Receipts on America's Sweetheart
intersectionality (n.) a framework that must be applied to all social justice work, a frame that recognizes the multiple aspects of...
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Flawless Writes Blog
Flawless Writes Blog
Flawless Writes Blog
Feb 29, 2016
#OscarsSoWhite
I didn’t want to watch the 88th Academy Awards any more than I wanted someone to pluck out my eyes and roll them around in cat litter....
Feb 23, 2016
Dear Coldplay: India is Not Your Orientalist Fantasy
A few weekends ago, Coldplay performed at the Super Bowl, an act saturated with bright colors and flowers and their instruments inscribed...
Feb 15, 2016
A Feminist Flirting with Hip Hop
I remember the first time I discovered my love for hip hop. I was sitting in the back seat of my mom’s car, complaining about how my were...
Feb 8, 2016
On Purpose
A disturbing comment made by Billboard surfaced after North West, the daughter of Kanye and Kim Kardashian West, was seen with a lollipop...
Jan 29, 2016
Black Magic: Diversity in the World of Harry Potter
I was nine years old when I read Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for the first of countless times. By the time the series ended,...
Dec 8, 2015
Solidarity is Hard as Hell
I was sitting on the fifth floor of Tufte, drowning in my thoughts with a wet face. It was impossible for me to accept the homicide of...
Nov 17, 2015
Dating as a Woman of Color
Crushing on someone is difficult, to say the least. It makes you this overanalyzing, nervous wreck who can’t stop daydreaming and talking...
Nov 10, 2015
A WOC’s Guide to the Democratic Primaries
A lot is riding on the upcoming Presidential election. As 2016 gets closer, it is critical to not only register to vote, but to educate...
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