It’s time to set the record straight on why it’s not OK to borrow culture rather than exchange it. In sections of the media concerned with representation and social justice, it seems we can barely endure a week without a newsworthy incident about “cultural appropriation.” While examples of cultural appropriation can be found in just about […]
Our rules, even those seemingly feminist, defining what constitutes a ‘respectable woman’ only reinforce women and girls’ status as sex objects. In a recent interview with NME magazine Rihanna distanced herself from Taylor Swift and the singer’s good-girl image saying, “In my mind, she’s a role model, I’m not.” The words have social media discussing whether or not […]
Bruce (among others before him) has brought light once again to a marginalized and misunderstood group of our fellow human beings, and for that, we owe him a debt of gratitude. Bruce Jenner, 65, the gold medal decathlete from the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the famous patriarch from reality TV, is transitioning into […]
