Meet New Contributer Rose Afriyie!

In case you hadn’t noticed, I haven’t been blogging for a few days and it is because I have decided to take the month off and finish up my long lingering MA thesis (please, just shoot me now!). I wanted to take a few weeks to really buckle down and focus and well as you know, all us feministers have 9 different jobs and I am trying to only have 2 (OK, maybe 3) for the month.
But don’t worry, you won’t miss me! Meet Rose Afriyie, our newest guest blogger who will be covering for me while I am gone. I met Rose this summer in the class that I was teaching at National Sexuality Resource Center and I knew she was the one when she told me that even while recognizing the troublesome relationship women of color have with feminism, “it was one of the most transformative experiences of her life.
A little about Rose:

Rose is a black feminist who has a B.A. in English Writing and Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh with a certificate in communication. She has organized and lectured in several states on issues of gender, race and sexuality. Her articles have been featured on media justice blogs, university publications, TheRoot.com and in the Chicago Tribune. She is currently pursuing a Masters in public policy at the University of Michigan.

All this and she is only 25. You may have seen Rose’s writing on the community site as well. Please give Rose a warm welcome and treat her well while I am gone until the middle of October.