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Check out this gallery of the Women’s bobsled team for more deets about the impressive women!
Dear Mr./Ms. Think Piece, Hi, its me Shenequa. We’ve met a few times. You may remember me from that piece I wrote when Beyonce’s new sultry image was under attack, or the time racist Halloween costumes appeared all over the Internet. If you don’t remember, no worries. It’s hard to keep track, you’re such a […]
Democratic Legislator Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) have proposed nationwide paid maternity leave. This means that a trust fund would be established within the Social Security Administration that is designed to pay mothers while they take time off after their pregnancy. America (the land of the free and the home of […]
Where the heck are the “Dislike” and “Eye-roll” buttons on Facebook? The creators of the social media giant are slipping because these days, Facebook is being heavily abused by most users! Annoying is the word that comes to mind when I log onto my Facebook account. From statuses bragging about amazing jobs or vacations to […]
Congratulations are in order for Debbie Allen and all the participants in her production of The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker! The Debbie Allen Dance Academy received an early Christmas present this year — the Goldstar National Nutcracker Award. According to reports, the award-winning choreographer’s show beat out nearly 60 other productions for the title. MUST READ: BEAUTIFUL […]
An artist named Meg Webster is showcasing “Food Stamp Table” at Miami’s Art Basel in the Paula Cooper Gallery and the minimalist art comments on something we already know--people living on food stamps have it hard. If we didn’t know it by now, we knew it when the House passed the heartless bill to cut […]
Performance artist, Nate Hill has created a new piece called, “Trophy Scarves,” where he takes a satirical, tongue-in-cheek approach to addressing interracial dating. Hill told Vice, “There are people who see certain races as status symbols, and someone had to comment on that.” So Nate did. Must Read: How To Create A New Hair Regimen […]
In a piercing poem entitled “I Used To Think” published in the 1983 poetry collection, Homegirls: A Black Feminist Anthology, writer and editor Chirlane McCray, wife of NYC mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio, tackles narrow European beauty standards and the White supremacy that undergirds them head on. The poem stands as a powerful literary example of why […]
Racism runs rampart in every part of the world, as is apparent by this 21-year-old Australian woman who decided to have an African party called, “This Is Africa” to celebrate her birthday. It’s being reported that after posting the photos, the woman decided to keep the photos up, despite several people telling her how racist […]
UN Women recently put out an ad campaign that simply showed what people think of women with Google searches like “Women need to…, women cannot… and women shouldn’t…” and the results that come up in the pulldown/autocomplete menu displayed every negative thought society has about women. This powerful ad gives a voice to the challenge […]
Hannah Price made a major move from Colorado to a more urban-Philadelphia and immediately noticed that she received catcalls a lot more frequently than she ever had before. As a photographer, Hannah decided to turn her lens on these men and create a beautiful project centered around the men who used her as the object […]
There is something painfully organic about Mondays. From the moment my alarm goes off, I’m anxiously waiting for 5 O’ Clock. I’m always ready to get Monday done and over with. So after a particularly trying Monday I was elated to leave work. As I made my way to the train, I heard a man trying […]
