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Why Black, Queer, and Feminist Politics Are Essential for Radical Change
Photo by Christian Agbede on Unsplash One of the most common questions people ask in movement spaces is: why do we need to talk about race, gender, and sexuality all at once? Isn’t that too much to hold? In her powerful book, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, Charlene A. Carruthers…
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Existentialism, Bad Faith, and the Trap of Comfort in Gender and Sexuality
Photo by Teslariu Mihai on Unsplash Existentialist philosophers remind us that human beings often choose comfort over conflict. To live in bad faith, as Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir argue, is to surrender freedom for the security of familiarity. Instead of embracing responsibility for our choices, we cling to patterns and roles that feel…
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Masculinity, Stereotypes, and the Lessons of The Nickel Boys
Photo by Olu Famule on Unsplash Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys is more than a story of two boys trapped in a brutal reform school. It’s also a study in masculinity — what boys are told to be, what they’re punished for being, and how friendship and vulnerability reshape those expectations. Through Elwood and Turner,…