Dialogue and Opinion
What It Means to Be a Female Dog
June 17, 2018
What It Means to Be a Female Dog
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” If George…
Syria and the Left: The Pitfalls of Anti-Imperialism
June 9, 2018
Syria and the Left: The Pitfalls of Anti-Imperialism
What we need are more humbled, self-reflective anti-imperialisms. What we cannot forget is that, as members of imperial nations, we…
Portrait of the American Gun Owner
April 7, 2018
Portrait of the American Gun Owner
Like all social justice movements that reach the mainstream, gun control rhetoric faces the danger of echoing the very oppressive…
The Commodification of Makeup
April 5, 2018
The Commodification of Makeup
On one hand, makeup is one of the few art forms historically dominated by women, and I do appreciate its…
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Mitsuye Yamada
April 5, 2018
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Mitsuye Yamada
Mitsuye Yamada is a Japanese American writer, educator, and activist. Her works expose the discrimination faced by Japanese Americans during…
Feminism 101: What are Safe Spaces?
April 4, 2018
Feminism 101: What are Safe Spaces?
Safe spaces are generally intended by their creators to encourage identity-focused conversation without risk of physical or emotional harm.
Self Care or Societal Care?
March 19, 2018
Self Care or Societal Care?
The real issue is not that individuals don’t take care of themselves, but that society does not take care of…
UCLA: Defend Boyle Heights on Artwashing and Gentrification
March 11, 2018
UCLA: Defend Boyle Heights on Artwashing and Gentrification
The movement against gentrification must be explicitly militant and anti-capitalist. Liberal fantasies of peaceful protest and voted reform do nothing…
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Angela Davis
February 28, 2018
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Angela Davis
Davis has since become the figurehead for the prison abolition movement, a movement that calls into question what it means…
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Patricia Hill Collins
February 22, 2018
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins is an acclaimed social theorist known for her intersectional approach to the sociologies of feminism, Black liberation,…