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We Should Not Be Defending Elizabeth Warren From Indigenous Voters
No, Hillary, We Don’t Like YOU
Hillary may want to pull out some of the hot sauce from her bag to add some flavor to her unseasoned critiques of Bernie Sanders. By Reina ...
Entertainment and Culture
Harley Quinn Doesn’t Need You When She’s Got the Girls and the Gays
Cishet men aren’t mad that Harley Quinn doesn’t have “sex appeal”. They’re mad that the characters of Birds of Prey have “sex appeal” that isn’t ...
What You Need To Know About #29DaysOfBlackCosplay
As we prepare for the sixth year of Black cosplay excellence, it occurs to me that there are a few things to keep in mind. By Briana ...
Sex and Health
“Checking On Your Friends” Isn’t Enough to Prevent Suicide
Our current systems are unjust, cruel, and harmful. As individuals, we can support our friends in crisis. But there are so many other factors ...
Why We Cannot Trust DNA Companies Like Ancestry and 23andMe
Biometric identification — of which DNA testing is a form of along with fingerprinting, facial recognition, etc. — was not created in a ...
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7 Women Who Shape Broadway and Background Vocals
You may not know these background and Broadway vocalists by name, but they deserve to be spotlighted for their immaculate work. I am such a huge fan of ...
Cankles and Hip Dips: How Bullshit Buzzwords Are Weaponized To Make Us Hate Our Bodies
People often assume that women have been insecure about these buzzwords since time immemorial, but constructed insecurities were manufactured only ...
White Suffragettes Chose White Supremacy Over Collective Liberation
White Suffragettes were ready and willing—as their successors are—to abandon BIPOC to advance their own interests. By Reina Sultan White women love ...
Pendeja, You Ain’t Steinbeck: My Bronca with Fake-Ass Social Justice Literature
Jeanine Cummins identified the gringo appetite for Mexican pain and found a way to exploit it. This article was originally published at Tropics of Meta By ...
10 Female Directors To Hype Up (Who Aren’t Greta Gerwig)
It would behoove us to learn more about these ten women directors who could use some of the hype Greta Gerwig is currently getting. Award season...can be a ...
Words Mean Things: Reclaiming Martin Luther King Jr. From The Grips of Imperialism
King's spirit is that of a true revolutionary which can never be distorted to the point of no return, and will always live on for those who need it. In ...
Tschabalala Self Is Rebranding The Body With Her Art
Tschabalala Self challenges viewers to see these bodies as vessels of exciting difference and much more than caricatures. By Tyra A. Seals By using ...
Black Hollywood Has a Black Patriarchy Problem
There’s no point to Black Hollywood if it’s gonna replicate the same structural oppressions that already exist in the entertainment industry at-large. The ...
Fox Launches “FOX SOUL” App As An Attempt to Get It’s Black Viewership Back
I have only one thing to say to Black people who seem legitimately excited about FOX SOUL: don't fall for it. Someone pretty fucking smart once said, “Those ...
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and The Establishment Left
In any other country, Sanders and Warren may exist in separate political parties. Here, they contend for the nomination of the same party. By Anuhya ...
Radically Accepting Myself According to Chani Nicholas
Chani Nicholas takes her empowering words of affirmation to the next level, arming us with the knowledge we need to embody the best versions of ourselves. ...
Amy Klobuchar is Terrible For Black and Brown People
Amy Klobuchar is a white woman who will always have an active stake in white supremacy, as all white women do. By Gloria Oladipo In typical white women ...
45 Black Actresses to Watch Who Fail the Paper Bag Test
Here is a list of dark-skinned Black actresses who we should be watching and who most definitely fail Hollywood’s racist paper bag test. About two years ago ...
Actors of Color Should Divest From ‘The Academy’
Refuse to submit your work to The Academy for consideration. Promote other, more equitable film festivals and award shows. By Nylah Burton On Monday, the ...
Dismantling the Ideas of “Natural” and “Wild” in the Environmental Movement
Acknowledging that "natural" and "wild" are connected to oppressive systems is a first step to change how we discuss solutions to the climate crisis. By ...
Awkwafina and The Trend of Asian American Creatives Using Anti-Blackness To Enter Hollywood
Awkwafina's Golden Globe is framed as a triumph for Asian Americans, but she exploited Black culture to reach this milestone. By Harley Wong On the night ...
It’s Time for PCOS Advocacy To Embrace Fat Activism
What if fatness was allowed to be part of the experience of PCOS without multiple calls to eradicate it? This essay contains mentions of eating disorders, ...
Health and Wellness Is About Mental Health, Not Food Intake
These standards place a burden on fat scholars to shrink themselves and their bodies to fit the mold of health and wellness constructed by white ...
Yeet The Monarchy!
The legacy of the monarchy is one that is intrinsically tied with the violence that was meted out in the last couple of centuries to maintain it. Now, I’ll ...
‘Bombshell’ Fails to Paint White Women As Leaders of the Resistance
t’s ludicrous for Bombshell to position any of these women as champions against workplace sexual harassment when their racism simply shifts that violence ...
Why Artists Must Resist War Films and Imperialist Propaganda
The state understands that artists can be a useful tool when they’re willing to fall in line, and recognize that they can be fearsome enemies when they refuse ...
Surviving Rape as a Prison Abolitionist
People try to poke holes in the prison abolition movement by asking “what about rapists, do you want them just wandering around?” But they already ...
5 Things We Must Do To Fight Against Hindu Supremacy and Nationalism
Dissent and resistance across the diaspora against the rise of Hindu Supremacy and the Citizenship Amendment Act is necessary. By Anuhya Bobba The ...
The Commodification of Henna Hair Dye by White-Owned Companies
If white-owned companies seemingly “discover” every beauty practice that exists, then there is no room for us to claim our own traditions, like ...
In This Latest Episode of Yeet the Rich
Whatever problem rich people are lamenting over could be fixed if they threw the rich person equivalent of three dollars at it. Awards shows are ...
Lingua Franca and The Meaninglessness of The “Resistance Socialite”
Lingua Franca's founder and her supposedly subversive $380 embroidered cashmere sweaters make a strong case to bring back the guillotines. By Reina ...
In The Saturated Space of Food Writing, We Have Lost That Food is Political
Colonialism, caste, and capitalism are essential to understanding Indian food. Not only with regard to what is eaten, but also who gets to eat it. By Madhuri ...
‘The Crown’ Makes A Case Against The British Monarchy
The British Monarchy's legacy is violence, and their role is a mirage designed to conceal that violence. By Nylah Burton It’s no secret that people love ...
What Does “Little Women” Mean To The Black Woman Artist?
Simply inserting people of color into the world of Little Women would have been a cheap victory for representation, which of course, is no victory at ...
White Women Have Always Voted In Their Self-Interests
Williams is free to tell every white woman to vote in her “self-interest”, but white women's self-interest will always spell disaster for the rest of us. ...
