Exile in Girlville
A couple months ago, the re-release of Exile in Guyville hit the feminist blogosphere like a vibrator to the sweet spot. Stacy May over at Shameless exhorted everyone to “Come Back to Guyville,” writing: When my parents decided to move me from my Canadian home to the southern US, I listened to that album over [...]
...read moreIn the Teen Queen Zone
A few years back, teenagers returned to the pop scene with a vengeance. I had entered my third year of high school then, and spent way too much time mercilessly mocking some of my friends for having fallen prey to the latest crop of teen stars from the House of Mouse: namely, Christina Aguilera, *NSync, [...]
...read moreFeminism, Race, and Sexist Dating Guides
One of the many issues I have with feminism is how my racial identification is treated as a problem, separate from the “real issues” that feminism seeks to deal with – despite the fact that the world perceives me as a “black woman” rather than a “woman.” (The “white” that goes before “woman” is silent.) [...]
...read moreThrowing a Spotlight on McCain’s Record
Gloria Feldt and Carole Joffee have published a piece for the Huffington Post that clearly takes McCain to task on his record towards working women. We’re an advocate and academic, respectively, with longstanding passions for economic and reproductive justice for women. We’ve come to understand the direct and profound interconnections between the two. There’s good [...]
...read moreMusical Interlude
Big Boi feat. Mary J. Blige and DJ Drama – “Something’s Gonna Have to Give” Lyrics (below the jump):
...read moreCaught Between the Tiger and the Crocodile
SD from the Foreign Affairs blog (a blog which tagline reads: Rantings on Cambodia, politics, human rights, corruption, feminism, the environment and other topics that provoke, interspersed with posts on life, the universe and everything) posted this interesting video on the issues impacting sex workers in Cambodia: SD writes: The popular opinion is that the [...]
...read moreSwapping Knowledge Across Generations
Every now and again, I’ll hear someone make a remark that goes something like this: “Racism in the movement is just hold over bitterness from the second wave. We third wavers know better than that.” Upon hearing/reading this statement, I find myself clutching my stomach from laughing so hard. Now second wave feminists (and the [...]
...read moreBefore I discovered feminism…
… I was already neck-deep in hip-hop culture. The facts are simple: I was raised with hip-hop. That was the emerging culture my parents were immersed in as teenagers in the early 80s*, and even to this day there are older songs I hear that sound like lullabies to me. Old tracks by LL Cool [...]
...read moreAllow Me to (Re) Introduce Myself
What’s up, Feministe? My name is Latoya Peterson, and I am the editrix of Racialicious.com, a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture. I’ve also been known to write on video games every now and again for Cerise and contribute to Clutch Magazine whenever I can catch a breath. Earlier this year, I [...]
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