Activists Aren’t ‘Other People’–What You Do MATTERS.
A thousand small, everyday acts become bold when they are taken together.
Not a Rapist? Good. Do You Laugh at Rape Jokes? You Enable Rape Culture.
Image credit: Tasha Sturm/Cabrillo College/asm.org Julius was a military physician working for the German army in the late 1800s. His job was relatively simple: cure tuberculosis. Working alongside preeminent bacteriologist Robert Koch, he discovered and helped develop the ideal method and conditions for growing bacteria. This was no easy feat. (Most) bacteria requires an ideal …
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How to Win the Next Election, Period.
Voting Trump out next November will mean igniting the passions of two key groups: those who do the most political labor and those with the most barriers to voting. The outdated idea of “playing to the middle” has become a predictable strategy for failure, but the idea keeps lurching on — despite modern history and …
Why I Can’t Laugh at Dave Chappelle Anymore
If your heroes joke about rape you need new heroes. If your friends joke about rape you need new friends.
Misogynoir: The Awful Cocktail of Patriarchal and White Supremacist Toxins
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 …
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White Supremacy is the Air We Breathe: That’s Why We’re Choking
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 …
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Men, it’s Past Time We Take Dismantling Patriarchy Seriously
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 …
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Men are Not Default Human Beings and Data is Not Neutral.
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 …
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Make America Call Racism by Name Again: The History of ‘Racially-Tinged’ and Other Euphemisms
anyone who clutches their pearls, claiming the use of the term ‘racist’ marks a destruction of the institution of journalism, would do best to study the actual history
