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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 » This is a Feminist Issue Too

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It’s been a year and a half since Sean Bell and his two friends were shot 26 times by five NYPD officers. Bell was to be married later that day. He and his friends (who both survived) were unarmed. It seems likely…

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