Sweet and Sharp, Vol. 16
By: In Our Words Staff In a tongue and cheek turn about on sexist media, John Hamm’s bulging sex appeal is put on trial. Here is something to help you remember […]
Tag Archives: Race
Ask Jenn Vicious: Inappropriately Appropriative?
by: Jenn Vicious Jenn Vicious is the radical community’s Agony Aunt, providing life coaching and social etiquette answers for radical cultures. Need poly, kinky, or queer dating advice, need to to know […]
Lakeview Panera Comes Under Fire from Residents (For All the Wrong Reasons)
by: Rich Reinhardt When Panera Cares, a café that would operate on a pay-what-you-can basis, opened in Lakeview a few months ago, it was hailed as a novel and creative experiment. The fourth such […]
Gaycism and The New Normal: The “Hot” Trend This TV Season is Bigotry
by: Nico Lang In recent months, there’s been a lot of chatter on the interwebs about this thing called “gaycism” on the TV. As defined by Lauren Bans of GQ, gaycism is “the […]
Civil Rights are for Everyone: Why Ann Coulter’s Logic is Twisted
by: Derrick Clifton When’s the last time you took heed to something Ann Coulter said? Truth is, you probably haven’t. And there’s probably good reason. Coulter’s inflammatory style of discussing […]
For Their Own Good This Time: Defining and Confronting Whiteness
by: Johnny Gall I am white. I have spent the last few years struggling to accept this identity, but at the end of the day it’s something I have to […]
It Can Be Scary Coming Out As Black and Gay
by: Zachary Stafford I don’t know if you heard the news, but a few prominent folks came out of the closet, and it was all anyone could talk about. Over […]
On the Straight and Narrow: The Need for Anti-Oppressive Sexuality Education in Schools
by: Cassandra Avenatti Do you remember your experience of sexuality education in school? How did the instruction provided to you shape your ideas about sex and relationships? Perhaps it terrified you […]
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 […]
The Queer Community Has Issues: Let’s Face Them Together
by: Jamie Royce I—like so many other people, especially white people—was socialized into believing there are no systems of oppression, especially racism. For a long time I was under the […]
