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Palatable Love: Seeking a Happily Ever After in a White Publishing World

by Madhuri Sastry September 28, 2020 at 3:14pm

For many diaspora writers, success is predicated on a hefty down payment of writing through the white gaze.

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Ellen DeGeneres and the Many Chances We Give Famous White Women

by Rachel Charlene Lewis September 25, 2020 at 10:05am

We give white women so many chances.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg wears glasses. A crown is pasted on her head. The text reads “unfortunately symbolic.”

Very Online: Distilling RBG into a Meme Warps Her Legacy

by Rachel Charlene Lewis September 25, 2020 at 9:04am

In death, the memeification of Ginsburg fails her.

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Jerry Harris, a Black 21-year old, wears a red t-shirt and has a serious look on his face.

Jerry Harris and the Dark Underbelly of “Cheer”

by Rachel Charlene Lewis September 24, 2020 at 1:42pm

The shows we so enthusiastically consume can transfer power and trust to people who will wield it violently.

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Finding Abortion Care Is Even Harder Than It Seems

by Shanthony Exum September 24, 2020 at 10:55am

Abortion is our right and we get to choose what we want for our bodies.

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Bisexual Backlash: On the Specific Disaster of the Bi Internet

by Rachel Charlene Lewis September 23, 2020 at 9:49am

Maybe stepping into these online spaces and expecting to see ourselves and our own experiences reflected back at us is what we’re doing wrong.

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