In the context of the visit, I’d argue that their presence was not so much a display of personal feminine power as it was a case study of Western feminism’s biggest weakness: the fact that privileged women co-opt the fight for equality. Yesterday the Washington Post published an article by Kathleen Parker entitled “Melania and […]
We don’t need more open letters filled with what amounts to nicely constructed and high minded chivalrous sentiments. We can no longer afford to stroke fragile male egos. Donald Trump’s election to the presidency is shocking to many people, but none so much, perhaps, as to men who are used to a certain power and […]
Once again, it seems, the narrative of Straight White Women as Eternal Victims reigns supreme. Like so many feminists this past weekend, I watched the Netflix debut of the documentary Audrie and Daisy with high hopes for a powerful, must-see story of how social media bullying so often acts as a destructive force against teenage […]
I flirted my way out of a well-deserved traffic ticket. In our current political and cultural climate, I keep butting up against two conflicting thoughts. The first is that this is not the time for white people to espouse opinions and pen essays about the state of our country. If ever there was a time […]
We have a right to demand that solidarity and intersectionality not get thrown under the bus when a famous white woman speaks publicly on injustice. Scarily, I finally have something in common with a Fox News pundit. I found Patricia Arquette’s Oscars speech last night appalling. For some different reasons, though. Arquette’s choice of words […]
