Tag Archives: Women of Color
How does media get past their binders full of minorities?
TweetI graduated from journalism school in 2001, right around when “New Media” became a thing to take in j-schools across the country. We learned how to use basic HTML! We wrote stories … for the WEB! The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University — sorry, the The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications [...]
The art of seeing: Wangechi Mutu
TweetThe long conversation about women’s bodies and agency during this cray cray election cycle that tried to push society backwards about our bodies got me looking back at the work of Wangechi Mutu. Mutu is one of my favorite contemporary artists. Her collage and mixed media work investigates and challenges colonial narratives and images of women, [...]
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‘Easier as a Latino?’ Actually… Rosie Perez says your policies suck Mitt.
TweetRosie Perez offers some real talk on an old Romney ‘gaffe’ from all those way back news cycles in September. You remember, the one where Romney says “But he [my father] was born in Mexico. Had he’d been born of Mexican parents, I’d have a better shot at winning this thing. And I say that [...]
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Sherlyn Chopra: The first ever Indian lady to pose nude in Playboy
Tweet Sherlyn Chopra is making naked lady history by being the first Indian woman to pose nude for Playboy. And she’s getting a lot of criticism for this–not because she is supporting a misogynist publication that perpetuates ridiculous standards of sexy. No, that’s not why. Instead, she is getting criticism because some people believe she [...]
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The Personal is Political: Reflections on my feminism at 25