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Between a Rock and a Hard Past
Photo taken on September 12, 2020. Not even two days after BLM protestors painted the rock, white supremacists painted … Read MoreQueer Street Smarts
Photo by Delia Giandeini on Unsplash Street smarts. A term people use to describe the cultural knowledge that marginalized … Read MoreComplexities of Menstruation in Kathmandu, Nepal
Photo by Erol Ahmed (Source: Unsplash). Thirteen-year-old me was excited to go to school! I had a new Mickey … Read MoreSex and Coronavirus
In March 2020, a joke made the rounds on the Interweb as more and more U.S. workplaces, schools, and other social institutions asked people to … Read MorePolluted Bodies
Domestic employment requires a unique physical proximity of bodies from different social classes, and often from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. People who might … Read MoreGaming on Romance
June goes into detail about how Mordin broke her heart. She reminisces about the surprise and shock that she felt when he told her that … Read MoreAfrofuturism and Black Panther
Myron T. Strong and K. Sean Chaplin on the liberatory potential of Afrofuturism. Read MoreFlat Rebels
In recent years, dozens of breastless women have appeared, topless and proud in major publications, including People, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, CNN, Glamour Magazine, … Read MorePlaying Foreign and Building Community at Deer Park
Japanese Village and Deer Park operated from 1967-74 as part of the growing Orange County, CA amusement corridor, anchored by Disneyland. “Deer Park,” as it … Read MorePrison Tourism in the Era of Mass Incarceration
In 2017, The World Travel Awards named Spike Island, a former fortress and prison located on the southern coast of Ireland, Europe’s leading tourist attraction. Read More