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Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture
I recently had a conversation with an acquaintance about perceptions of women and power. In this instance, the man in question contended women call the shots in relationships because they have more ready access to men, where men must seek more to appeal to women. While it wasn’t explicitly stated, in his mind, female empowerment […]
Continue reading...So Much Pretty
6. January 2012
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I picked up So Much Pretty looking to escape the world and its many disappointments. What I found instead was a story that could very well happen in my community, to my friends, to their children...a terrifying prospect. And yet, I kept reading. As the suspense mounted, as a girl went missing, as the chapters began to be numbered as police evidence, I could not turn away
Continue reading...Truths Among Us: Conversations on Building a New Culture
21. October 2011
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Truths Among Us: Conversations on Building a New Culture is an important collection of in-depth interviews that prolific author Derrick Jensen conducted with a handful of radical thinkers you should become more familiar with if you’re not already.
Continue reading...Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons and Torture
6. March 2011
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Angela Davis is an icon of the highest sense, an icon critical of their own iconic status. From her rise as a critical socio-political force in the late 1960’s to her still defiant role as an activist-academic, Davis is a great example of protracted struggle met with theory and praxis.
Continue reading...Sells Like Teen Spirit: Music, Youth, Culture and Social Crisis
29. July 2010
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Punk, hardcore and alternative rock music scenes have been for years the almost exclusive realm of teenagers and youth in their 20s. Not only have they been areas of creative expression, but such subcultures have given young people a place to challenge beauty standards, political boundaries and cultural norms.
Continue reading...Want to Start A Revolution? Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle
9. May 2010
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The position of women as organizers seems under continuous scrutiny. For women of color, the clashes they face are compounded by questions of loyalty as well as privilege and struggling within communities that have been subjected to historic miseducation and troubles.
Continue reading...Aftershock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent World: A Guide for Activists and their Allies
2. April 2010
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…we are animals, and aren’t able to decide not to have feelings. Just like the earth, we are going to quake if sufficiently shaken. We don’t get to choose whether or not traumatic events will damage our psychic infrastructure.
Continue reading...Girls Are Not Chicks – Coloring Book
12. November 2009
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Ballerina's with wrenches, a stubborn Miss Muffet and high heel cloning projects are just 3 of the 27 gender bending scenarios in Jacinta Bunnell and Julie Novak's Girl's are not Chick's coloring book. A yellow front and back cover is filled with multi-colored stars, the front featuring an upside down chick and on the flip side, a broken shell with the following definition
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3. December 2012
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