Media Moderation and Sexual Violence
#SAAPM In 2013, my story was covered by CNN. That year, it was one of the top 10 stories in that section on the website. The story was shared tens of thousands of times and...
Category: Blog, Commentary and Articles
Mildred Loving, Badass Activist
June 12, 2020 The Multiracial Activist From the Editor: As the founder of The Multiracial Activist, one of my major, early campaigns was a fight I picked with an anti-miscegenationist private college (Bob Jones University)...
Civility Is An Insidious Silencing Scam
I reject your cries for civility. Why? It always seems to come with additional features that I never ordered and cannot turn off, such as: denial, gaslighting, historical revisionism, “my opinion equals your facts”...
20 Favorite Songs
So, a friend on Facebook did a great list of songs she can listen to anytime without first needing to be in the mood. This is my list. Honestly, I could have easily gone...
Toxic Advocacy: Whataboutisms
Advocacy Pro-Tip: When confronted with someone’s horrible, shitty, no-good, very bad, utterly indefensible, repugnant, smelly, abusive, garbage behavior, responding with “what about so-and-so who is worse…” you are engaging in de facto apologism. If...
Beth Orton Self-Care Break
Working on admin crap and listening to my Beth Orton albums. One of my favorite songs from the late 90s.
Body Betrayal and Sexual Assault
#SAAM2020 A common way survivors are shamed is by focusing on their body’s response to sexual violence. Some things that I’ve had to accept: The woman who raped me was aroused. She enjoyed what she...