by Guest Contributor Tami, originally published at What Tami Said

That said, it would be nice to see some glimmer of feminism coming out of our presumptive black male candidate. I’d like to know what he thinks of OJ Simpson, for example. Would he, law professor, stand up in front of a [...]

The Unapologetic Mexican – Banking on Denial

HILLARY CLINTON plays a dangerous game. She uses her supporters—who believe in her so much that they refuse to see she is a calculating politician—to cover her crooked technique. Don’t get me wrong, of course Obama is a calculating politician too. I don’t think he is some beautiful pure [...]

by Guest Contributor Cara Kulwicki, originally published at the Curvature
This is terrifying.
Sheila Jones called 911 because her ex-boyfriend had broken into her house. According to Jones, he had a knife. But for three hours, authorities did nothing.
Her call for help began when an angry ex-boyfriend barged into her house.
Sheila’s first [...]

Media Matters – UPDATED: CNN’s Castellanos on Clinton as “white bitch”: “[S]ome women, by the way, are named that and it’s accurate”
“[t]here was a column in The New York Times not too long ago where it talked about some of the humor in the campaign, and the punch line was a line that was — [...]

by Guest Contributor AJ Plaid, also known as The Cruel Secretary

Latoya’s Note: After the jump, AJ (The Cruel Secretary) takes us on an interesting and illuminating journey through the world of sex-positive advice. However, this post includes explicit language and graphic depictions of sexual acts. Reader discretion is advised.

Ta-Nehisi Coates (Blog) – Depressing

(Emphasis mine – LDP)
Feminists have expended whole barrels of ink wondering why the fuck they have virtually no following among black women. But over the past week all I’ve heard is this stupid-ass attempt to raise the profile of privileged white women at the expense of black boys and girls who [...]

by Laura Martinez, originally published at Mi Blog Es Tu Blog
Finally, somebody has come forward with a sound explanation of why I don’t look like my gorgeous self back in Mexico City like 20 years ago.
A new book by Dr. Manny Alvarez The Hot Latin Diet: The Fast Track Plan to a Bombshell Body, claims [...]

Tribes strive to save native tongues | csmonitor.com
” Grass-roots efforts to preserve and teach youngsters native languages are intensifying around the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia as about 40 indigenous tongues are in danger of disappearing within the next decade.”
(tags: via:robschmidt nativeamerican language)

Dear Hillary Clinton, : The Curvature
“That doesn’t make this situation even remotely comparable [...]

by Latoya Peterson
A while back, I wrote about how catcalling affects women, specifically saying:
When a man feels like he has the “right” to force me to stop and speak to him, it is a whole other game entirely.
Complicating matters are the risks faced by women in our society. One in six women will become the [...]

Rocker David Cook named new ‘American Idol’ : Show Tracker : Los Angeles Times
“Season Seven’s young contestants also reflected the new, multi-ethnic face of America: Three of the four finalists – Jason Castro, Syesha Mercado and Archuleta — had at least partly Latino origins[...]“
(tags: via)

I’ll Burn Your Money and Your Flag To Make It Even [...]

by Latoya Peterson
Skimming through the MTV newsfeed, I saw an interesting item that sheds a little more light on the ideas and concept of Nigger.
MTV explains:

We’ve heard him rap from the perspective of a gun that has been used in several homicides. He’s rapped from the perspective of a kid on a project bench. [...]

by Guest Contributor Sam

Education, information, and communication are important issues in our collective struggle for justice. People must first become aware of injustices before they can be dedicated to fighting inequalities like racism and sexism, and educating folks about the realities that may have escaped them in school is an important first step.
Education and [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Just wanted to spread the word about a couple of events I’m doing next week, one here in NYC, another in Santa Barbara, CA.
Beyond Diversity Buzzwords and Oppression Olympics: A New Framework for Discussing Race and Racism
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 6:30 PM
UC Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara, CA
More info here

Shattering Convention: [...]

by Guest Contributor M. Dot, originally published at Model Minority
I like Judd Apatow. In fact, I think it was a year ago that I wrote about how he convinced me that I should do stand up.
I have written about him here, here and here. I thought about this while reading Brandon Soderberg’s post on how [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Check out this awesome addition to Project Canadian Club from our friends at Resist Racism: