There is an excellent piece from Gradient Lair on the Rick Ross situation:
http://www.gradientlair.com/post/46450897219/critiquing-hip-hop-rap-with-nuance-silencing-tactic

The “suit and tie” bit is a reference to HOV (Jay Z) collaborating with Justin Timberlake in the new song “Suit and Tie.” I think the line plays both ways. It’s about changing yourself dressing up to make yourself more palatable (same as the pink polo) but also is about the mainstreamification/ watering down of [...]

I found the rape analogy in the Lena Dunham article super problematic and icky. I realize the intent is to say that no one forced Dunham to do the filming against her will, but it is an awful and appropriative analogy. Sexual violence should not be used to pack a punch in a metaphor. Plus, [...]

I have assorted problems with Baker’s piece. Maybe they are knitpicky, but they bothered me. It bothered me that Baker did not use a trigger warning. It bothered me that she chose to use “victim”-based language instead of survivor-based language. The biggest problem I have with this piece, however, is that one of Baker’s sources, [...]

Jill did not write that piece on sexual violence in the prison system. She linked to it on Feministe but it was written by Christopher Glazek.