“Feminist efforts to politicize experiences of women and antiracist efforts to politicize experiences of people of color have frequently proceeded as though the issues and experiences they each detail occur on mutually exclusive terrains….The failure of feminism to...
The wheels of oppression keep on turning even when we don’t acknowledge that we are in the car. White supremacists marching and murdering people in the street are white people’s problem, and it’s time to start acting like it. Or are we still pretending that we’re...
International Women's Day is a great initiative that brings awareness to women's issues. This year, the organizers of the Women's March held an international Day Without A Woman strike. While we can hope that the momentum behind the Women's March and Strike will keep...
Make The Grammys Great Again We all got some serious deja vu when Adele was graced with the Album of the Year Grammy award and melted into a tearful speech about why Beyoncé should have won instead. “Beyoncé should have won.” How many times have we heard this now?...
The New York Times published an article by Katharine Q. Seelye today titled “As Heroin Use by Whites Soars, Parents Urge Gentler Drug War.” Much of the meat is in the title: white people are suddenly doing a ton of heroin, and so drug abuse should be decriminalized....