activism Archives - Wear Your Voice

Civic Engagement Does Not Begin and End With Voting

Civic engagement is about more than just going to a poll to say you did something. “Engage” is a verb. It requires action. At last night’s Presidential Democratic debate, almost all of the candidates took rightful digs at former New York

Feb 20, 2020

You Can’t Say “Eat The Rich” If You Don’t Include Disabled People In Your Activism

News & Politics

You Can’t Say “Eat The Rich” If You Don’t Include Disabled People In Your Labor Activism

Class doesn’t exist in a vacuum. In fact, disabled people are one of the most disenfranchised groups when it comes to labor rights. TW: ableism Being very active on social media, I have found community with other self-avowed leftists. In many ways,

Feb 4, 2020

Culture and Entertainment

Nakia is the Unsung Hero of ‘Black Panther’

Nakia is the MVP of “Black Panther”— if anyone is revolutionary here, it is her. By Clarkisha Kent It has been nearly two weeks since "Black Panther" came out. And in that time, I have become obsessed with the film. And

Mar 6, 2018

Social Justice

South Asian Spaces Need To Be Inclusive Of Kashmiris Without Tokenization

Carving out space for Kashmiris to exist authentically has been difficult. Even in the safest and most welcoming of spaces, I have found myself cornered by a community I supposedly share so much common ground with. By Shabana Shaheen Whenever I’m in

Nov 12, 2017

Culture and Entertainment

Twitter Is A Valid Educational Platform If You Want It To Be

While there may be plenty of negative issues with Twitter, the platform has provided me and many others with the opportunity to learn and grow at little cost.

Our education system is elitist, expensive and unequal. It’s also racially and gender-biased. I have learned so much on Twitter about history from a non-white and non-male perspective. I have learned about trans rights, LGBTQ history, African diasporic spiritual systems, critical theory and black queer culture on the platform. Open source education and social media have both given us a way to share knowledge with each other for cheap or free. It is not necessarily a replacement for college, but as far as politics, sociology, womanism, entertainment, networking and psychology are concerned, Twitter contains a wealth of information. I have learned more on Twitter in the past 8 months than I did in the previous two years on Facebook. Because most things on Twitter are public it gives you access to business, influencers and celebrities in a way that is more conducive to flow and opportunity than Facebook. Information and conversation on Twitter is in perpetual flux and one good retweet can get your writing or whatever else seen by hundreds of thousands of people. It is relatively easy to build a solid audience with consistency of quality and branding.