This is a meme featuring links to some of the more thoughtful posts around the brown blogosphere. Tired of all the fluff on many blogs? BrownGirl is helping you sift through the bullsh*t and find the posts doing some real talk. Check 'em out and reply with equally thoughtful comments.

* This blog post isn't by a blogger of color but the subject matter is relevant. The question "Is my character 'black enough'?" is very significant in this time where there's a new, steady flux of white written black stories. The question itself conjures the erroneous notion of a monolithic black experience.

* Author Nnedi Okorafor defends her right to write about "female genital cutting" without demonizing the practice in her newest speculative fiction novel Who Fears Death.

follow her on twitter @Nnedi

* Natalie Wilson of the Professor, What If... blog has not self-identified as being a person of color, but hell, I'm giving her an honorary pass if she's not. Check her about page and you'll know why. Her provocative posts like the one discussing the gender backlash and sexism surrounding female fans of Twilight are always enlightening. Do I care about that series, not so much, but I do care about how the backlash can be applied to any form of media perceived as  "geared towards women."

follow her on twitter @professorwhatif

No new blog discoveries because school has had me in it. But enjoy the sweeps!