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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Miseducation: "this is not an apology" -- An unapologetic lyric : a warrior's battle for space in education / by Dominique C. Hill -- Who wants 2 b hard? : a lesbian of color critiques the phrase "no homo" in hip-hop / by Tanya Kozlowski -- (progressive) hip-hop cartography / by Darlene Vinicky -- Lighting the fire : hip-hop feminism in a Midwestern classroom / by Zenzele Isoke -- For oya : I love myself dancing -- and then again when I am boxed in and overwhelmed / by Ruth Nicole Brown -- Justice : "My life has taught me to defy other folks' expectations" -- The Black girl body as a site of sexual terrorism / by Adilia James -- The politics of representation for Black women and the impossibility of queering the New Jersey 4/7 / by Christina Carney -- Camp carrot seed : reflections on a critical pedagogic project / by Sheri Davis-Faulkner -- Dr. Theresa Bayarea : dancing to make freedom / by Chamara Jewel Kwakye -- Freedom schools and Ella Baker / by Shaunita Levison -- Performance: "my legacy of imagination is not lost" -- The almighty and most powerful / by Porsha Olayiwola -- I am a woman / by Loy A. Webb -- Body cypher love : a remix : a hip-hop feminist project / by Tanya Kozlowski, Irene Christine Zavarsky, and Christina Armstrong -- Black girl night talk / by Blair Ebony Smith -- Acting out : a performative exploration of identity, healing, and wholeness / by Durell Callier -- Get it girl moments : a reflection on dance and research / by Grenita Hall -- People : "we can never forget to love" -- The bad bitch society : discovering love through writing and the new hip-hop / by Sesali Bowen -- Show yo' self / by Precious McClendon -- A conversation with Black Artemis / by Christina Armstrong -- A mother and daughter talk hip-hop / by Lena Foote -- Summer vacation in Baham, Alabama, or Southern fried feminism / by J. Sean Callahan -- I love music! / by DaYanna Crider -- Solhot : "I wish to live" -- In the words of others we find ourselves / by Kristen Smith -- Youth (young adult) organizing / by Sheri Lewis -- Can we be for black girls and against their sexuality? : a soundtrack / by Jessica Robinson -- "Check-in" / by Porshe Garner -- On being in the service of someone else's shine / by Taylor-Imani Linear -- To the visionary / by Desiree McMillion -- Portrait of a Black girl : seeing is not believing / by Claudine Taaffe.