Posts tagged: racism

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Weight, What? How Fatphobia Impacts Reproductive Care

Sep 29, 2020 / Nneka Ewulonu / Our Folks

Fatphobia, the institutional bias against plus-size bodies, is rampant in the way we view ourselves and each other. Popular culture depicts the slim woman, (size … Read More

Why Chanel's Asian-ness Matters

Sep 23, 2019 / Hannah Bae / Our Folks

People v. Turner has been widely deemed a failure of justice since the Stanford University attacker’s sentencing three years ago. Brock Turner was given six … Read More

Don't Be Afraid of Checking Yourself. We Have to do Better.

Jan 30, 2019 / Anna Khan / Our Folks

Earlier today, it was reported that openly gay and black actor Jussie Smollett was the victim of a hate crime in Chicago that left him … Read More

Who Is The Good Guy with a Gun?

Nov 30, 2018 / Anna Khan / Our Folks

Last week on the night of Thanksgiving, a shooting at the Riverchase Galleria mall in Hoover, Alabama killed a 21-year-old black man, E.J. Bradford, home … Read More

Too Little Too Late, America: The Milo Yiannopoulos Edition

Feb 22, 2017 / Rachel Bezek / Our Folks

The alt-right poster boy from our nightmares, Milo Yiannopoulos, has been dominating the news for the past few days. Writer at Breitbart News, speaker at … Read More

Tomi With The Bad Hair: Sorry, Trevor Noah Didn't Drag Lahren

Dec 08, 2016 / Kenyetta Whitfield / Our Folks

It’s Finals Week. Yes, the anxiety-inducing week where professors throw out all care for student’s mental health and we cram a semester’s worth of material … Read More

The Night I Realized How Much I Benefit from White Privilege

Mar 09, 2016 / Caitlyn Martin / Our Folks

Trigger warnings: police brutality, racism, violence I have a 20-year-old hand-me-down car that I absolutely love. Its name is Flacco, after my NFL team’s quarterback, … Read More

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT FLINT'S WATER CRISIS

Feb 08, 2016 / Jason T. Frost / Our Folks

Since we’ve covered it here on ChoiceWords before, I’m not going to tell you exactly why the Flint Water Crisis is a reproductive justice issue. Others have … Read More

What Student Activists Should Take Away From Mizzou

Nov 10, 2015 / Nigel Morton / Our Folks

The University of Missouri is having a historic fall semester of immense social change. A series of student and faculty demonstrations against systematic racism at … Read More

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