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7 Ways “Honoring” Other Cultures Is Really Cultural Appropriation

October 31, 2019 by Maisha Z. Johnson Leave a Comment

This article was originally published on EverydayFeminsim.com and is republished with permission. If someone was trying to help you, but they were unintentionally doing more harm than good, you’d want to tell them, right? And you’d hope they’d be open to your feedback – after all, you’re not saying they’re a bad person or accusing them of deliberate sabotage. If they really … [Read more...]

Not Your “Geisha Doll”: Why We Need to Stop Skirting Around Racist Sexual Violence

September 21, 2019 by Aiko Fukuchi Leave a Comment

Content note: This article discusses acts of sexual violence. The fact that sexual violence is often experienced alongside racism for many people of color is almost always glossed over in discussions about sexual assault and rape. When it's mentioned at all, it's mentioned quickly, and everyone nods their head in agreement. During these conversations, most white people … [Read more...]

10 Ways the Beauty Industry Tells You Being Beautiful Means Being White

August 30, 2019 by Maisha Z. Johnson Leave a Comment

Note: This article originally appeared on EverydayFeminism and is reprinted by permission. I have to cringe when I think about my early days of putting on makeup. First, my mom wouldn’t let me touch the stuff until high school -- which I can understand, knowing what I know now about how girls can be pressured to grow up too fast. But I was lagging behind other girls who … [Read more...]

Asian and Asexual: How I Came to Own My Asexuality While Fighting Cultural Stereotypes

May 2, 2019 by Dawy Rkasnuam Leave a Comment

As an Asian American woman who exists on the asexual spectrum, I navigate a tricky space when it comes to sexuality. On one hand, I experience hypersexualization and fetishization based on Orientalist assumptions about Asian women. On the other, I come from a culture of sexual conservatism, where families don’t speak about sex but the expectation of abstinence is always … [Read more...]

7 Ridiculous Things Not to Say to Mixed Race People

April 22, 2019 by Maya Gittelman Leave a Comment

What Does it Mean to be Mixed Race? I am mixed race. There are many ways to be mixed race -- the dictionary defines it as people whose parents or ancestors are from different ethnic backgrounds, but the definition can vary based on context. For the most part, mixed people have the right to define their own identity and their relationships with their varied ancestry, but … [Read more...]

7 Ways “Honoring” Other Cultures Is Really Cultural Appropriation

Not Your “Geisha Doll”: Why We Need to Stop Skirting Around Racist Sexual Violence

10 Ways the Beauty Industry Tells You Being Beautiful Means Being White

Asian and Asexual: How I Came to Own My Asexuality While Fighting Cultural Stereotypes

7 Ridiculous Things Not to Say to Mixed Race People

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