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The #SayHerName Movement Doesn’t Include Ashli Babbitt

by Treva Lindsey
January 21, 2021 at 11:51am

To be clear, #SayHerName isn’t just a hashtag; it’s a movement. 
Zac C, a white man with brown hair who is wearing a suit, poses beside Tayshia Adams, a Black woman with long, flowing hair and is wearing a white wedding gown, on The Bachelorette

Poisoned Rose: Why the “Cruel Optimism” of “The Bachelorette” Still Draws Us In

by Oliver Haug
January 20, 2021 at 2:17pm

In a time that’s more mediated than ever before, love is a contrived TV show for us all.
Armie Hammer, a white man with light brown hair and blue eyes, wears a white turtleneck under a black blazer.

Whatever His Kink, Armie Hammer Is an Abuser

by Nicole Froio
January 20, 2021 at 12:30pm

Social media rapidly shared jokes about his cannibalism fetish. 
a noose is seen on makeshift gallows on the west side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.

This Is Exactly Who America Is

by Josie Pickens
January 20, 2021 at 8:41am

For Black people, white nationalism is much more than a political ideal.
Jazmine Sullivan, a dark-skinned Black woman with silky, long, black hair, poses against a gray background while wearing a bedazzled shirt and black blazer

Get Your Freak On: “Heaux Tales” Reclaims the Erotic

by Shawna Shipley-Gates
January 19, 2021 at 9:00am

We all have heaux tales to share.
A white woman and a Black man walk together into a party. Both are dressed up in Regency-era clothing.

Royal Representation: On the Strange Racial Politics of “Bridgerton”

by Aditi Natasha Kini
January 14, 2021 at 12:09pm

In essence, all these shows do is show people of color being terrible white people.
Dory Sief looks disoriented and horrified with a light shining in her face. She's chained to a chair in a concrete room.

Lost and Found: Season 4 of “Search Party” Is the Perfect Pandemic Watch

by Marina Watanabe
January 14, 2021 at 11:22am

The dark comedy series is back for a new season, and we couldn’t be more thrilled about it.
a white teenager with curly, brown hair sits at a desk with a library behind her as she does her schoolwork on a gray Macbook Air

Remote Control: Distance Learning Isn’t a Last Resort—It’s an Opportunity

by Rebecca Epstein-Levi
January 13, 2021 at 8:48am

It’s crucial to think not only about the barriers remote communication removes, but also about the unique strengths it offers.
Helen Keller, a white woman, sits while holding a flower. Her hair is dark and sits on her head in a bun. The photo is in black and white.

Helen Keller Conspiracy Theories Are Awash With Ableism

by Julia Metraux
January 12, 2021 at 11:35am

The ableist roots of this unfortunate conspiracy theory.
A white woman with blond chin length hair wears red lipstick and a silky pink blouse.

Gabrielle Korn Questions the “Feminist Utopia” of Women’s Media

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 12, 2021 at 10:06am

“There needs to be a radical rewriting of what we expect the internet to give us.”

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