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An older woman with brown skin and white hair sits and wears a face mask while voting.

Stay in Line: Inaccessibility at the Polls is Part of Voter Suppression

November 6, 2020 at 12:24pm

Disabled people are all too familiar how accessibility is compromised by our society’s obsession with physical perseverance.

Drew Dixon, a light-skinned woman with short brown hair, smiles at the camera as she poses against a lavender wall

BitchTapes: The Songs I Nurtured

by Drew Dixon

November 6, 2020 at 10:21am

Drew Dixon’s indelible impact on music has been overshadowed by the narrative of her trauma.

Steve Kornacki, a white man with short brown hair and glasses, stands in front of an electoral map on MSNBC

Big Board Anxiety: We Really Need a Break From Election Results

by s.e. smith

November 6, 2020 at 10:07am

Each news source deliberately serve up election content designed to provoke emotional reactions in its audience.

Two white people, one woman in a red dress who bites her lip, and one man who scratches his head, stand in front of a Christmas tree.

Meaningless Mashup: “Holidate” Proves Netflix Hasn’t Nailed the Holiday Rom-Com

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

November 5, 2020 at 11:51am

“Holidate” is a Hallmark-inspired movie for straight people who think saying words like “tits” makes them edgy.

Ruby Hamad, who has wavy brown hair and large brown eyes, looks into the camera. Ruby wears a red t-shirt and stands against a neutral background.

Distressed Damsels: There’s Nothing Accidental about White Feminist Racism

by Madhuri Sastry

November 5, 2020 at 10:38am

The white self—not the white person as a human being, but as a white person in the society—is built on this myth of morality and goodness surrounded by heathens and disease-ridden savages.

Protesters in front of the Supreme Court stand against Brett Kavanaugh with signs.

All-American Trauma: Healing in the Aftermath of the Trump Regime

by Sam White

November 4, 2020 at 4:07pm

There are millions of survivors who are trying with difficulty to understand why this administration, besides the obvious reasons, feels different than the rest.