The Gift, my latest work, is an art book that brings together pieces from my work and, most importantly, carries the message about the ‘gift’ of art and artistic vision. My goal was to create a new… [Continue Reading]

Color Junkie: The Art of Jaimee Todd

November 3, 2011 By liveunchained 4 Comments

Share A self-proclaimed “color junkie,” Jaime Todd‘s work is  bright, lively and, just makes you feel good. In fact, many have described her paintings and inkblots as therapeutic. Jaimee brings her creative sunshine to artistic venues across New York including the New York Mercantile Exchange, St. Francis College, Climate Gallery and Broadway Suites, LLC. I… [Continue Reading]

Greater Virtues: Peju Alatise on Women, Art and Real Freedom

October 31, 2011 By liveunchained 2 Comments

Share Of her least satisfying work, Peju Alatise has said: “Nobody will ever see it. I’ll pour white paint on it and start over. So that does not exist.” The paintings, writings and sculptures that did make the cut illustrate ideas of love, femininity and religion. Most importantly, Peju’s art reflects her own lived experiences…. [Continue Reading]

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