Hat tip to my boy box_in_the_box who finally put into words something that has disturbed me for years about the biological determinism (this [white] character is innately superior because he comes from an innately superior family) trope we see too often not only in comics but in movies, tv shows, novels and other media:

"It's all the Child of Destiny bullshit. ( Read more... )

And my girl jesterwitch comes out swinging, HARD!!!!!  A most powerful piece from her. Read this now!!!!

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This Is Not Going To Be Easy…
….At all.

But it has to be done.

And this needs to be said.

Those I don’t or no longer feel connected to are going to have to go.

In the past four years or so I’ve let people into my life that I ( Read more... )

Wow, one of the few times in which Jezebel actually gets it right:

Ten Very Good Reasons You Aren’t Married Yet

There's no end to published material aimed at stoking women's fears and anxieties about love and marriage. Preachy self-help books about relationships are an impressive cottage industry chock full of troubling notions about women's ( Read more... )

So over on Goodreads, we've been discussing the Hunger Games racefail in a POC-community in which I belong. One of the members reposted the following comment from Jezebel which eloquently sums up the issues at hand:
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"This is what happens when your culture teaches you that you are the world and the world exists to ( Read more... )

The BlackManCan is a website that has become near and dear to my heart. It actively promotes a positive black male image through uplifting articles and features. One of its spotlights is the League of EXTRAordinary Black Men where they showcase black men weekly who are having a postive impact in communities across the country ( Read more... )

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To the legions of whitesplainers who can't understand this "epidemic" of successful black women not marrying:

Read the post, read all of the comments and then STFU, forever.

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A couple of things:

A reminder: help a sister out. My sister in fact. It's a great cause.

Judge Mathis, my Negro, breaks down why the Troy Davis murder is one of the worst travesties in American history.

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How Mathis isn't a Supreme Court justice, is a travesty in itself.

REM: Farewell. And thank you for the great music.

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