Activism
Monuments and Monstrosities: Confronting the Racism Behind Reproductive Research
Experimentation on women of color to advance medical research is a common thread in reproductive history.
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Backtalk: Trump & Tina Fey Respond to Charlottesville
This week, Dahlia and Amy dive into the two of the most awful and inadequate responses to the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Beginning with Trump’s comments that there was “blame on both sides” when violence erupted at the “Unite the Right” rally last week, resulting in... Read more »
What Just Happened?: Charlottesville
White supremacy is not a recent phenomenon. It is the founding and continued institutional ideology of this country.
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Popaganda: Invisibility
Invisibility is the theme of Bitch magazine’s summer print issue. What are we not seeing in our films? Who are we not hearing from in our media? Despite having more technology than ever before to broadcast ourselves into the... Read more »
Popaganda: Life in Late Capitalism
“Late capitalism” is a phrase that was first used by Marxist theorists at the turn of the 20th century. Over that time, it’s been used in different ways by different people, but right now, it’s popping up all over as a both funny and cutting term to describe the absurdity and lack of dignity that... Read more »
Popaganda: Redefining Dating
How many more trend pieces can you stomach on the theme of “Millennials Killed Traditional Dating”? There’s this idea in our culture that this generation has fundamentally changed dating—for the worse. That we’re getting away from “traditional” dating and into some terrible uncharted... Read more »
Better, Fitter, Feminist: Can the Optimized Body be Intersectional Too?
Can intersectional feminism’s task of honoring differences be supported by the medical and biological need for norms?
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Backtalk: White Supremacy Kills & DAPL Update
This week, Dahlia and Amy talk about the horrific attack in Portland by a known white supremacist that left two dead and one injured. They look at the racist history of Portland and Oregon, to see how the “whitest city in America” has a lot of work to do that stands in opposition of it being a... Read more »
Popaganda: Radical Science
Behold! Using the power of science to interrogate societal assumptions around race and gender! We talk with theoretical astrophysicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein about her article “The Physics of Melanin” and how scientific research is always shaped by our human backgrounds. Then, we talk with... Read more »
Backtalk: Accountability of PWR BTTM & Murder of Jordan Edwards
This week, Dahlia and Amy talk about what accountability looks like for two recent stories: the sexual assualt allegations against the queer punk band PWR BTTM and the murder of teenager Jordan Edwards at the hands of a police officer. They dig into what it looks like to be held responsible... Read more »
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