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5 lessons from Jennifer Lawrence on why white feminism isn’t cute

9 Minutes read

You’ve heard a lot about white feminism and why many people of color, women of color in particular, can’t stand it. It’s not that we can’t feminism; in fact, we love feminism. It’s just that we can’t stand when something that’s supposed to accept us is just used as yet another tool to marginalize us and…

When your feminism isn’t intersectional: Raquel Willis on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s recent “trans women” comments

4 Minutes read

The internet is full of faves, but it’s always the moment that they’re put on a pedestal that your faves end up disappointing you. Partly because they are human and humans will disppoint you, but also because you realize that sometimes, your faves still need schooling on certain areas of life and social politics. Case…

#OscarsSoWhite Gets Academy Results and Old Guard Fallout

16 Minutes read

There has been too much Oscars news lately! Well, complaining is wrong; there’s been just the right amount of Oscars news since it’s actually news affecting change. And in the past 24+ hours, there has been tons of movement (and tons of upset). Here’s what’s happened in four sections. The facts The big fact of the weekend…

Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift: The VMAs, Feminism, and Music Videos

11 Minutes read

Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift have been in the news recently. I’m sure if you’ve been on Twitter within the last four days, you’ve heard about Nicki Minaj taking the VMAs to task for not nominating “Anaconda” for Music Video of the Year. If not, here’s the quick rundown: Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to…

McKinney, TX: The Latest on the Situation and A Call-Out to White Feminists

6 Minutes read

Here’s what’s been going down since the world learned about that awful McKinney pool party incident.

“Into the Badlands” Season 2 premiere is a masterclass in inclusive TV

7 Minutes read

It’s already a cliche to say this, but Into the Badlands Season 2 showed up Iron Fist in nearly every way possible. If there Hollywood needed an example of how to make an inclusive martial arts-based action show that doesn’t appropriate cultures but actually respectfully melds cultures together into something new and original, then Into the Badlands is that…

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