I’ve always been a huge fan of calling bozos out on the internet. I’m always delighted to see an abuser outed for assaulting his girlfriend and equally so when racists are put on blast. Know a dude who raped someone? Post his name and blast his photo! Calling people out is important! It spreads awareness […]
If you struggle with the idea of Oprah running for president, it’s maybe due to any or all of your deeply suppressed racist, sexist, and patriarchal programming habits. Seriously ask yourself if the “We don’t need another celebrity president!” argument is just a convenient pretense to hide your unease with the idea of (finally) having […]
Today was Outfest in Philadelphia. For those who don’t know, it’s a day we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community for coming out the closet. And every year in we throw a nice little party. Outfest is no different from every other function pertaining to the LGBTQ+ community. The homophobes show up with their signs and their […]
There is a massive genocide happening near the border of Myanmar against the Rohingya people who are now fleeing to Bangladesh (nearly 400,000). It is pretty hard to send donations, and we all know big charities often soak up a large chunk of what is donated. My dad lives in Bangladesh and I have family […]
some notes on white liberal performative shock & outrage: -black people have made books, movies, songs, lectures, paintings, drawings, etc expressing the pain & absurdity we go through for centuries. you mean to tell me it took not only a full presidential campaign but a subsequent presidential election & A WHOLE ASS NAZI/ WHITE SUPREMACY […]
Last week, over 100 artists, including Kara Walker, Marina Abramovic, Ed Ruscha, Jack Whitten, and Cindy Sherman, wrote a letter coming to the defense of Dana Schutz—the woman who created Open Casket (2016), the painting of Emmett Till that drew protests at the Whitney. Dana, you’re doing it wrong. You’re asking us to understand and empathize […]
FUPU, an all-black queer femme punk band, just got attacked by a skinhead in London. They are canceling the rest of their tour and heading back home. Global white supremacy is disgusting I’m feeling like there is no safe place for a Black woman in this whole entire world. A cop laughed in their faces […]
My sister and I were raised Quaker— pacifism is one of its most important tenets. For me, pacifism means I don’t believe violence to be a valuable form of resistance against a much larger power. Being against violence as self-defense completely misses the point. A huge part of being peaceful is learning and practicing nonviolent […]
Holding myself and others accountable is something I do my best to practice, but I’m not into what’s become of “callout culture.” Too often, people talk about being “woke” like there’s some kind of endgame, some final destination where Holy Social Justice Waters wash away all our Problematique Sins. The truth is, nobody is exempt from […]
June 19th is the day my family celebrates my great-great grandmother (on my mother’s side) being liberated from slavery in Texas. My ancestors in Louisiana had been freed three years prior, but for some reason, the news didn’t make it to Texas. Three grueling years. Three more years of selling my family, raping our matriarchs […]
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