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Race Card: Is Refusing to Date Across Ethnic Lines Racist?
Last year a Latina friend of mine who's unhappily single outlined what she's looking for in a mate. She wants a man who's college-educated, socially conscious, speaks Spanish and is Latino. "It's not that I'm against interracial dating or anything," she explained self-consciously. You see, I'm in... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Piers Morgan
No Piers, I'm not calling you out because you routinely dis audience favorites on America's Got Talent (although seriously, dude has built his career... Read more »
The Long Goodbye: Oprah Reflects on Race
As Nadra put so well yesterday, it's likely few Americans actually spent the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday engaging in civil rights activism or even reflection. And like Nadra, I spent part of the day watching The Oprah Winfrey Show and her retrospective on the program's most... Read more »
BiblioBitch: Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage
The first time I read of a queer critique of gay marriage was in the article "Queers on the Run" in Bitch #47, the Action issue. Maybe this position has not gained much media coverage (or maybe I was just guilty of not thinking critically of the movement around gay marriage... Read more »
Race Card: 25 Years of Race on
How did you celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday—sleeping in, cruising sales at the mall or maybe even working because you didn't have the day off? Of course, you may have actually spent the day attending a Martin Luther King Day parade or engaging in civil rights activism—for which you... Read more »
Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Start Me Up
Baby drama, first year medical students, marriage equality, and tough medical decisions on this week’s Grey’s Anatomy! After a winter hiatus, the show is trying to reconnect us with the characters and their storylines. Is it working? All this and more, after the jump!
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Douchebag Decree: Tucson Shooting Link Roundup
Since the violence that took place in Arizona over the weekend goes beyond the term "douche-y", and since it would be much too obvious to award the Decree to Sarah Palin for her crosshairs graphic and "blood libel" comment (let's just call her an honorary Douchebag for life), I thought I'd do a... Read more »
Race Card: The Chinese Parenting Controversy and the Vilification of Mothers of Color
Four days after the Wall Street Journal published Amy Chua's essay, "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," it continues to spark controversy. The piece itself has garnered more... Read more »
The Unbearable Presence of Hair: American Apparel's Bush Administration
I like the conversations American Apparel inevitably starts whenever it comes out with a new advertising campaign. I’m not being snarky—some of the most radical (meaning at the root of) discussions about feminism I enter into start because American Apparel can’t seem to stop. Well (and... Read more »
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