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Amy Schumer may be privileged, but she’s allowed to feel ugly

Guest Blogger18 March 2018

It’s dangerous to use a woman’s privilege to justify dismissing her feelings of being unworthy or out of place, writes Katie Jane ...

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Does bubble tea taste better when it’s made by white people?

Josephine Tsui13 July 2017

Josephine Tsui reflects on a recent trend in cultural appropriation...

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Grenfell Tower is about race and class

Joanna Whitehead22 June 2017

Grenfell Tower has become a symbol of systemic, institutional and structural inequality argues Joanna Whitehead...

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What the US election taught us about feminist rage

Monica Karpinski18 November 2016

Trump’s success, while devastating for many, shows us how feminist rage has failed and what we can do about it, writes Monica Karpinski...

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How parents oppress their mixed race children

Nicola20 July 2016

Our monthly guest blogger Nicola points out that mixed race children can face oppression from their monoracial parents, who shouldn't claim expertise around being mixed race...

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Understanding the “Privileged”

Sheena Vasani5 July 2014

Guest blogger Sheena Vasani reflects on privilege in her and others' lives. ...

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What can I do about my white privilege?

Amber Collins1 July 2014

This week in "Awkward Conversations On My Facebook": what begins as a humorous post about race takes a turn for the humourless when a white person says to the brown person who began the thread, "Talking about white privilege makes me uncomfortable - what can I do to help?" Stay tuned to find out... ...

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An introduction / a recent epiphany

Tara4 July 2013

"I'm not sure when or why I separated my black identity/reality from my feminist ideals, and when they became separate things. I think that the feminist movement is so dominated by white women and the experience of especially middle class white women, that I forget that I exist, saddled with further battles to climb" ...

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