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Courtney Young

Courtney Young is a graduate of Spelman College and New York University. Her upcoming book by the Feminist Press is a critique of images of Black women in popular culture.

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For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry's Film Enuf? (Racism and Discrimination, Gender and Sexuality)

To hear Tyler Perry tell it, black women are forever in flux amidst hate. But the original For Colored Girls grappled with much more than the weight of trauma, injustice and abuse.

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Tyler Perry's Gender Problem (Gender Issues, Film, Society)

Filmmaker Tyler Perry may see himself as creating modern-day fairy tales for black women, but he's actually reinforcing some seriously conservative gender politics.

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