Racialicious Links Roundup 2.28.13

February 28th, 2013 by Racialicious Team

We all get that this was meant as a joke, that the writer doesn’t actually revile Quvenzhané Wallis. I can see thatthe intent was perhaps to send a message about the vicious scrutiny of girls and women in the public eye. What he or she (let’s be real, probably a he) was really thinking, however, is entirely beside the point. What they did was call a girl a gendered and sexualized slur. What they did was send the message, yet again, that girls and women are open game when it comes to sexual jokes and jokes about our bodies, and that it’s extra funny if the target is a very young girl.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The next link carries a TRIGGER WARNING

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  • 54cranberries

    Thank you for the trigger warning, Racialicious team, even though it did not prepare me for the tears which are still running down this old woman’s face having been ” jolted into personal memories and griefs” with the mere description of the Women of the Red Shawl.

    For acknowledging the damage done to my grandmother, my mother, my aunties, my sister, my cousins, bless you Women of the Red Shawl.

    For the future of my grand daughter, thank you.

    “Men and children
    hold hands, acknowledging the outward spiral of the violations women
    suffer.”

    It harms us all.

    I have some hope with the passage of the new portions of the VAWA that we can start to truly deal with some of the problems from the front end instead of the endless damage control after the fact.
    It is not clear what help will come to us in Alaska because we do not have reservations but I am deeply thankful the beginning has finally come. Some . Hope. I did not think I would live long enough to see some hope.