Comments on: Josephine Baker http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/ 500 words a day on whatever I want Sat, 25 May 2013 06:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Demerera http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/#comment-97198 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:20 +0000 http://abagond.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-97198 Does anybody know what became of the ‘rainbow’ children she adopted? I see Jean Claude became a writer…

]]> By: The Cynic http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/#comment-83406 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:14:36 +0000 http://abagond.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-83406 Such a beautiful woman. And what an amazing life she had!

]]> By: Ames http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/#comment-54139 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:18:21 +0000 http://abagond.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-54139 Move over Angelina Jolie!

]]> By: SW6 http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/#comment-49845 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:54:12 +0000 http://abagond.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-49845 she was “the most sensational woman anybody ever saw or ever will.”

Hemingway? Hemingway said that?

Hemingway’s description of blacks in The Sun Also Rises is intensely racist. His remark on Baker is curious. I suspect his apparent praise may have been simple fetish.

]]> By: abagond http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/#comment-19203 Sun, 17 May 2009 08:54:20 +0000 http://abagond.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-19203 Wow, thanks!

]]> By: Billie Walker http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/#comment-19182 Sat, 16 May 2009 13:23:06 +0000 http://abagond.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-19182 If you’re interested, I found this documentary about her on Youtube.
It goes in a bit further about her and perpetuating the stereotype…according to this documentary she was simply poking fun at it.

But here’s the link to the first part (it comes in six parts)

I hope you have time to watch it

]]> By: abagond http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/#comment-8414 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:30:34 +0000 http://abagond.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-8414 Thanks. Enjoy!

]]> By: lisa http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/#comment-8406 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:09:08 +0000 http://abagond.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-8406 I applaud your work and point of views on various matters as I a travel your blog.

]]> By: Gorgeous Black Women http://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/josephine-baker/#comment-8219 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:24:11 +0000 http://abagond.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-8219 I had no idea she even had children.

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