I’ve talked about white supremacy. I’ve talked about patriarchy. Combine those two toxins and you get misogynoir, the vile poison suffered by women of color, and more specifically, black women. When asked to address this, I joked and told Geri Miller the amount of rum it would take for me to discuss misogynoir would put me in …
Misogynoir: The Awful Cocktail of Patriarchal and White Supremacist Toxins Read More »
The term “white supremacy” is making headlines lately because the occupant of the oval office is a white supremacist. But there seems to be some confusion about exactly what white supremacy is. For those who who don’t know, here’s a brief, incomplete primer on white supremacy: First of all, all white supremacy is racism. This …
White Supremacy is the Air We Breathe: That’s Why We’re Choking Read More »
What follows is directed to any men reading this. Any women reading this: please feel free to add to, amend, or correct this diatribe. The LAST thing I want to do is mansplain misogyny to women. First of all, all patriarchy is sexism. This means you don’t need to use the B word, be a …
Men, it’s Past Time We Take Dismantling Patriarchy Seriously Read More »
Susan Faludi’s Backlash changed the way I looked at the world. I just finished Carolina Criado Perez’s book Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, and I feel exactly the same way. I will never be able to look at anything the same way. And it is the only book EVER …
Men are Not Default Human Beings and Data is Not Neutral. Read More »
