violence
Episodes Compound: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Isn’t Weaponizing Her Trauma
“Accountability is about creating safety,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
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What the T.I. and Tiny Abuse Allegations Reveal about Hip Hop and Power
We don’t live in a society where the abused get justice.
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It’s Not Over: America’s Future of White Supremacist Violence
Clearly white supremacy will not go away after a single election.
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From the Junkyard: Meg Lionel Murphy Paints Through Trauma
I have had extreme, debilitating PTSD. I needed fantasy in order to survive
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Very Online: You Can’t Escape Death on TikTok
We’re still learning what to do with death, both online and off.
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Mind Interrupted: The Horrifying Manipulation of Black Women’s Psyches
The traumatic spectacles of these transformations often reveal so little about the interiority of the fictional Black women who experience them.
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Trauma Loop: “Antebellum” Mishandles Its Message
The film is fixated on racism as an act of overt violence, but racism is so monstrous because it can appear so deceptively normal.
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Jerry Harris and the Dark Underbelly of “Cheer”
The shows we so enthusiastically consume can transfer power and trust to people who will wield it violently.
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Begone with the Wind: How Hollywood Rewrites Slavery
If these cinematic perceptions of slavery are committed to memory, then we might accept the plantation as a mere backdrop to terror rather than the very site of it.
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“True Story” and “Fighting Words” Extend the Legacy of “Speak”
Twenty-one years later, we’re still telling similar stories to Speak—and yes, 21 years later, we still need them.
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