JRV Majesty Interview of Jackie Boyd
by: Joe Varisco- JRV Majesty Joe Varisco of JRV MAJESTY Productions sat down with Jacqueline Boyd founder and director of Chicago’s Queer Choir to discuss what her work as a […]
Tag Archives: privilege
Do You Realize How Lucky You Are?
by: Emily Heist Moss Note: This piece was originally featured on Role/Reboot and was republished with permission. You can find the original here. In this piece, Emily Heist Moss asks: […]
The Problem of the Straight Savior: Thoughts On an Unredeeming Social Experiment
by: Derrick Clifton As a gay Christian who grew up internalizing anti-gay theology, I can do without Timothy Kurek attempting to describe any aspect of what I endured. It’s unacceptable for him […]
What Responses to Hurricane Sandy Tell Us
by: Khai Devon Over the past week or so, I’ve been glued to my Facebook news feed, real news feeds and texts from my friends in New York, Maryland and […]
I Am A Child of Privilege
by: Khai Devon I am a child of privilege. I am white. I identify strongly with the Hispanic part of my heritage, but I have a pale complexion and blue […]
What We Said At SlutWalk
by: Clarisse Thorn and Nico Lang Preface: This is the text that we read at SlutWalk Chicago, the sex-positive anti-rape march that was held over the weekend. The march started at […]
Why I Don’t Use The Term “Privilege”
by: Rosie It has taken me quite some time to muster up the courage or profound stupidity, depending upon how you look at it, to broach an incredibly touchy subject: […]
Unpacking the Gender Knapsack: How to Check Cis Privilege
by: Amanda Owens Privilege is a word we often hear talked about in the context of checking our privilege. “What privilege,” I hear asked, laughingly, from the poor college kids […]
Privilege and Reductionism: Why The Atheist Movement is Out of Touch
by: Andrew Tripp Note: The following is a post based upon the talk that I gave recently at the Center For Inquiry’s Leadership Conference; video/audio is not up yet, but […]
Check Your Privilege: How to Learn Not to Be a Racist
by: Kevin Sparrow I’ve been a racist since at least the age of seven. While my mother and brother sat through his fifth-grade orientation, I was forced to wait and […]
