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![Summer for the Sistas is a subversive project that was created by Iresha Picot and Zakiya Bediako to combat the rampant flyers around Philadelphia that portray Black Women on party flyers and reaffirms the image of the transparent Black Woman: always half-naked in a submissive pose with disjointed and fragmented body parts. Once again, Black Women’s’ bodies are portrayed as hot commodities and expendable for promotion. The project serves as a need to de-center these damaging images and map out novel ones and compelling words that are dissident to our existence as Black Women. This project includes [love] messages on the same type of glossy cards that we see these parties advertised on, instead, our cards will be a counter-hegemonic response to those and expound on love, beauty, self-respect, and acknowledgment through messages written by Sistas, for Sistas. Showing that Black Women can be subversive, intervene and transformative to other Black Women. Our hope is that these messages will allow Black Women in Philly to start interrogating those old images and more importantly, I would like for the Black Women in Philly to have something presented to them that will make them just feel good by these messages and soothing to the ethereal. Contact us at SummerfortheSistas@gmail.com](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4y9sxZBQl1qze96po1_500.jpg)
Summer for the Sistas is a subversive project that was created by Iresha Picot and Zakiya Bediako to combat the rampant flyers around Philadelphia that portray Black Women on party flyers and reaffirms the image of the transparent Black Woman: always half-naked in a submissive pose with disjointed and fragmented body parts. Once again, Black Women’s’ bodies are portrayed as hot commodities and expendable for promotion.
The project serves as a need to de-center these damaging images and map out novel ones and compelling words that are dissident to our existence as Black Women. This project includes [love] messages on the same type of glossy cards that we see these parties advertised on, instead, our cards will be a counter-hegemonic response to those and expound on love, beauty, self-respect, and acknowledgment through messages written by Sistas, for Sistas. Showing that Black Women can be subversive, intervene and transformative to other Black Women.
Our hope is that these messages will allow Black Women in Philly to start interrogating those old images and more importantly, I would like for the Black Women in Philly to have something presented to them that will make them just feel good by these messages and soothing to the ethereal.
Contact us at SummerfortheSistas@gmail.com
