I love playing video games, but the gaming industry really needs to stop this mess. What on Earth makes anyone decide that advocating sexual harassment of your women employees for prizes is a good idea? EA, you fail. It really is time for the gaming...
Topics: Gaming, No Category, Pop Culture/Media, Womanism/Feminism

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Happy Old School Friday, everyone! This week’s theme is My Theme Song. Ok, this is the truth. Often, when I wake up in the morning (er, afternoon) and I’m faced with the day’s travails, I’ll start to feel down, like I’m just.
Topics: I Want My Hip Hop Back!, No Category, Old School Fridays, Old School Jams

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I’ve been mulling over the incident regarding Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. over the last few days and I fell like there is a lot to unpack regarding the intersections of race, class, and privilege here. If you aren’t familiar with the...
Topics: Activism, Black History, Class, Hate Crimes, Media Justice, No Category, Politics, Racism, Transformative Politics, U.S. Studies, War on POC for Profit

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Today is Nelson Mandela’s birthday. He turned 91. It is also the first Mandela Day, a day to be devoted to transforming our world into a better place. While we take this day to celebrate the life, struggles, and accomplishments of Nelson Mandela...
Topics: Activism, Black History, Nelson Mandela, No Category, World Politics

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He was a great journalist. I’m not old enough to have fully appreciated his talent, but I am old enough to remember watching him on TV and knowing that he was the real deal. “And that’s the way it is…”
Topics: Memorial, No Category, Pop Culture/Media, U.S. Studies

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