Danielle Henderson

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  1. Representations of Women in Kanye West's "Monster" Video

    1/6/11 9:00am by Danielle Henderson
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    How is it that Kanye West, an intelligent artist very much in control of his image, didn't think about the repercussions of representing women in such a horrific manner in his video for "Monster?" What I find more disturbing is that he DID think about it, and proceeded with this video anyway.  Read more >

  2. Getting Your Blog House In Order

    10/13/08 11:53am by Danielle Henderson
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    I had the pleasure of being a panelist at the Boston BlogHer ReachOut Tour. The women in our session were amazing, and asked equally amazing questions. Since our focus was helping people feel comfortable with hacking, coding, or just plain starting a blog, I came up with an analogy to help the women in my group feel more comfortable with the basic terminology. It went over like gangbusters.   Read more >

  3. Blog Valley High - Go Wildcats!

    6/25/06 9:48am by Danielle Henderson
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    "..from an anthropologic standpoint, it fascinates me that the blogging world has become something of a microcosm of society, complete with the "popular" kids, the sycophants, the not-so-populars and so on." When I read this blog comment, it was so powerful, so truthful, that I stopped writing for two months. I needed to reevaluate the space in my heart, the space in my head, and my space online. I've found that the internet is not a friendly place to live. Much like a high school cafeteria, bloggers have unconciously segregated themselves into cliques.  Read more >

  4. Paint It Black

    3/31/06 8:43am by Danielle Henderson
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    About two weeks ago, I shit a solid gold brick. It fell out of my body, rolled across the floor, and smashed into my television, where an advertisement for the FX show Black.White. was showing.  Read more >

  5. My Life in Hair

    3/2/06 4:05pm by Danielle Henderson
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    She looked at me with big, brown eyes and a lopsided ponytail, eyes squinting with curiousity. "Why do you put your hair in knots? They look bad. They feel bad." She was approximately six years old - and my niece - so it wouldn't be socially acceptable to dropkick her. As young women, most of us learn that the great unifier, the ultimate divider, and the ever-changing esteem booster is HAIR. Nowhere is this more prevelant than in black culture. As women, we teach young girls by example, however inadvertantly. So what would my lesson be today?  Read more >

  6. not enough

    2/28/06 5:08pm by Danielle Henderson
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    I'm feeling seriously inadequate about being a contributing editor for BlogHer. When I signed up for the position, I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to find and expose bloggers of color, knowing full well that my blogroll consisted of the whitest mothers around - literally.  Read more >

  7. Singled Out

    2/11/06 1:09pm by Danielle Henderson
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    Mrs. Dietzel turned to me, a wiry second-grader, and said, "Danielle, why don't you tell us all about...about...YOUR PEOPLE." My first memory of Black History Month was created around the feeling of being singled out for being diferent.  Read more >

  8. Blogroll Updates

    1/25/06 12:44pm by Danielle Henderson
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    Pointing you towards a few great blogs: Jaki is an intelligent, funny, whipsmart young woman. She regularly expounds on personal topics regarding polyamory, bisexuality, racial identity and struggling with her Christian identity.  Read more >

  9. College Dropout

    1/23/06 9:51pm by Danielle Henderson
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    Dear Kanye West, It's true, I am out of the musical loop, and have therefore just heard your new song "Goldigger" this weekend for the first time. I...I'd really appreciate if you would explain just one, small thing to me.  Read more >

  10. What Color is your Blogroll?

    1/23/06 9:23pm by Danielle Henderson
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    Get ready, bloghers, for some surly, passionate talk about race, ethnicity, and how it may or may not fit in the scope of your blogging world today. I look forward to earnest, respectful discussions and the opportunity to post amazing links to amazing women of all backgrounds.  Read more >

Danielle Henderson

Full Name
Danielle Henderson
Member Since
January 2006
About Me: 

I've been blogging at Knotty Yarn since 2003. I'm a dedicated feminist, freelance writer and (at the age of 33) a full-time, non-traditional college student. My first book, Tales from Fish Camp, was published in 2004, and my writing has been featured in several publications including Cringe: Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems, and Abandoned Rock Operas, Rivet Magazine, and Kitchen Sink Magazine, among others. I was a featured speaker at Blogher’s Community Keynote, and I'm particularly passionate about women’s issues. I've driven across the United States a couple of times, and James Sime once called me “the Johnny Cash of girls.” You can learn more about me at Knotty Yarn.

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