I really love this campaign against the stereotyping and appropriation of non-White cultures for Halloween costumes. And then this one! Okay, the first time I saw that I cringed. My instinct was that the intention of the message was to disparage, in a "cute" way (oh look! her culture is magic!), especially since it appears …
Category: race
Politically Correct
The thing is, it’s called “political correctness” because it is, in fact, correct. The most popular example, the one about “Merry Christmas” being changed to “Happy Holidays”–we say “Happy Holidays” because it’s correct. People are celebrating like six different holidays by the end of December. Christmas, Solstice, Hanukkah, Saturnalia, Kwanza, New Years, etc. Of course …
colorism.
One of the incredibly inspirational women I follow on Twitter tweeted that her mother in law, who was visiting, had said about her sweet adorable daughter, "I wish the baby was fair like you and not dark like me." And it was heart-breaking. Not only the reality that would be difficult to address with the …
Where Feminism Falls Short
Womanist Musings posted yesterday about feminists persistently neglecting to come to the defense of any woman who is not white, able-bodied, or class-privileged.If someone so much as gives the side eye to Hillary Clinton, one can be certain that it will appear on feminist blogs repeatedly. Hillary is continually championed and this is deemed a …
hairstory, and discussions about race
I'm going to be blunt: I have really beautiful hair. But I didn't always think so. For many women, hair is a visual marker of race. I don't know if this is true for me; I suspect mine is a little more visually ambiguous, which would be a good thing, because I really don't identify …
the fatal feminist 