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Feministe » I Guess It’s a Jungle in Here Too, Huh?

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You know, the jungle. Where the savage brown people and ferocious animals are defeated by heroic white folks:

Jill is writing her own follow-up post about this subject, but I feel so nauseous and sleepless about this…

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Feministe » Oh for the love of God.

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This is really beyond the pale. And really, if the “What election sexism?” Democrats can’t see how over-the-top this is, I don’t really know what to say.
Progressives should be better than this. I haven’t…

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Feministe » I know Vogue isn’t exactly racially conscious, but…

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Really?

Jesus Christ. Is it really 2008?

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Feministe » On Those Pictures and On Privilege

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It’s been said a lot of times over now, but I’ll add my voice to the chorus: This is fucked.
Those images are tremendously racist — it’s not that they might be interpreted as racist or that they’re ironic and…

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Feministe » TODAY: Amanda Marcotte at KGB Bar in Manhattan

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Amanda is out pitching her book, and she’ll be at KGB Bar in the East Village tomorrow. I will be there as well, with a few other residents of Lefty Blogistan.
KGB Bar is at 85 E. 4th (near 2nd Ave), and the reading…

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