Politics

Savior to Suit: Why Do People Want to Hate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

AOC is a politician, not a martyr. Read more »

This Election Was Always Going to Come Down to Consent

45 doesn’t care if the voters consent to his presidency. Read more »

Understanding Kamala Harris, the Great Multiracial (Black) Hope

Will her election as vice president open the floodgates for another false “post-racial” moment in the mainstream social and political imagination? Read more »

Monstrous Men: The Medusa #MeToo Monument Has an Oedipal Complex

The statue embodies is the long historical pattern in which male competition plays out in the exploitation of female suffering. Read more »

We Won’t Overcome: Joe Biden Erroneously Sheds the Shadow of Stuttering

The former vice president has always championed the traditional ableist notion of “overcoming.” Read more »

How Sex Educator YouTube Went from Guiding Light to Worrisome Shadow

In 2016, YouTube was a space to learn any and everything about sex; maybe, in 2020, it simply isn’t anymore. Read more »

What Just Happened: The Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett

Amy Coney Barrett sets a dangerous precedent.  Read more »

Kamala Harris Presents a Political Paradox for South Asian Voters

Having roots in Black America and India doesn’t necessarily translate to a progressive record. Read more »

Are You Muslim? and Other Questions White Landlords Ask Me

I can say that I am a Hindu and solve this problem. But I do not. Read more »

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Will Filming the Police Keep Us Safe?

There’s a cultural idea that having someone looking over our shoulder makes us behave better. From fake security cameras to Elf... Read more »

A Look at How Media Writes Women of Color

Nearly every Saturday morning, feminists of color hold Twitter discussions taking a deeper look at issues, such as gender violence. It’s the... Read more »

The Dramatic History of American Sex-Ed Films

In 1948, in a seventh grade classroom in Eugene, Oregon, a teacher dimmed the lights and flipped on 16mm projector. A film called Human... Read more »

Sojourner Truth, Unveiled

The leaders of the [women's suffrage] movement trembled on seeing a tall, gaunt black woman in a gray dress and white turban,...

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