Facing Anti-Black Landlords During My Apartment Hunt
by Kristen Rogers [Image Description: A Black woman looks disappointed and frustrated at a laptop in an apartment kitchen.]It’s the most wonderful time of the year again: moving season. And if your...
View ArticleNah, BuzzFeed, WE got some Questions!
by Tora Shae “27 Questions Black People Have for Black People.” The video title seemed intriguing enough and I had a couple of hours to throw down the rabbit hole of addicting BuzzFeed videos. Why...
View ArticleWhat I Loved About Seeing Hillary Clinton At Black Girls Rock
by Africa Jackson After Shonda Rhimes and the #TGIT broke my heart with a Hillary Clinton endorsement I had to take a break from social media. Viola Davis had been my #WCW for the last year, so I...
View ArticleWhy Our Think Pieces About Peter Liang Failed to Reach Our Parents
by Lucy Lee Thousands of Chinese Americans appeared in the national media spotlight last month when they protested the conviction of Chinese-American NYPD officer Peter Liang. He was charged with...
View ArticleHow Islamophobia Impacts Women of Color In Europe
by Yasmin Begum Anti-Muslim violence is rising across the world at an alarming rate. Following the violent attacks in Paris, the firebombing in Germany, and the high population of Muslims who are...
View Article5 Ways It’s Hard to Be Queer and Black in the Workplace
by Kristen Rogers Even though workplaces in many states cannot legally discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, or race, it doesn’t mean that they don’t. Studies have already shown...
View ArticleBlack Women are #NotYourMules
by Chanelle Adams There is a gross misconception in the world that Black women are supposed to be everything for everyone. We are expected to be rocks that hold it down, powerful voices of truth, and...
View ArticleWhy We Need to Take Responsibility for Anti-Black Racism in K-Pop
by Chris Lee Last Monday was the start of the Lunar New Year, which marked a transition from the Year of the Sheep into the Year of the Monkey. For many of us across the Asian diaspora, Lunar New...
View ArticleI’m A Young Feminist And I Can’t Vote For Hillary
by Chanelle Adams I was born the year Bill Clinton took the Oval Office. Despite comments about him being the Blackest President ever, the Clinton administration was extremely anti-Black. Even though...
View ArticleWhat’s Up With the Butt: Why the #FingersInTheBootyAssBitch Obsession is...
by Vianca Masucci In case you missed it, Amber Rose clapped back with accusations of ass play at Kanye West on Twitter last week, giving birth to the hashtag #FingersInTheBootyAssBitch. She crafted...
View ArticleNah, BuzzFeed, WE got some Questions!
by Tora Shae “27 Questions Black People Have for Black People.” The video title seemed intriguing enough and I had a couple of hours to throw down the rabbit hole of addicting BuzzFeed videos. Why...
View ArticleWhat I Loved About Seeing Hillary Clinton At Black Girls Rock
by Africa Jackson After Shonda Rhimes and the #TGIT broke my heart with a Hillary Clinton endorsement I had to take a break from social media. Viola Davis had been my #WCW for the last year, so I...
View ArticleHow Sex Education Fails People of Color in the United States
by Vianca Masucci Recently, it was announced that Obama proposed cutting all abstinence-only sex education funding from the 2017 federal budget. This proposal would increase funding for programs...
View ArticleWhy Our Think Pieces About Peter Liang Failed to Reach Our Parents
by Lucy Lee Thousands of Chinese Americans appeared in the national media spotlight last month when they protested the conviction of Chinese-American NYPD officer Peter Liang. He was charged with...
View ArticleHow Islamophobia Impacts Women of Color In Europe
by Yasmin Begum Islamophobia is rising across the world at an alarming rate. Following the violent attacks in Paris, the firebombing in Germany, and the high population of Muslims who are victims of...
View Article5 Ways It’s Hard to Be Queer and Black in the Workplace
by Kristen Rogers Even though workplaces in many states cannot legally discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, or race, it doesn’t mean that they don’t. Studies have already shown...
View ArticleBlack Women are #NotYourMules
by Chanelle Adams There is a gross misconception in the world that Black women are supposed to be everything for everyone. We are expected to be rocks that hold it down, powerful voices of truth, and...
View ArticleWhy We Need to Take Responsibility for Anti-Black Racism in K-Pop
by Chris Lee Last Monday was the start of the Lunar New Year, which marked a transition from the Year of the Sheep into the Year of the Monkey. For many of us across the Asian diaspora, Lunar New...
View ArticleI’m A Young Feminist And I Can’t Vote For Hillary
by Chanelle Adams I was born the year Bill Clinton took the Oval Office. Despite comments about him being the Blackest President ever, the Clinton administration was extremely anti-Black. Even though...
View ArticleWhat’s Up With the Butt: Why the #FingersInTheBootyAssBitch Obsession is...
by Vianca Masucci In case you missed it, Amber Rose clapped back with accusations of ass play at Kanye West on Twitter last week, giving birth to the hashtag #FingersInTheBootyAssBitch. She crafted...
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