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Weekly Feminist Reader

“Most of us [twentysomething women] aren’t scrambling to lock down boyfriends by age 25 — we’re busy building our careers.”

A lengthy but important read on the relationship between “dick culture” and “rape culture”.

Why I don’t do Christmas.

On defending (and critiquing) Beyonce: “She’s not a perfect feminist (none of us are), she still has a way to go (most of us do), but she is certainly a feminist.”

THEM, the first trans* literary journal, debuts: “I would like THEM to be a place where that narrative can be upset—whether by exploring other stories or contextualizing the familiar ones.”

“Most of us [twentysomething women] aren’t scrambling to lock down boyfriends by age 25 — we’re busy building our careers.”

A lengthy but important read on the relationship between “dick culture” and “rape culture”.

Why ...

By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 10 years ago

Spoken word video: what would you do if you were center of the world?

Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai has a new project out and, as usual, it’s great! #SelfCentered is an interactive spoken word video (after the jump) designed to rock your world. Or rather, make the world center on you.

By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 10 years ago

Solidarity isn’t for women in the middle

Photo: Me and my mom, in Brazil.

To read my the post leading up to this one, check out “Why Can’t I Be Both: Questions on Binaries, Privilege and Activism.”

My first reaction to #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen was: YES. Now we’re talking.

My second reaction was: Wait, where do I join in on this conversation?

After a few days of monitoring the hashtag, I retweeted a few things and eventually decided not to say anything. Because, you see, I am not exactly a white woman. But I’m not quite a woman of color either.

So who do I join in solidarity with?

I’m not the first person to bring up this dilemma. Ana Cecilia Alvarez and Daniela Ramirez have written some eloquent pieces ...

Photo: Me and my mom, in Brazil.

To read my the post leading up to this one, check out “Why Can’t I Be Both: Questions on Binaries, Privilege and Activism.”

My ...

By Sesali B. • 10 years ago

Do as I say, not as I do: On language for SOME of us

From Paula Dean to athletes Riley Cooper and Roy Hibbert, 2013 has been the year of the celebs getting caught using discriminatory language. While all of the aforementioned have received their respective slaps on the wrist by way of fines, firings, and contract cuts, they did not go down without some finger wagging of their own.

Apparently many people still do not seem to understand the importance of context or the significance of self-definition (including the ownership of certain terms). In the case of the Deen and Cooper, who were both exposed for using the N-word, we’ve noticed the dialogue blame shift from the white people using words that are rooted in hatred and/or don’t belong to ...

From Paula Dean to athletes Riley Cooper and Roy Hibbert, 2013 has been the year of the celebs getting caught using discriminatory language. While all of the aforementioned have received their ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 10 years ago

I am not Trayvon Martin

In the immediate aftermath of Trayvon Martin’s murder, the “I am Trayvon Martin” memes proliferated–and have popped up again after the verdict. As a rhetorical move, it can be a powerful one. The image of the Miami Heat posing in their hoodies or the President saying, “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon” is a way of lifting way Martin’s story out the particular–holding it up as a symbol of something bigger, tying it to the racial history of our society, and weaving it into our hearts. “I am Trayvon Martin” is a way of saying “This is about us all.”

When white folks adopt that stance, though, it’s…different. I’m ...

In the immediate aftermath of Trayvon Martin’s murder, the “I am Trayvon Martin” memes proliferated–and have popped up again after the verdict. As a rhetorical move, it can be a ...

By Sesali B. • 10 years ago

Behold the spectacle that is poverty! NYC bus tour offers the “ghetto” as an attraction

The Black Youth Project reported that a bus tour in New York City called Real Bronx Tours was apparently offering its patrons the opportunity to see what what a “real ghetto” looks like. They ride through the Bronx, a New York borough that is heavily populated with poor people of color, making fun of residents and wowing their audience with stories about how dangerous the neighborhood is.

This is obviously problematic in more ways than one. On the surface level, it doesn’t seem to be a service worth its money. According to someone on the tour:

“At one point during the tour, Battaglia [the tour guide] allegedly told the tourists in front of pantry line, ‘I don’t know what that line’s ...