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Outsmart the Patriarchy!
Seriously, get yourself one of these stickers! Find out more from Julie below the fold.
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Removing Blackness from Media Narratives Removes an Appreciation for Black People
Issa Rae in a clip from her book trailer.
I was mesmerized the first time I watched an episode of hit web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.
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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s all the news our radar today:
• Out of the 373 films that saw major release in the US last year, just three were directed by Black women. In the New York Times, directors Ava DuVernay, Gina Prince-Bythewood, and Amma Asante ... Read more »
The Bizarre Tradition of Vinegar Valentines
On Valentine’s Day, people exchange 150 million cards expressing their gooey sentiments. But in the past, people also exchanged a bizarro version of Valentine’s Day cards:... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s what’s on our radar:
• Elle published a photoshoot by several artists called #weareblackhistory where... Read more »
How Leslie Knope Taught Me to Love Being a Perfectionist
I was a difficult kid. Not because I was a rebel or a trouble-maker or something similarly interesting, but because I was a know-it-all.
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Go Listen To The Brilliance That Is THEEsatisfaction
A few years ago I was walking down a street in Austin, Texas with a friend during SXSW. We passed a huge outdoor concert that Fuse or VH1 or one of those large corporate entertainment companies was putting on.
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Women of Color Working in STEM Fields Are Frequently Mistaken for Janitors
Teenage scientist Alexa Dantzler works in a chemisty lab at Emory University. Photo by Isabelle Saldana.
Almost half of Black and Latina women working as scientists have been mistaken for... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s what’s on our radar:
• Kansas’ governer removes anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ state workers. Governor Sam Brownback annulled a 2007 measure that... Read more »
Michelle Tea's Memoir "How to Grow Up" is Packed With Witchy Wisdom
Many years ago, back when the OK Hotel was a dirty punk rock hole-in-the-wall club under the viaduct in downtown Seattle, I stood among a crowd mesmerized by Michelle Tea reading from her memoir, The Passionate... Read more »
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