Lizzo’s Body Is Not A Political Battlefront
White women crying in "disappointment" about Lizzo is nothing short of their belief that fat Black women should always tend to their wounds coming to the surface. CW: diet talk By Rasheed Ajamu "Body Positivity" icon Lizzo recently decided to partake in a
‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Uses Blackness and Bisexuality To Serve White Heterosexuality
The Queen’s Gambit is marked by both misogynoir and biphobia, as Jolene and Cleo operate as stereotypical plot devices that bolster up the straight/white power of chess prodigy Beth Harmon. By Maz Hedgehog CW: substance abuse, alcoholism, and spoilers for Netflix’s 'The
We Shouldn’t Have To Say This: Breasts, Areolae, and Nipples Vary In Appearance
It’s critical that we call out and interrogate the misogynoir at the forefront of people’s reactions to Cardi B’s breasts. By Sherronda J. Brown and Lara Witt We really shouldn’t have to even say this, but it’s a fact that breasts, nipples,
Kim Parker, The “Sassy, Fat Black Friend” Trope, And The Pervasiveness Of Fatphobia In Media
Kim Parker, and all the other "sassy, fat Black friends" who came before her, are there to make us laugh, but not for us to take seriously as characters or human beings. By Sydneysky G. As many of us revisit Moesha on
Black Women Have Long Celebrated Their Sexuality Through Music
From Lucille Bogan in the 1930s to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion today, Black women have long celebrated their sexuality. Hess Love's "Heauxin' Blues" playlist proves this. Black sexuality has been celebrated in song for generations. Suffice it to say,