The Privilege of Just Being a PERSON: Whiteness and Race Anxieties

Discusses the question: “Can we just be friends (or lovers) without you being black and me being white?”

To answer the aforementioned question, then, I have nothing to gain from such a scenario, and in fact I have everything to lose, including part of my sense of self. The white ( Read more... )

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And...on reclaiming a term (or terms) that aren't yours to reclaim.

No More No Homo

[....] At this point a lot of people who didn't intend it to be homophobic were still attracted to the comedic device and the absurdity of it, and they felt like they could use "no homo" without being anti-gay. Some people argue that when they take it to ( Read more... )

"Politically incorrect" is the PC term for "Reactionary Asshole."

Community: I'm Politically Incorrect!"In my wanderings (and wonderings) and ponderings over the years I see--more often than not--"politically correct" used as a buzz word, a red herring, a straw man ( Read more... )

Who's responsible for facilitating discussion on men’s issues?

Privilege is feeling entitled to always be included, no matter what.

...Privileged groups are so used to seeing ourselves represented, that it’s hard to step back and allow the non-privileged groups to create their own representation that traditional media venues deny them.

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