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By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:32:04 +0000

I’m going to make a few points even though I know this is probably a stale topic. (I just found out about it from Wikipeida.)
1) BFP (first time visiting, glad it’s back up) was at best appropriated. That’s not fair.
2) I don’t see it strictly as a woman of color issue. (I’m African-American.) The reason why is I know too many other women who are White and get ripped off in the same ways.
3) I see it as a ’status’ issue and recognize that Whites hold more status. But I have seen this over and over. I think of ____ and how she regularly points out things, writes on topics, only to be ripped off. There was FAIR and Darh Jamail (a White colonialist) ‘discovering’ in May a bad article in The New York Times and making criticism of it that C.I. had made back in April when it ran. There were many other examples. And when you call them out, they play dumb. “Oh, I didn’t know about that.” Even when they knew, even when they copied word for word.
4) Dahr Jamail is in America. Ali al-Fadhily is in Iraq. This goes to appropriation so stay with me. IPS publishes articles from Iraq. They give both men the byline. Why? Ali al-Fadhily has had work (in English) credited to him. Why is Jamail claiming credit for half of Ali’s work when Ali’s the only one in Iraq and these are reports from Iraq? Again, I would say it is “status” as much as a color issue.
5) For the female blogger who appropriated the work BFP had long done, crediting would have lowered her “status.” She wouldn’t have been the ‘pretty blonde’ White woman who thinks. She couldn’t credit because to do so would admit that there are a lot of bloggers who are NOT getting credit that should be and she’s about maintaining the system in place which benefits her.
6) I can name 4 female bloggers who are White that ‘pretty blonde’ has also ripped off so that’s why I say it is ’status.’ She looks ‘better’ by keeping other women down.
7) I’m bookmarking BFP and will be visiting regularly. Theft is theft and long after ‘pretty blonde’ thinks it’s over, it will still be an issue.

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By: joe

joe — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:27:27 +0000

hilarious stuff. so radicalized, so hateful, so angry.

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By: FoolishOwl

FoolishOwl — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:34:40 +0000

I hadn’t been following blogs for some time; I hadn’t realized what this had been about.

And, I had forgotten how damned brilliant bfp is.

The bastards always try to bring down anything faintly progressive before it gets anywhere. BFP, I’m sure you’ll find a better way, and I hope to meet you on it.

By: spacedcowgirl

spacedcowgirl — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:21 +0000

I wanted to add my voice to all those saying thank you for all the work you did with your blog. I’ll leave it at that because I was apathetic and missed much of your writing while it was available, and now it’s gone–I will echo Alexis and say that I too “thought deeply and tried to let myself be changed by your words,” those of your words that I did read. I am so sorry for the chain of events that caused you to close your site, but I hope you accomplish all you are determined to in your activism as you pursue it via other avenues and through other movements.

By: Shanikka

Shanikka — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:48:14 +0000

I’ve been out of the country for several weeks and focused on digging out work wise since my return so it is only now that I am learning of what occurred with the cooptation of your ideas and this post. I am one of the many silent fans of your work. And I am sorry; this is like BlackAdemic to me all over again, even as the diss was indirect, rather than direct, to all the hard work you’ve put in. I hope you find peace - I know for me, I found it in the term “womanist.”

Peace to you.

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