The reaction to Williams’ and Osaka’s U.S. Open match has everything to do with the roles we expect women of color to play. Read more
Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, And The ‘Right Kind Of Woman’
I Can’t Remember The Day The Twin Towers Fell
Admission: I remember and feel very little about the events of 9/11. Read more
Growing Up Iranian-American, From 9/11 To Trump
You dad’s passport doesn’t bear a city, just IRAN. It might as well say THREAT. Read more
Cracking Under The Pressure to Breastfeed
I didn’t want to fail at breastfeeding. It was not an option. As I reread my worn copy of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, I started to panic. I knew deep down something was wrong, and she wasn’t getting enough milk, but I was doing everything right, and I wanted it to work so badly. Read more
Don’t Hate ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ Hate Hollywood
The criticism ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ has received for its promotion of the model minority myth and moments of anti-blackness are completely valid, but we also need to be realistic about the role pop culture plays in pushing a truly progressive agenda and the timeline in which that agenda unfolds.
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How To Read The Anonymous ‘New York Times’ Op-Ed On Trump
This op-ed is a not-so-subtle plea to do the very thing we must never do: blame Trump’s proto-fascism entirely on the personal failings and quirks of one man. Read more
Bianca Xunise Is A Black Goth, ‘Unapologetically Hood,’ And Changing The World With Comics
‘I am exploring how goth intersects with my Blackness.’ Read more
Peter Kavinsky Is Every White Boy I’ve Spent My Adulthood Getting Over
How the recent Netflix film ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ called all my internalized ideas of race and romance into question. Read more
Alternative Careers For Male Casualties Of The #MeToo Movement
At this point we’re lucky if we dominate just 99% of corporate culture, politics, and the world at large. It’s like we’re barely running everything anymore. Read more
The Sexist Science Of Female Sexual Dysfunction
Given how widespread FSDs supposedly are, are this many women really suffering from sexual dysfunction, or are their ‘symptoms’ not symptoms at all? Read more