Racialicious featured in Bitch magazine
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Racialicious has been getting a lot of love lately!
Bitch magazine — whose tagline is “the feminist response to pop culture” — profiled me in their latest issue, and had great things to say about this blog:
Updated just about daily, Racialicious is almost obsessively thorough in its media monitoring… From lists of the most interesting Asian characters on TV to ruminations on race and body art, Racialicious offers a wealth of topics for debate and debunking…
In a culture where everything from airline commercials to Craigslist personals are wrought with racial and ethnic stereotypes that go largely uncontested, it’s not surprising that Racialicious has had to expand both its focus and its medium in order to meet the demand for smart, critical cultural analysis.
Download a PDF of the article if you’d like to read the whole thing. Also, here are a couple other recent interviews I’ve done. Be sure to check out their web sites, as both non-profits are doing really important work.
“Carmen Van Kerckhove: On the Tech-Savvy, Culture-Hip Anti-Racism Revolution”
The Center for New Words is an organization that aims to use the power and creativity of words and ideas to strengthen the voice of progressive and marginalized women in society.
“Shaping Youth Interviews Carmen Van Kerckhove of Racialicious”
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Shaping Youth is a nonprofit concerned with media & marketing’s impact on kids.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Erica wrote:
Awesome! Great job, Carmen.
Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 11:03 am ¶
Shaping Youth wrote:
Still working on the race series for Shaping Youth, and glad to have you onboard. We still haven’t posted our “cartoon diversity” piece or hip-hop one yet as I’m sidetracked by current events…
Namely, today, we’re deconstructing the whole 9-11 “hard news” angle and how kids react to news terrors…often with fear-based racism stemming from sensationalized press.
I’ll never forget that fated day in 2001 when my daughter was only in FIRST grade…She immediately “got it” that her classmate who wears a turban could be in danger from other kids’ ignorance, especially since his grandfather’s appearance was a deadringer for Osama.
They’re Sikh, but in typical “lump it all into one camp” style, we knew the family could be subjected to harshness, so ended up being their conduit to outreach among peers as well as an extra set of eyes/ears for safety and education of the masses.
Now the kids are in middle school together, sitting side by side in geography class today, so it’ll be interesting to hear how 9-11 is handled in the classroom…or if it’s even discussed at all.
I wonder if they’ll share their story of their unique bond together during that horrific time…Wish I could be a fly on the wall today.
Congrats on all your well-deserved press, btw! Glad to be a part of it! –Best, Amy
Founder/Exec. Dir. Shaping Youth.org
Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 12:25 pm ¶
Jae Ran wrote:
*blush
Thanks Carmen!! I’m honored to be on the list and with such amazing company!
Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 9:19 pm ¶
Anonymous wrote:
Congratulations! When I received Bitch in my mailbox last, I got very excited to see Racialicious with such a prominent spread! Imagine that: media critiques featuring media critiques featuring media critiques…
Posted 12 Sep 2007 at 1:15 am ¶
Emily wrote:
This is my first time on Racialicious….and it is because of the article I read in BITCH that I am here! Congrats!!! I am always looking for stuff about the intersections of race and gender, so I hope to find that here.
Posted 12 Sep 2007 at 4:18 pm ¶
al wrote:
i like your blog better than i ever liked bitch. not that we were comparing. i just thought it was interesting since i’d compared it before, because of the media/pop culture focus.
Posted 12 Sep 2007 at 7:57 pm ¶