Two things are clear to me after last week’s presidential election. Millions of people in our country are full of hate or are willing to overlook hatred in order to vote for a man who espouses it in various forms. My partner and I are surrounded by people who love and care for us. These…
I’m sorry to say I am not surprised Trump won. People of color, particularly women of color, have been saying all along the exclusionary attitudes he espouses are alive and well, but many folks didn’t listen. A lot of my white friends are waking up to realize we were never exaggerating. When I am able, I…
In Foundations of Sociological Theory we were assigned The Communist Manifesto. Since I was a week ahead in my reading—the professor stretched one class lecture out to two classes after I’d already done the reading—I was able to thoroughly reread the portion we’ll be discussing in class tomorrow afternoon. A second reading strengthened my suspicion that Marx’s privilege…
We’re watching the movie “Jupiter Ascending”, a 2015 action-adventure movie starring Channing Tatum. I noticed a few things right off the bat: Even on other planets, everyone with power/authority is white. The all-white aristocracy from worlds other than earth speaks with an affected, pseudo-British accent. (Is this supposed to be the sound of superiority or something?) The…
When you publicly tweet asking for people to suggest folks on IG for a fashion shoot, expect me to point you directly and exclusively to the accounts of people of color, people over 30, people with disabilities, and curvy people. Y’all are going to know they’re out there if I have anything to do with…
