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I didn’t comment on the cheerios thing because I felt a lot of people had it covered and I screamed on twitter. But then I wrote this poem so here:
Balancing
She is real life cirque de solei
She is heel-toe unpaid acrobat
not quite privileged
not quite disenfranchised
brown skin, straight hair
big nose, blue eyes
she is balancing
if this was black and white tv
she wouldn’t show up on the screen
cause either/or, she’s neither
The sequel to jungle fever
Every little feature is built …
Rape Culture is when a culture normalizes, excuses, tolerates or even condones rape.
Exhibit A:
Imagine this. I am driving in a car when Go Missin by Usher comes on. The person in the car with me starts singing along.
Harmless right?
WRONG.
The correct reaction to this song is for me to pull the car over and we both hop out, screaming our heads off. Because that song is scary guys. It is pull the car over in the middle of traffic and run away scary. Everyone is …
Rape Culture is when a culture normalizes, excuses, tolerates or even condones rape.
Exhibit A:
Imagine this. I am driving in a car when Go Missin by Usher comes on. The person n the car with me starts singing along.
Harmless right?
WRONG.
The correct reaction to this song is for me to pull the car over and we both hop out, screaming our heads off. Because that song is scary guys. It is pull the car over in the middle of traffic and run away scary. Everyone is …
Rape Culture is when a culture normalizes, excuses, tolerates or even condones rape.
Exhibit A:
Imagine this. I am driving in a car when Go Missin by Usher comes on. The person n the car with me starts singing along.
Harmless right?
WRONG.
The correct reaction to this song is for me to pull the car over and we both hop out, screaming our heads off. Because that song is scary guys. It is pull the car over in the middle of traffic and …
Tomorrow, the HUB network premieres the first episode of it’s new cartoon series, SheZow. The show, focused on a young boy who transforms into a female superhero has, unsurprisingly, drawn a lot of criticism, concern and outrage from some who feel that it might somehow convince young kids to become Trans*. While this is obviously ridiculous, I still have my apprehensions before we declare this a win for the LGBTQ community and reproductive justice as a whole.
In discussing this with my mom, she pointed out the distinct difference …
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