Politics
White Icons: What Does RBG Mean to Black Legal Scholars?
It’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ability to dip in and out of the issues that so directly affect people who don’t look like her that raises larger questions about how whiteness is performed in this country.
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World on Fire: Colonial Suppression of Indigenous Knowledge Set America on Fire
In the face of horrible climate trauma, those in power must be radical and imaginative.
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Very Online: Biden Beauty and the Presidential Merch Wars
Biden Beauty feels to me like less of an investment in Biden himself than the result of a nagging uncertainty.
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White Men Screaming: 5 Feminist Takeaways from the First 2020 Presidential Debate
The debate was all over the place. Here’s some clarity.
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Less Flawed Union: The Unsung Heroes of the Suffrage and Civil Rights Movements
Despite playing a pivotal role in the original suffrage movement, women of color reaped none of the reward.
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Our Loss: We Still Don’t Know How to Mourn Jewish Celebrities
It’s a disservice to remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a feminist icon but erase her Jewishness.
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Donald Trump Won’t Condemn White Supremacists Because He Is One
Donald Trump used a nationally televised debate to stoke flames that are already raging.
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Breonna Taylor, the Figurehead, the Martyr, the Product
Black women victims of police violence are treated as if they’re disposable, their names evoked only to sell magazines and increase social-media engagement.
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Beyond Deception: What It’s Really like to Be an Afro Latinx Scholar in Academia
For true equity, it’s time to intentionally center visibly Black Latinx scholars.
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Very Online: Distilling RBG into a Meme Warps Her Legacy
In death, the memeification of Ginsburg fails her.
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