racism
The White Saviour Narrative

The White Saviour Narrative

So you've got this native people, okay, and they are "more in tune with nature" and therefore have no indoor toilets or shoes, and they have Issues, man. Issues that are usually insurmountable for them (because they don't have access to modern plumbing, of course) but...

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A Letter to White Authors on the Subject of Racism

A Letter to White Authors on the Subject of Racism

Dr. Martin Luther King There is racism in books. There is a big problem with racism and representation in books, especially books from the traditional publishing houses and - I don't even fucking know anymore. I've seen some stuff on Twitter that's making me want to...

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Washed Out and Fed Up

Washed Out and Fed Up

I admit to being jaded sometimes, and it's not without reason - see all my previous posts on popular media, for example. So call this the latest in a long, stupid string of failures which has most certainly ceased to surprise me. Hollywood has a problem with...

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On White Feminists and Womanism

So this is going to be a long one. Settle in, folks... specifically white cisgender feminists. Yeah, women like me. I'm talking to you now. This is partly about me, and partly about you. I'm going to tell you how I came to dislike mainstream feminism. Let me tell you...

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Racism in Writing

Racism in Writing

Okay guys, confession time: I'm a white woman. I know, I know. Shocking, yeah? Not only am I a white woman, I'm also from a culture that is largely clueless when it comes to racism. Ireland is homogeneous to the point of insanity; all white, all Catholic, and...

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