L-R - Nairobi Women Rep Esther Passaris, Chief Administrative Secretary Ministry Of Public Service, Youth and Gender Rachel Shebesh and Nairobi County Governor Ann Kananu during the MOU signing ...
In an evocative piece at Salon, Myisha Cherry deconstructs racial and gender privilege. She says acknowledging such privileges forces people to admit they didn’t achieve everything on their own.
Months ago, I witnessed a Black man attempting to censor a Black woman’s writing. He told her there was no need to write a “divisive” piece because he’s already speaking up for Black women. What this ...
Whether she’s voicing her support for trans teen Gavin Grimm at the Grammys, urging TV executives to cast more transgender actors and actresses, or discussing beauty standards governed by cisgender ...
April 12 — To the Editor: Recently, this paper ran a story about a single tweet sent by Portsmouth Assistant Mayor Joanna Kelley, which was not city-related, nor made in her official capacity as ...
“I can be pretty sure that when I walk down the street, nobody will yell at me about my body or tell me what they want to do to me sexually.” “I do not have to worry about the message my wardrobe ...
The word “privilege” is so often used as a catch-all to describe preferential racial treatment that it loses its meaning. When something is used to describe everything, it tends not to describe ...
I am no feminist and have been critical about the women’s movement, but I believe the discussion of privilege, power and ascent as we reframe male privilege in the context of the women’s movement is ...
Among the demands made by a group of Mizzou students seeking the resignation of the president of the University of Missouri was that he “acknowledge his white male privilege.” Turns out I’m a white ...
No, white men are not being victimized by “woke” society. Or by anyone for that matter. It’s not surprising that you might feel that way. But if you are, you might be missing the point. The “straight ...