May 2011
8 posts
Whites Believe They Are Victims of Racism More... →
Whites believe that they have replaced blacks as the primary victims of racial discrimination in contemporary America, according to a new study from researchers at Tufts University’s School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Business School. The findings, say the authors, show that America has not achieved the “post-racial” society that some predicted in the wake of Barack...
further, on moshing
you know, i don’t think moshing is sexist. i think that a lot of people who mosh are sexist. i think a lot of people who feel entitled to take up so much space with violence are sexist. but some just feel entitled. maybe cause they’re white. maybe because they are men. sometimes because in some way (or some alternate reality) -they- are the underdog with no power, so this small...
I live sweat...: Looking for new contributors... →
i’d like to hear more diverse voices speaking directly to sexism in the scene also. all women experience sexism, not just the white ones, cis-gendered ones. interesectionality is the word of the day.
you could also ask some folks directly to contribute. i don’t know who reads ilivesweat, but since there are all these isms in our scene, some folks who might have great insights might...
word of the day: hackles
i like it for the same reason i like ‘vim’. it’s use is almost exclusive to forms of “raised their hackles”, though of course the verb tense and possessive pronoun can vary.
there is probably a word for these in-phrase-only words, no?
