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Announcement and Bleg

by Imani Gandy (ABL)|  March 30, 201212:30 pm| 84 Comments

This post is in: Bleg, Rare Sincerity

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I have some news, my little juice boxes. ABLC is moving to Raw Story on Sunday. My new address will be angryblacklady.rawstory.com (or something similar). So hooray!

I’ll probably keep cross-posting here (much to the chagrin of some of you, I’m sure), but I won’t be cross-posting full posts (see? it’s not all bad!). It’ll be a “go to Raw Story to read the rest” dealio, assuming that’s cool with my new overlords.

At any rate, as tempestuous as my tenure here has been, I have grown to love this place and hope to continue posting here.

And if you have any inclination to donate to my Spring Fundraiser, I come highly recommended by Holland Taylor (as you’ll see on my chip-in page) and I hear that if you give me some cash, you’ll automatically become as classy as she is. So fork it over!

In all seriousness, I know damn well I wouldn’t have gotten to where I am if Cole hadn’t plucked me out of obscurity a year and a half ago. He’s a good friend and the wind beneath my tarred black wings.

So that’s all for now! I hope you’ll follow me to Raw Story. Love it or hate it, it’ll be the same shenanigans, just at a new address.

Ta!

P.S. I’ll be talking about Trayvon Martin with Joshua Holland on Alternet Radio at 3 pm PST on Sunday. I’ll also be on the Hal Sparks Radio Show tomorrow at 10 am PST. Tune in if you can!

P.P.S. Updated to show off my new logo! If I ever decide to become a folk singer and perform at Lilith Fair, this will definitely be my cover art:

 

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  1. 1.

    JPL

    March 30, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    Good luck to you abl!

  2. 2.

    gaz

    March 30, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    Congratulations! I really hope you can continue to contribute here (even in a new abbreviated form, I’ll take it =) )..

    I love this blog – and you are a large part of the reason I do. John may have done right by you, but I doubt I’m the only one who thinks “plucking you out of obscurity” was something of a self-serving gesture on his part. *grin*

    Cheers

  3. 3.

    CynDee

    March 30, 2012 at 12:37 pm

    You’re an important voice. Best wishes, ABL; I’ll come and see you.

  4. 4.

    boss bitch

    March 30, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    Movin’ On Up Girl!

  5. 5.

    ruemara

    March 30, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    Remember us when you become a powerbroker. We have screenshots.

  6. 6.

    Ryan S.

    March 30, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    This is completely OT but must be broadcast
    http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/29/killed_at_home_white_plains_ny

    video with transcipt

    Not sure if it was covered here or not but we must not be silent.

  7. 7.

    Satanicpanic

    March 30, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    Nice, good luck!

  8. 8.

    Steve

    March 30, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Best of luck ABL. But please do cross-post the whole thing. It’s courteous.

  9. 9.

    Ben Cisco

    March 30, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    Good luck, ABL!

  10. 10.

    Comrade Mary

    March 30, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Wow — congratulations!

  11. 11.

    Comrade Mary

    March 30, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    @Steve: I’ve seen bloggers who also write for commercial sites cross-post blurbs or extracts on their home blogs (example: John Scalzi). It seems perfectly fair and courteous.

  12. 12.

    Betty Cracker

    March 30, 2012 at 12:58 pm

    Congrats, ABL! I’m a long-time Raw Story reader — it’s one of the first sites I look at every day. I look forward to seeing a friend there! ;-)

  13. 13.

    c u n d gulag

    March 30, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    ABL – you will be missed!

    Oh, and – that’s AWESOME!

    Congratulations!

  14. 14.

    pragmatism

    March 30, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    congrats ABL!
    ETA kewl cover art.

  15. 15.

    Raenelle

    March 30, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    Congratulations. I enjoy your posts a lot (except for the Michael Moore should apologize for his racist statement period), and I’ll check out your new site.

  16. 16.

    superluminar

    March 30, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    Grifters got to grift?

    (C’mon someone was going to say it!)

    But seriously, good on ya ABL, and good luck for the future.

  17. 17.

    patrick II

    March 30, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Congrats ABL, I have always enjoyed your work. It seems predestined that you would announce this on the inevitable day the lead Raw story is about a republican presidential candidate who might have let slip the n word. He claims he never said it, he meant to say blah.

  18. 18.

    kdaug

    March 30, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    I’m one of the ones (rare few?) who’ve appreciated your input and insight. But change’s gonna happen – it’s the nature of existence.

    Embrace it, and be strong.

    Go!

    And swing back by when you can.

  19. 19.

    Mattminus

    March 30, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Yawn

  20. 20.

    Joy

    March 30, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Congratulations! I always enjoy your work so I’ll be tagging along.

  21. 21.

    arguingwithsignposts

    March 30, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    I do not follow Raw Story, but looking at it, it looks like another Huffington Post. I hope you’re getting paid for this, ABL.

  22. 22.

    ABL 2.0

    March 30, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: my blog is going to be hosted there. i’m not actually going to be a raw story journalist.

  23. 23.

    Spadizzly

    March 30, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    Just de-lurking to express my appreciation for your work here and to wish you all the best.

  24. 24.

    beergoggles

    March 30, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    Gay man here but I can still say: HAWT!

  25. 25.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    March 30, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    i think we should leave it to nuclear assault to play us out.

    glenn’s song

    what? someone has to go there.

  26. 26.

    geg6

    March 30, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    Oh, congratulations! This is great news for you!

    Hopefully, you’ll continue here, but you know I’ll be checking in on you wherever you are. You are a valuable voice that deserves to be heard by a wider audience. So happy for you!

  27. 27.

    PTirebiter

    March 30, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    You’ve been a unique voice in the community. The unapologetic, passionate and well informed perspective you bring is important and I for one, thank you. Good to see the good stuff coming your way, you’ve earned it. Congrats.

  28. 28.

    canuckistani

    March 30, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    You don’t look very angry in your new logo.
    But congrats!

  29. 29.

    gnomedad

    March 30, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    Congratulations! Hang onto that ABLC snarky, funky look!

  30. 30.

    jazzgurl

    March 30, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Go girlfriend. It is nice to see a sistren movin’ on up!

  31. 31.

    jhaygood

    March 30, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    LOVE! from south santa monica…

  32. 32.

    Arclite

    March 30, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    Er, you need an ANGRIER logo if you’re going to go by the moniker of “Angry Black Lady”. Cuz, uh, you got the lady part and the black part down…

  33. 33.

    Bondo

    March 30, 2012 at 1:29 pm

    grats, and that really does look like a music cover.

  34. 34.

    the fugitive uterus

    March 30, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    awesome! congrats! beautiful pic! sooo glam-o-russ :) i’m glad you will be cross-posting here

  35. 35.

    Insomniac

    March 30, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    Congratulations ABL! And that is a very nice logo (good album cover, too!)

  36. 36.

    Pococurante

    March 30, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    Congratulations ABL, and also my appreciation to the BJ bloggers / community for supporting ABL.

  37. 37.

    GregB

    March 30, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    Good luck ABL.

    Keep afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted.

  38. 38.

    SectarianSofa

    March 30, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    Keep cross-posting (excerpts or otherwise). Keep up the good work, and I hope the new trolls are better than the old trolls.

  39. 39.

    Mnemosyne

    March 30, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    Congratulations!

  40. 40.

    kdaug

    March 30, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    @canuckistani:

    You don’t look very angry in your new logo.

    Good point. Drop-dead gorgeous, but not very angry.

    Perhaps we’ve been deceived?

  41. 41.

    abo gato

    March 30, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    LOVE your voice and that photo of you in your logo? Wow. Just wow.

  42. 42.

    Patricia Kayden

    March 30, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    Should change your title to “Angry, Beautiful Black Woman”.

  43. 43.

    the fugitive uterus

    March 30, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    when are going to get a hot, sexy John Cole logo?

  44. 44.

    Mnemosyne

    March 30, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    @abo gato:

    There was one time last year when ABL posted a picture of herself with a puppy she was fostering and it was hilarious to see how many of the haters were suddenly all, “Well, okay, maybe you’re not so bad …”

    The power of boobies is mysterious, but eternal.

  45. 45.

    Violet

    March 30, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    Congratulations! Good luck at your new gig.

    Do you mean Holland Taylor the actress? I love her.

  46. 46.

    Rhoda

    March 30, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    Congrats! Love the logo, too.

  47. 47.

    noabsolutes

    March 30, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    congrats to Raw Story for the catch! please, maintain the anger, the blackness, and the lady parts (before some Republican state legislature takes them away).

  48. 48.

    abo gato

    March 30, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    @Mnemosyne, I remember that….it was hilarious. All hail the power of the boobies! I know mine have some magical abilities.

  49. 49.

    MobiusKlein

    March 30, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Hey, that picture is not very Angry looking at all.
    I demand a recount.

  50. 50.

    kdaug

    March 30, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    @the fugitive uterus:

    when are going to get a hot, sexy John Cole logo?

    How long do you have to wait?

  51. 51.

    Gretchen

    March 30, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    I can be as classy as Holland Taylor? I’m in!
    I’m glad you’ll still be posting here so I can keep up with you, and I’ll go over to Raw Story to look for more.

  52. 52.

    liberal

    March 30, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    @the fugitive uterus:
    LOL!

  53. 53.

    liberal

    March 30, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    @Ryan S.:
    Didn’t read it closely, but it looks awful.

    Definitely looks like there’s a race angle, but there’s also the “some people [in this case the cops] are just godamn stupid” angle.

  54. 54.

    Birthmarker

    March 30, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Congrats! I check over there daily so see ya there.

  55. 55.

    Thymezone

    March 30, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    Good luck on the new assignment. Don’t forget the little people when you become a media giant.

  56. 56.

    Dee Loralei

    March 30, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    YA! And congrats ABL! I’ll still follow you on twitter too, I’m so stalker-y-ish. Something. Love ya!

  57. 57.

    danimal

    March 30, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    Congrats.

    One suggestion: I think you need to create a new tag before Cole takes the keys away.

  58. 58.

    Kib

    March 30, 2012 at 2:36 pm

    Good luck, ABL

    Juice Box #4

  59. 59.

    Warren Terra

    March 30, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Congratulations, ABL. Remember: if you’ve blogged further than others, it’s because you’ve stood on the shoulders of a pack of snarling, snarking hyenas hundreds if not thousands of your blog commenting fans.

  60. 60.

    pacem appellant

    March 30, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    Are we allowed to objectify you now that you’ve got a hot new logo? :-) Please keep posting here. I need to get my rage on occasionally, and you’ve got the right firebrand to do it.

  61. 61.

    Pablo

    March 30, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    Wowza! Very fetching photo, ABL!

  62. 62.

    kc

    March 30, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    Congrats, ABL!!

  63. 63.

    mark

    March 30, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    this pic has been lightened to hide the true appearance of ABL, for what unknown crime have you done and trying to lie about??????

  64. 64.

    marv

    March 30, 2012 at 3:44 pm

    Folk singer? To me you got a young Bette Midler thing going on. Get some white backup singers, call them the Romnettes, and you could make some real dough this summer.

  65. 65.

    David Koch

    March 30, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    Oh boy.

    Their comments are gonna drive you crazy. There is a bunch of Run Poll/FDL types that troll their posts.

  66. 66.

    gex

    March 30, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Extremely glad we’ll be keeping you. I’m glad you don’t let the turkeys get you down.

  67. 67.

    CynDee

    March 30, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    P.P.S. Updated to show off my new logo!

    CLASSY!! I put it in my iPhoto library for inspiration on who I want to be like when I grow up.

    Thanks!

  68. 68.

    A Humble Lurker

    March 30, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    Congrats. Hope you keep posting here. Also, totally awesome picture.

  69. 69.

    WereBear

    March 30, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    Congrats! Keep showing off that outrage. And glad you’ll still pop up here now and again.

  70. 70.

    SuzieC

    March 30, 2012 at 5:53 pm

    Congrats on the new gig! Gorgeous logo.

  71. 71.

    SuzieC

    March 30, 2012 at 5:53 pm

    Congrats on the new gig! Gorgeous logo.

  72. 72.

    lol chikinburd

    March 30, 2012 at 5:56 pm

    Onwards and upwards!
    /grats

  73. 73.

    Crza

    March 30, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    Rock on ABL! Please keep up the BJ posts, keep up the loveliness, and above all else keep up the ANGRY.

  74. 74.

    dave

    March 30, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    One of the few (only?) Posts of yours that I have read with a smile instead of simmering anger about whatever injustice you were bringing to light. Thanks and good luck!

  75. 75.

    elftx

    March 30, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    Congrats and good luck !!

  76. 76.

    xaneroxane

    March 30, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    Beautiful foto!!

  77. 77.

    gloryb

    March 31, 2012 at 12:50 am

    Hey! I love to see my sistahs movin up! Between you and Melissa HarrisPerry, I could bust a few buttons (or is it those oatmeal raisun cookies I just snarfed down?)!

  78. 78.

    Cain

    March 31, 2012 at 2:25 am

    Congratulations, ABL! And you look quite fetching in that new logo! :) Maybe a knife or something to offset all that cuteness! heh

  79. 79.

    amk

    March 31, 2012 at 2:41 am

    Congrats ABL. Keep up the good fight.

  80. 80.

    not motorik

    March 31, 2012 at 4:10 am

    Try to be less shitty over there.

  81. 81.

    chaucer

    March 31, 2012 at 8:53 am

    i love you too abl. from an old fat white girl. good luck to you and i’m glad you’ve spiced things up around here.

  82. 82.

    CFWard57

    March 31, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    I unbookmarked Raw Story over a year ago over its hypercritical coverage of President Obama, but if they have the smarts to recognize the talent of Angry Black Lady then looks like I’ll have to climb back on board so I can continue reading all those great Angry Black posts.

    See, Raw Story? You just got a reader back with your decision to add a pragmatic progressive champion to your site. Maybe y’all will listen to her before going for another sail on Firedog Lake.

  83. 83.

    ABL

    April 1, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    thanks everyone!

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