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All I want for International Women’s Day is….
By Special Correspondent Jessica Yee IWD is like Christmas time for me. Although I’m certainly not religious, I definitely enjoy the gathering of folks, the general merriness in the air, and the giving...
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Bruises: A Litany
by Guest Contributor Fiqah, originally published at Possum Stew *Trigger Warning* I don’t know how to tell you this. There’s so much I can’t say. I didn’t want to write this ever. I wanted to forget...
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Women of Color and Wealth – The Scope of The Problem [Part 1]
by Latoya Peterson Yesterday, a headline in the Post-Gazette worked its way around Twitter: Study finds median wealth for single black women at $5. Most outlets qualified the link by calling it...
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Women of Color and Wealth – Looking at the Wealth Gap [Part 2]
by Latoya Peterson Because so many women of color have such little wealth other than the value of a vehicle, the rest of the paper uses the definition of wealth that excludes vehicles in order to...
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Women of Color and Wealth – Starting Points and Class Jumping [Part 3]
by Latoya Peterson Please note, this is part three of a multi-part series on the Lifting As We Climb: Women of Color and Wealth report released by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development....
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Feminist Intersection: My thoughts post-International Women’s Day week
By Special Correspondent Jessica Yee, originally published at Bitch Magazine A lot of us working/breathing/organizing in feminist/humanist/womanist communities were running from event to event last...
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Women of Color and Wealth – Looking at Outliers and Outsiders [Part 5]
by Latoya Peterson Please note, this is part five of a multi-part series on the Lifting As We Climb: Women of Color and Wealth report released by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development....
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A Contrarian View of Lady Gaga
By Thea Lim and Andrea Plaid After watching her Facebook news feed fill up with links to articles adoring the politics of Gaga, Thea emailed her local sex/race/gender/pop culture expert: Andrea. Thea...
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Quoted: The Gaps Between Young People of Color and AIDS Activism
“But in the terms of the power discussion, what if, in fact, you are power? What if in fact you are powerful, in that you feel like you make the decisions about the man that you’re going to sleep with,...
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Quoted: Miss Navajo Nation Radmilla Cody
The Root: The experience of having your Miss Navajo Nation reign challenged calls to mind the debate over the Cherokee Freedmen. Is this a common issue across the Native community, of African-Native...
View ArticleFor Your Women’s History Month: Loretta Ross on the Origin of “Women of Color”
By Sexual Correspondent Andrea (AJ) Plaid Full disclosure: I met Loretta Ross at a Women’s Media Center’s media workshop for progressive women last summer, and we’re connected through the New York City...
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On Being Feminism’s “Ms. Nigga”
Like, late night I’m on a first class flight The only brother in sight the flight attendant catch fright I sit down in my seat, 2C She approach officially talkin about, “Excuse me” Her lips curl up...
View Article“We’re Not Going to Stand for It”: SisterSongNYC’s Jasmine Burnett
By Sexual Correspondent Andrea (AJ) Plaid I met the inimitable SisterSongNYC leader Jasmine Burnett after I came all late to Stand Up for Women’s Health Rally in NYC on February 26. (In full...
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The Latoya Tour: “Ain’t I a Woman” In Brooklyn
If you’re in the area tonight, please check out Latoya–who’s teaming up with Elizabeth Mendez Berry–refusing the silence about race, feminism, and activism. Galapagos Art Space 16 Main Street...
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I Haven’t Actually Been Called a Slut
By Creatrix Tiara, cross-posted from Creatrix Tiara Not that I know of anyway – no one’s said that to me in my face. I don’t even know if I’ve been called a harlot or a whore or any other synonym for a...
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Who Is the Black Zooey Deschanel?
By Guest Contributor Tami Winfrey Harris, crossposted from What Tami Said I had a great Twitter conversation yesterday with @AndreaPlaid, @AnnaHolmes and @Amaditalks. We were talking about Julie...
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Open Thread: Reality TV And Race
Request in the comments yesterday: kdlmn • 14 hours ago − Could we have a reality show open thread and/or round table on racialicious sometime please? Just a suggestion. Reality shows seem to be...
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Racialized performances in pop music or Why are Beyonce and JLo so scandalous?
This image is approved for public consumption. Last week, Jennifer Lopez scandalized Britain with a “raunchy” performance on “Britain’s Got Talent.” Not only did viewers flock to social media (as you...
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