Posted in anger, racism, tagged racism, white people on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
This editorial in the NYT is just about as pathetic as I’ve ever seen. The author, a nice white guy, is shocked that we hold deep psychological biases when it comes to race and gender. He then pursues this incredible idea and gives his readers such deep and new insights into racism and sexism! I [...]
Posted in beauty ideal, body image, fashion, female sports, feminism, racism on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m actually spitting fire right now. So I’ll just post the images from Vogue’s supermodel/athlete shoot. No female athletes.
Posted in beauty ideal, female sports, politics, racism on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Check this out
The cover of April Vogue will feature Giselle and Lebron. She looks waifish, carefree- he looks intense and menacing. Ummm HELLO! Earth to Vogue! RACIAL AND GENDER STEREOTYPES! As though I needed another reason to stop reading the magazine. Why can’t fashion get its act together? I miss it.
By the way, this is [...]
Posted in election, feminism, politics, racism on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
In response to Hillary’s comments about how she would not have chosen Wright as her pastor. (fucked up for race reasons!)
“Hillary chose to stay with Bill Clinton after he cheated on her, numerous times, and publicly humiliated her, numerous times. And Bill Clinton is not blood related to her but is certainly like family.”
ummm ok. [...]
Posted in fat, fat acceptance, feminism, obesity epidemic, racism on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the fantastic things about blogging is the practice we get in dialogue. Standing up for our opinions, seeing others, and conversing accordingly. Last year I had a fantastic professor who focused on taking on the rhetoric of white america, trying and failing, to deal with racism. It was tough, because it made us [...]
Posted in body image, eating disorder, feminism, racism on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got together with a group of women last night, all who know each other around doing social justice work. Particularly around race. They were (intentionally) all white women- the conversation topic was intended to be about what it is to be a white woman. I was both thrilled and pretty scared about the conversation. Though [...]
