Yes, you can touch my hair. But no, I don’t know where I’m “from,” and there are other ways to ask. mi·cro·ag·gres·sion noun a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority. Link. It’s telling yourself you… Read More ‘Think Twice’ campaign looks to curb microaggression
I’ll give it to you in “plain English,” whatever that is supposed to be. Transgender Americans are Americans. After we spent last year arguing over whether our trans friends should be allowed to pee in public, this year the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces decided they should not be allowed to serve… Read More What “brave men and women” actually means
The conversation about ‘cultural appropriation’ is one that pops up more in 2017 than ever, but it is still deep in the confusion stage. Typically those called out for the theft of cultural items or practices are white celebrities or white college partiers who picked an offensive theme. At the least, we can agree that dawning… Read More If You Give a Hipster a Burrito
In a year where more senior members of Top Dawg Entertainment dropped amazing albums, it would’ve been easy for Isaiah Rashad to be ignored. Kendrick Lamar’s freewheeling, almost offhand release of Untitled. Unmastered. in March redefined jazz in the age of hip-hop, and Schoolboy Q’s Blankface LP served as a cementation of his place in… Read More Column: ‘The Sun’s Tirade’ highlights Isaiah Rashad’s versatility, struggles
After over a year of what seemed to be a political bloodbath that didn’t do much more than gray President Obama’s hair and allow the KKK to speak up again, we are less than a day away from electing a new Commander-in-Chief. It is mostly you all, my internet friends, who have consistently questioned why… Read More A Very Human Election Day
Let me first apologize for going on hiatus without prior notice. Much has happened in the world of politics, entertainment, sports, international relations, social media and so on. Just today, in fact, investigators solved the stabbing murder of two nuns in Mississippi. My girlfriend referred to it as “a murder like nun other.” While that… Read More 7 Reasons Why the Kaepernick Thing Matters
The reason those “social justice warriors” the Internet hates so much exist is because people like Tennessee’s Rick Tyler exist. Who’s Rick Tyler? Come with me, won’t you? To the state where the likes of Bob Dylan and Dolly Parton created their best art. To the state with some of the best barbecue you ever done tasted.… Read More “Make America White Again” is a real thing now.
The stories of sexual assault among college students and college-age people stack up one on top of the other, crushing society under their weight. Oftentimes we’ll hear the words of prosecutors and defense attorneys, or university presidents, or parents, educators or coaches of the accused. We always want to hear people out. Stanford. January 2015. A… Read More Down in the Dumps: The Brock Turner Story
The United States continues on her path of divisiveness issue after issue. What is it this time? Well, it’s not tax reform. It’s not healthcare. It’s not race relations. It’s not abortion. Okay, well, it is all those things. But guess what thing is under the social microscope now. Restrooms. Several months ago HumanBoddie columnist Eli… Read More LGBT: Let Guys/Girls Be Trans
It’s almost here. You’re forcing yourself through that final stretch of school or work. Spring cleaning is [somewhat] finished, the sun is setting after dinner instead of before, and you’ve stopped sneezing all the god damn time. You’re ready to make that transition from selling your labor to throwing away everything you worked so hard… Read More 9 Ways to Make Your Summer Memorable
