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Speaking: Kenyon College *Tonight*, Ohio State, Smith College
Slide from the talk, taken from the “Top of the World” music video. I’m knee-deep into the Knight Fellowship (more on that in October) so I’ve been scarce around here lately. But I did want to post...
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Reverse Oppression: A Fad That Needs To End
By Guest Contributors Paul and Renee of Fangs for the Fantasy; originally published at Feministe It’s not a new idea–we’ve certainly seen it raising its ugly head in media repeatedly, but it’s become...
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Race/Ethnicity And Voter Turnout
By Guest Contributor Gwen Sharp, originally published on Sociological Images As we enter the home stretch of the presidential campaign, there’s a steady stream of media discussions of potential turnout...
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Race + The Walking Dead: Why Michonne Matters
“The Walking Dead’s” Michonne, as played by Danai Gurira (L) and portrayed in the original comic. (R) By Guest Contributors Renee and Sparky At the end of season two, The Walking Dead finally...
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‘Cultural Scavengers’: Violentacrez, Reddit, And Trolls
By Guest Contributor T.F. Charlton, originally published at Are Women Human? Trigger warning: sexual violence and rape culture, racism, misogyny, online harassment, suicide. Everyone is buzzing about...
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Why Is The ‘Normal Television Family’ Always White?
By Guest Contributor SL Huang Oh, I know the answer, of course. A white nuclear family is what networks think everyone can relate to. And even if people can’t relate, they see and recognize that...
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Quoted: Riding In Cars With Black People And Other Newly Dangerous Acts
“What I remember most about that first stop was that he asked “Where are you headed.” Not “license, registration and proof of insurance, please” ─ but “Where are you headed.” ── Eighteen years ─ nine...
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[Racialigious] Leaving Jesus: Women Of Color Beyond Faith
By Guest Contributor Sikivu Hutchinson; excerpt from “Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels” (Feb. 2013); originally published at the Feminist Wire The 24-hour prayer sessions are the true test...
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Quoted: On Race, Political Activism, And Mental Health
[W]hile obvious bias can’t be easily discounted, sometimes misdiagnoses are the unintended side effects of persistent cultural misunderstandings. [Jonathan Metzl, a psychiatrist at Vanderbilt...
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Sex On Screen: An Intro To The Hella Brown Series (NSFW)
By Guest Contributor Crunkonia; cross-posted from The Crunk Feminist Collective [Watch Racialicious for the first interview in this series coming soon.] Porn is what’s hot in the streets (a.k.a halls...
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Quoted: Black Folks Don’t Need To ‘Own’ Shawty Lo
Stop owning the idea of black dysfunction. Stop repeating that “we” act this or that way. Stop believing that every ill-advised or socially unacceptable act of an individual black person (or 20 black...
View ArticleLaina Dawes Serves Up A Righteously Rocking Playlist
Society allows white guys to utilize this music to get their aggressions out, act like He-Man and go crazy. The same benefits they get out of the music, black women not only get, but need even more....
View ArticlePrivilege And The White Dude Super-Detective
By Tami Winfrey Harris I’m a sucker for a good mystery. It doesn’t matter whether the detective sports a deer stalker cap, a rumpled raincoat, a string of tasteful pearls, or my name (sistah detective...
View ArticleRap, The Creative Process, And Power
By Guest Contributor Lisa Wade, PhD; originally published at Sociological Images Sociologist Jooyoung Lee is writing what sounds like a truly fascinating book. Titled Blowing Up: Rap Dreams in LA,...
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Code-Red Homophobia: Homelessness, HIV, and Black Religiosity
By Guest Contributor Sikivu Hutchinson; originally published at Feminist Wire (Excerpt from the forthcoming book Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels) For the past several months, Crenshaw...
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Racist Things Steampunks Are Not Immune To: Looking For Other People’s Hurt...
Image Credit: Zyllan Fotografia. By Guest Contributor Jha; originally published as part of the series “Racist Things Steampunks Are Not Immune To” at Silver Goggles So, this morning I woke up to two...
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From Star Trek To The Stars
The late astronaut Ronald McNair. Via science.ksc.nasa.gov Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, was inspired by Nichelle Nichols’ portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura onStar Trek. But she wasn’t the...
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Uh, Yes, Franca Sozzani, Racism Is A Problem In Fashion
By Guest Contributor s.e. smith; originally published at Tiger Beatdown The cover of “Vogue Italia” has an important face on it this month: Chinese model Fei Fei Sun, who is the first Asian model to...
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Michelle O And The Curious Case Of Cultural Assimilation
By Guest Contributor Ajené “AJ” Farrar; originally published at Elixher Five years and a tenuous honeymoon period later, the country is still wholly in love with our First Lady. Her reception by...
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Managing Stigma: Doing Race, Class, And Gender
By Guest Contributor Lisa Wade, PhD; originally published at Sociological Images I featured the two-page ad below in one of the first posts I ever wrote for SocImages (it was October of 2007 and we’d...
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