Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The “Jem and the Holograms” comic books have a lot to say about power, what it means to be girly, and what comics can do. Credit Image courtesy IDW Publishing Barrier Status: ‘none’ If you want to see an exuberantly colorful all-ages tribute to girl power—colorful as in candy-floss pink and lime green—where serious ideas…
With depressing statistics revealing sexual assault to occur every 107 seconds in the United States, it’s not unusual to carry some form of protection at all times — whether it’s pepper spray, a stun gun or a cute, cat-shaped keychain meant to gouge out the eyes of an attacker. A problem with these self defense…
Learning how to act like a lady online is hard. Revealing swimsuits and underwear are okay, unless you happen to be plus-sized. Breastfeeding wasn’t okay to show, but now it is. Body hair is acceptable for men, but not so much for women. Even if you’re fully clothed, you could still be censored if it’s…
During a press conference this morning, President Obama used the term “pop off” in reference to people making uninformed and patently ridiculous claims about what should be done with France and ISIS. And, unless I go outside today and witness a Sojourner Truth hologram double dutching with Marilyn Mosby, I’m very confident in declaring that the Black…
Barack Obama has hit back at Republicans who want to stop the US taking in Syrian refugees – with the president saying some of the language used in the wake of the Paris attacks only serves to strengthen the Islamic State terror group. Obama rounded on Republicans in Congress who are preparing legislation that threatens…
Entry Text On Halloween, four boys who most likely went to my university pulled up next to me in a battered sedan as I walked to meet my friend. “Must be cold in that skirt,” they yelled, and then gunned the engine before I could respond. I ran the rest of the way home. A…
You know who hates ISIL, which claims to represent all Muslims? Countries with some of the world’s largest Muslim populations, according to a recent poll by Pew Research Center. Since the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday, which killed 129 people and injured hundreds more, Muslims across the world have expressed solidarity with the victims,…
(Co-written by Monique Judge, originally published on Medium.) It all started with a ruined Wednesday morning. A tweet of mine had found its way into a Washington Post op-ed calling for the dismissal of University of Missouri professors accused of assaulting students at a rally celebrating the resignation of the school president. Normally, this wouldn’t…
Migrants wait to register at a refugee center in the southern Serbian town of Presevo on Monday. (Darko Vojinovic/AP) As the Syrian refugee crisis mutated from a regional problem to a global one, security concerns have increasingly been cited as a justification for keeping borders closed and refusing to resettle migrants. This argument has gathered momentum in the…
Aziz Ansari has some awesome words of wisdom for men everywhere. In a Nov. 11 interview with The Daily Beast, Ansari talked about his new Netflix show “Master Of None” and the harassment so many women face on a daily basis. The self-proclaimed feminist pointed out why it’s so important for everyone, but men especially, to…