Category: BLACK FEMINISM
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“How Can White Women Include Women of Color In Feminism?” Is A Bad Question. Here’s Why.
When I’m invited to speak at universities, one of the questions I’m asked the most by young women of color and young white women alike is some variation of “how can white women include women of color in feminism?” My answer is always the same: that’s not the right question to be asking. While […]
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This Is What Rihanna’s BBHMM Video Says About Black Women, White Women and Feminism
The innanetz are all abuzz over Rihanna’s new #BBHMM video. White Feminists™ are especially upset, many of them calling the video “misogynist”. It’s been called “torture porn” and “incredibly violent”. I watched the video and…well…I see why White Feminists™ are so upset. Yes, there is violence (not nearly as much as an R-rated movie, […]
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Why I’m Not Really Here For Emma Watson’s Feminism Speech At the U.N.
Actor Emma Watson, of Harry Potter movie fame, is a new Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women and she spoke at the UN on Saturday to launch the HeForShe campaign, which aims to mobilize men to end gender inequality somehow (the campaign doesn’t seem to call men to any particular action of any sort). The campaign wants men […]