Hegemonic ideologies encourage us to scapegoat the poor and blame the pattern of hunger on those who are hungry.
Social Stratification & Toxic Solidarity
Racism in the United States — let’s name it what it is: white supremacy — functions as a caste system to effectively block the social mobility of most people of color.
Racism in the United States — let’s name it what it is: white supremacy — functions as a caste system to effectively block the social mobility of most people of color.
What Is Gender Again?
What is sex without gender, and what is gender without patriarchy?
What is sex without gender, and what is gender without patriarchy?
The Slippery Slope of the ‘Healthy’ and ‘Law Abiding’ Gun Owner
The boys and men who perpetrate these mass shootings are law-abiding. Until they aren’t.
The boys and men who perpetrate these mass shootings are law-abiding. Until they aren’t.
Patriarchal White Supremacy at Work: Sexual Harassment and the Wage Gap
We must focus our lens on the institutions that make such patterns of harassment possible.
We must focus our lens on the institutions that make such patterns of harassment possible.
Working Hard or Hardly Working?
When work becomes home and home becomes work.
When work becomes home and home becomes work.
Capitalism & Racism: The Diseases of Western Civilization
Social conditions shape our embodiment: the traumas of our social lives, of our social conditions, of our society, can be explored through our blood pressure, our auto-immune diseases, our emotions.
Social conditions shape our embodiment: the traumas of our social lives, of our social conditions, of our society, can be explored through our blood pressure, our auto-immune diseases, our emotions.
Parenting and Capitalism. Wait, I Mean Gender. No, I Mean Capitalism.
If we seek an unattainable perfection, we will be better consumers.
If we seek an unattainable perfection, we will be better consumers.
Domestic Violence and Gun Violence
Masculinity is a public health threat.
Masculinity is a public health threat.
Individualism and Grief
“To choose love is to go against the prevailing values of the culture” (hooks).
“To choose love is to go against the prevailing values of the culture” (Hooks).
Empowering Individuals
Our individual, seemingly mundane actions accumulate to make up what we call social change, what we call history.
Our individual, seemingly mundane actions accumulate to make up what we call social change, what we call history.
Fighting for Voting Rights Is a Queer, Feminist Project
Let the 1619 project be our guide.
Let the 1619 project be our guide.
Critical Thinking & Compassionate Commenting
Or, an essay on protecting Democracy.
Or, an essay on protecting Democracy.