Prevent Official Release of Kanye West’s Women-Hating Video
HipHopConnection.com has leaked a video teaser for the Kanye West hit song “Monster” and what we’ve seen is beyond disturbing. In just 30 seconds, viewers take in image after image of eroticized...
View ArticleDeconstructing Kanye’s “Monster”
By Pia Guerrero, Founder and Co-Editor Last week we posted a petition calling to stop the official release of Kanye West’s “Monster” video for its eroticized depictions of death and extreme violence...
View ArticleViolence Sells? Time to Say “Enough” to Twisted Advertisers
By Joanna Chiu Before anyone had even heard of the show Jersey Shore, MTV leaked out a clip of Snooki (Nicole Polizzi) getting punched in a face by a man in a bar, and the clip went viral, prompting...
View ArticleThe Sandy Hook Tragedy: Masculinity and the Expectation of Violence
By Ashley-Michelle Papon On December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary became a household name. In a flurry of gunfire, 20-year-old Adam Lanza reignited the politically charged debates over the factors...
View ArticleTwo Tragedies and a Rising of Social Justice Consciousness
By Sayantani DasGupta My recent trip to India was marked by two horrific tragedies: one in my home country and another in the country of my family origins. There is very little seemingly in common with...
View ArticleFor Michael Brown and Ferguson: Facing White Fears of Blackness and Taking...
By Criss Crass at Everyday Feminism, cross-posted with permission The police murder of Michael Brown and the courageous resistance of his family and the Black community in Ferguson, Missouri, have once...
View ArticleThe White Lie of Post-Racial America
By Tasha Sanders, Intern 2015 I’m staring bleary-eyed at my television, listening to the news anchor tell me that yet another police officer will not be charged in the death of another person of color....
View ArticleThe Femisphere: A Link Roundup
The I’m Tired Project A Link Roundup of Body Politics, Image and Body Justice News End the Violence Kourtney Yochum, a 32-year-old transgender woman was shot and killed by… The post The Femisphere: A...
View ArticleCritical Conversations: Lydia X.Z. Brown on Ableism and the new Anthology All...
Lydia X. Z. Brown is a queer, disabled, and east asian non-binary activist, advocate, writer, and law student. Brown, along with E. Ashkenazy and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, have co-edited the… The post...
View ArticleThe Femisphere: A Link Roundup
A Body Image, Body Politics, and Body Justice News Roundup International Politics Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-Wen just apologized to the indigenous people of Taiwan for 400 years of brutal violating…...
View ArticleWhy You Wouldn’t Believe I Was Abused
When you and your abuser don't fit the idea of abuser and victim. The post Why You Wouldn’t Believe I Was Abused appeared first on Adios Barbie.
View ArticleThe Trauma of Not Being Seen: Invisible Disability and Modern Day Hysteria
By Siobhan Simper Recently, a 41-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis had an abusive note left on her car, for using a disabled bay. The note, placed directly above her disabled… The post The Trauma...
View ArticleEnough is Certainly Enough!
“We are going to make a difference,” Sofia said, “and it’s coming fast!” She urges fellow Americans to speak to their local congressman, or anyone in positions of power, to help in gun reform. “Enough...
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