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About Me

Bettina Judd is a poet, scholar, and artist who in her work, infuses her interest in gender, social justice, and spirituality. She is an alumna of Spelman College (BA Comparative Women’s Studies and English), and the University of Maryland (MA Women’s Studies), and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. An accomplished poet, she is also a Cave Canem fellow and has lectured and read at numerous venues in the Washington, DC Metro area.Bettina Judd’s poetry can be found in the online Literary Journal Torch, and in Cave Canem’s 11th commemorative anthology XI. Her research on lesbian genders and southern rap music can be found in a forthcoming anthology Geechee to Gumbo: Black Southern Lesbian Culture & Politics.Ms. Judd’s current scholarly research explores affectivity and feminist politics of U.S. Black Women’s poetry, visual art, and literature. Her current poetry and visual art project is a series of poems and block prints titled Patient. This project explores the history of gynecological experimentation on Black women in the U.S. and the generational traumas that such practices have caused.
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Member Since: 08/06/2007
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Eros

The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings. It is an internal sense of satisfaction to which, once we have experienced it, we kno...
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Update

Upcoming events added!Performances and readings in Vancouver, BC and Baltimore, MD!Kinks being worked out for a reading in Columbus, GA this summer. Stay tuned!http://www.ablackgirl.com
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 12:26:00 GMT

No Knock and the use of my anger

I'm angry. If this blog could be my voice right now it would be screaming. Long howls. Long and hard and at the end of them would be tears. Sobs. Anger and not knowing what to do, anger and not knowin...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:45:00 GMT

It began with a clap

Today, a beautiful torrential rainstorm showed herself to me and all of the DC Metro area.I hadn't gotten one since my life in Atlanta. I hadn't realized how much I missed them. How the energy is all ...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 19:48:00 GMT

Samson Had Seven

Wrapped in strengthI am feeling overwhelmingly grateful for my hair right now. It could be because I found a knot in it that was making the rest of the lock very weak. I tore it off of the longer loc ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:28:00 GMT

See Luther was a Straight Forward man...

He didn't often move about the stage too much... but damnit if he still wasn't compelling spotlight singer.
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:38:00 GMT

Bad Ass Performance 2

I think Nina will be a repeat offender.
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:01:00 GMT

Bad-ass Performance Installment 1

So as an excuse to watch You Tube and as a way of charting what I am interested in as a performer I've decided to have installments of performances that I think are amazing. The first of these is Jame...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:27:00 GMT

Blog Throwback 6/8/06 OR why Contorsion Artist means so much to me

From a blog posted at ablackgirl.com on June 8, 2006.For Margaret Garner, La Llorona, and myself.Colored women and lost babies, or lost mothers is something that is on the minds of everyone. Particula...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:28:00 GMT