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By Verónica Bayetti Flores • 10 years ago

Feministing Jamz: A fall playlist featuring women & queers of color

Sometimes when I go a bit without writing about music, it’s because I’ve been too busy to find something new to post. But most of the time I have the opposite problem – there’s just so much cool new stuff, I don’t even know where to start.

Sometimes when I go a bit without writing about music, it’s because I’ve been too busy to find something new to post. But most of the time I have the opposite problem – there’s just so much ...

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By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

On tokenism, visibility, and those gay black dads who went viral

Over the weekend, Kordale and Kaleb’s morning routine with their family went viral. Their Instagram account was shared, and then shared again, and again (and again) and then all of the sudden BuzzFeed had an article up: “These Black Dads and Their Three Kids have the Cutest Instagram Ever…Much cuteness. Such adorable.”

Now, I happen to spend a lot of my time chasing down same-sex couples, asking to take their photos as part of a street-photography initiative, Queer in Public, which strives to make queerness visible — especially daily queerness. So there really shouldn’t be anyone more excited than me to see so many people loving Kordale and Kaleb’s family photos. They’re an adorable family that’s helping ...

Over the weekend, Kordale and Kaleb’s morning routine with their family went viral. Their Instagram account was shared, and then shared again, and again (and again) and then all of the sudden BuzzFeed had an ...