Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Over the past few days, women leaders have gotten a lot of attention for calling on other women to vote for Hillary Clinton. Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be secretary of state, told a crowd at a Clinton rally, “Just remember, there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.”…
The Department of Justice filed a civil suit against the City of Ferguson, Mo., alleging that the city’s policing practices violate residents’ civil rights. Here’s what you need to know. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post) The Department of Justice filed a 56-page civil lawsuit Wednesday against the City of Ferguson, Mo. alleging that, 18 months after the police…
This morning I went on Democracy Now to discuss my critique of “class-first” policy as a way of ameliorating the effects of racism. In the midst of that discussion I made the point that one can maintain a critique of a candidate—in this case Bernie Sanders—and still feel that that candidate is deserving of your…
We should have seen it coming. Back then, Clinton was the standard-bearer for the New Democrats, a group that firmly believed the only way to win back the millions of white voters in the South who had defected to the Republican Party was to adopt the right-wing narrative that black communities ought to be disciplined…
The comments made by Madeleine Albright about the “special place in hell reserved for women who do not help other women” certainly caught my attention this weekend. While the implications were that those who support Bernie Sanders might find themselves suffering eternal damnation, which I reject, I will leave it to other more capable experts…
Back in January, Heidy Rehman, the founder of “ethical British fashion house” Rose & Willard, wrote an article for Huffington Post UK to announce her company’s curious decision to make their models contractually obligated to eat in the company’s presence. “The consequence of non-compliance will be that neither she nor her agency will be paid,”…
[if IE]> < ![endif] [if IE]> < ![endif] This weekend, Beyoncé pulled a Beyoncé and graced us all not only with a brand new single and an iconic Super Bowl halftime show performance, but with her politics. A black woman and music icon with unyielding power, Beyoncé has been criticised by many by not being “feminist...
After the release of her game-changing, brilliant video, Formation, and the stir her Superbowl halftime show caused with dancers dressed like Black Panthers, Beyoncé is blowing up everyone’s feeds everywhere. And one thing I am shocked/notshocked to see is white outrage about both. Let me begin by saying that I’m not a Beyoncé fan. I’m…
I’m a feminist of a certain age. I earned degrees in STEM before the term existed and have made a career in computer science. During the years when feminism was a dirty word, I used it frequently. When Hillary Clinton ran in 2008, I enthusiastically supported her. My husband reminds me that when he first…
Bill Clinton has decided to start attacking his wife’s opponent for the Democratic nomination for president, since that worked so well eight years ago. At a rally in New Hampshire on Sunday, Bill mocked Bernie Sanders’s desire for “revolution” and accused Sanders supporters of sexism. Per the New York Times, Clinton portrayed Sanders as “hypocritical,…