By Sesali B. • @BadFatBlackGirl • 11 years ago

Quick Hit: Melissa Harris-Perry talks cultural appropriation and the “Harlem Shake”

For the first few weeks, I thought I was missing something and that there had to be some logical reason that this dance trend was called the Harlem Shake. But I wasn’t, and it was called the Harlem Shake because people thought that’s what the Harlem Shake is. *face palm*

Recently, videos of the real Harlem Shake surfaced on Youtube. But I can always count on MHP to add some much needed nuance and and critical analysis. Consider yourselves checked.

Feministing's resident "sexpert", Sesali is a published writer and professional shit talker. She is a queer Black girl, fat girl, and trainer. She was the former Training Director at the United States Student Association and later a member of the Youth Organizing team at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She received her bachelors in Women's and Gender Studies from Depaul University in 2012 and is currently pursuing a master's in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta. A self identified "trap" feminist, and trained with a reproductive justice background, her interests include the intersections of feminism and: pop culture, youth culture, social media, hip hop, girlhood, sexuality, race, gender, and Beyonce. Sesali joined the team in 2010 as one of the winners of our So You Think You Can Blog contest.

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