Precious

[Moya]

Hey QBG's! A film called Precious based on Sapphire's book Push is coming to a theater near you (in the winter)! I think we should all buy Push, read it, and discuss and then go see the movie and discuss and write and make videos and collage responses and letters about our reactions and send them to those involved in making the film.

I must admit that I am worried that the systems analysis will drop out in the film version. I'm a little afraid that what we will see on screen will be a dark skinned fat black mother who abuses her fat dark skinned child and it takes skinny light skinned girls to save her. FYI did you know Robin Thicke wrote the title track? interesting.

So can we say that we'll have the book read by July 1, so we can discuss and create some responses to the book by September and then gear up for the movie and respond to it then? Who knows how the film will be but we are already talking about it so I think we should formalize it yes?

Moya

[Moya]

Hello Loves-

As you may or may not know a film called Precious based on Sapphire's book *
Push* is coming to a theater near you (in the winter). I'm really interested
in reading the book, discussing it and then seeing the film together. Skin
color, size, sexuality, physical/sexual abuse, incest, racism, self-esteem
are some of the hard topics that are broached in the text.

The familial nature of the violence made me think that this discussion
should be intergenerational. A close friend and survivor asked that the
circle of folks participating be small, intimate and mindful of the reality
that informs the fiction in the Novel. With this in mind, please ask your
parents, children, siblings, and friends to join in this conversation. I
believe thinking about this book collectively could be a really healing
process.

Will you push through the hard places with me?

If you would like to join the group, please go to
http://groups.google.com/group/push2precious

Our email address will be [e-mail]

I must admit that I am worried that the systems analysis will drop out in
the film version. I'm a little afraid that what we will see on screen will
be a dark skinned fat black mother who abuses her fat dark skinned child and
it takes skinny light skinned girls to save her. But you never know;
sometimes Hollywood will surprise you.

So can we say that we'll have the book read by *August 17*, so we can
discuss, process, do some healing work before the film release?

Please email me if you have any questions and feel free to forward to those
you fee would be interested.

Moya

[Faith W]

Hi Moya,

I read 'Push' a few summers back and thought it was very dramatic and thoughtfully written. I'd enjoy being apart of this group, sign me up!

Moya said:

Hello Loves-

As you may or may not know a film called Precious based on Sapphire's book *
Push* is coming to a theater near you (in the winter). I'm really interested
in reading the book, discussing it and then seeing the film together. Skin
color, size, sexuality, physical/sexual abuse, incest, racism, self-esteem
are some of the hard topics that are broached in the text.

The familial nature of the violence made me think that this discussion
should be intergenerational. A close friend and survivor asked that the
circle of folks participating be small, intimate and mindful of the reality
that informs the fiction in the Novel. With this in mind, please ask your
parents, children, siblings, and friends to join in this conversation. I
believe thinking about this book collectively could be a really healing
process.

Will you push through the hard places with me?

If you would like to join the group, please go to
http://groups.google.com/group/push2precious

Our email address will be [e-mail]

I must admit that I am worried that the systems analysis will drop out in
the film version. I'm a little afraid that what we will see on screen will
be a dark skinned fat black mother who abuses her fat dark skinned child and
it takes skinny light skinned girls to save her. But you never know;
sometimes Hollywood will surprise you.

So can we say that we'll have the book read by *August 17*, so we can
discuss, process, do some healing work before the film release?

Please email me if you have any questions and feel free to forward to those
you fee would be interested.

Moya

[Moya]

i sent you an invite!!!

Faith W said:

Hi Moya,

I read 'Push' a few summers back and thought it was very dramatic and thoughtfully written. I'd enjoy being apart of this group, sign me up!

Moya said:

Hello Loves-

As you may or may not know a film called Precious based on Sapphire's book *
Push* is coming to a theater near you (in the winter). I'm really interested
in reading the book, discussing it and then seeing the film together. Skin
color, size, sexuality, physical/sexual abuse, incest, racism, self-esteem
are some of the hard topics that are broached in the text.

The familial nature of the violence made me think that this discussion
should be intergenerational. A close friend and survivor asked that the
circle of folks participating be small, intimate and mindful of the reality
that informs the fiction in the Novel. With this in mind, please ask your
parents, children, siblings, and friends to join in this conversation. I
believe thinking about this book collectively could be a really healing
process.

Will you push through the hard places with me?

If you would like to join the group, please go to
http://groups.google.com/group/push2precious

Our email address will be [e-mail]

I must admit that I am worried that the systems analysis will drop out in
the film version. I'm a little afraid that what we will see on screen will
be a dark skinned fat black mother who abuses her fat dark skinned child and
it takes skinny light skinned girls to save her. But you never know;
sometimes Hollywood will surprise you.

So can we say that we'll have the book read by *August 17*, so we can
discuss, process, do some healing work before the film release?

Please email me if you have any questions and feel free to forward to those
you fee would be interested.

Moya