If I Were White

If I Were White

Maybe I’d be cruel. Maybe I wouldn’t develop my empathy and would see the world as mine for the taking.
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Bad Advice On Brunching With Poor People

Bad Advice On Brunching With Poor People

Welcome to our latest Bad Advice column! Stay tuned every Tuesday for more terrible guidance based on actual letters.
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It’s Time For The Left’s ‘Progressive’ Men To Start Listening

It’s Time For The Left’s ‘Progressive’ Men To Start Listening

The inability of progressive men to listen to women’s feedback is a troubling issue that threatens the entire progressive movement.
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Casey Quinlan
Jane Austen And The Persistent Failure Of The White Imagination

Jane Austen And The Persistent Failure Of The White Imagination

The ‘alt-right’ is just an uglier manifestation of the white supremacy permeating the liberal establishment in Hollywood, academia, media…
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Ayesha Mattu & Nura Maznavi
Through Violent Sex, My Body Bears The Pain My Mind Won’t

Through Violent Sex, My Body Bears The Pain My Mind Won’t

Healing from trauma — from violence — is not a linear process; it is a strange stumbling through circuitous shadows.
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Katie Tandy
Mothers Who Have Lost Children To Violence March To Remember

Mothers Who Have Lost Children To Violence March To Remember

O n Mother’s Day in 1996, Clementina M. Chéry decided she was going to raise awareness about homicide and the challenges that people…
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Britni de la Cretaz
Let’s Talk About Mothers Without Primary Custody Of Their Children

Let’s Talk About Mothers Without Primary Custody Of Their Children

The general consensus is that they are the most selfish women on the planet and/or don’t love their children.
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We’ve Been Killing South Asians Since They First Arrived To The U.S.

We’ve Been Killing South Asians Since They First Arrived To The U.S.

Responding to the recent attacks on South Asian Americans requires a deeper solidarity with the experience of previous generations.
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Imran Siddiquee
East Asian Americans And ‘American-ness’ Have A Complex Relationship

East Asian Americans And ‘American-ness’ Have A Complex Relationship

What happens when the ‘Make America Great Again’ campaign doesn’t consider non-whites to be American?
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Arthur Dong’s Films Spotlight Asian American And Queer History

Arthur Dong’s Films Spotlight Asian American And Queer History

Dong’s work as a filmmaker and historiographer has been central to my own understanding of Asian American cinema, labor, and identity.
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