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Checking your privilege is a meaningless gesture performed by white people desperate to prove their allyship — another platitudinous term that ultimately means nothing — instead of doing something substantial that will result in material benefits for marginalized groups • Art ℅ Pinterest, source unknown
I have been searching for a way for my queer experience and identity to feel real • Photograph ℅ Taylor Swift
In recent states of isolation, I’ve been (more than typically) concerned that I don’t exist at all • Art ℅ Tyler Spangler
I don’t necessarily think everyone needs to learn how to debone a whole chicken in order to strengthen their relationships, but there are opportunities for connection in every step of acquiring, cooking and eating food. Food is not just fuel, it is an expression of love and a living record of the past • Photo ℅ Yuni Yoshida
Living in a community near a fossil fuel plant or other sort of toxic facility can consequently mean the difference between life or death when fighting the Coronavirus, and communities of color throughout the United States are generally located closer to these air pollution epicenters • Photograph ℅ Image Nation
“When was the first time you saw yourself in the media?” • Photo by Meredithe Ettrich
But we cannot go back. We have to keep plowing forward, and I know that I cannot keep going in this way, angry and insecure about anything and everything • Art ℅ Tyler Spangler
Not only was the first Pride rebellion led by Black and brown queer folks, it was a riot against police — all racist, homophobic, and transphobic by institution — the result of a violent police raid that was common at the time for gay bars • Art ℅ Brooklyn Liberation
Black people, educators, activists, and artists have been doing the work in this country since 1619. It is the least you can do to amplify their work, their words, their activism • Photo ℅ Pacific Press
A comprehensive list of Black Lives Matter and anti-racism resources, including a bail out fund master list to e-mail templates for defunding (and eventually abolishing) the police • Photo by Bettman Archive ℅ Jacobin Magazine
A round-up of educational resources by Black and Black Queer authors, filmmakers, and more • Art ℅ Almila Kakinc, Founder of The Thirlby
Jane Eyre nailed the solitary wanderer role • Still from Jane Eyre (2011), ℅ BBC Films
We are envious of people we wish we were like, envious of the hair we wish we had, envious of the creativity we wish we possessed • Photo ℅ Mélanie Lehmann
What can reading Antigone, in these days of fear and sadness, reveal about performance as survival and of our collective desire for justice? • Photo collage ℅ Jesse Draxler
I sit at my desk now, nearly 16 months later, as the world outside fumbles through a global pandemic that has left a seeming collective consciousness sequestered in the domestic • Art source unknown ℅ Pinterest
“Migrants at the Mexican border were being portrayed as a ‘faceless brown mass.’”
If you’re a senior, you know that possibly the worst question someone could have asked you in the last six months is: “What are your plans for after graduation?” • Art ℅ Tyler Spangler
the Circle revealed that how well our social media personas perform have a lot less to do with who we are, but how we present ourselves • Photo ℅ Entertainment Weekly
Having lived in three different countries, home has always been malleable for me. That might be an odd word to use to describe home, but I’ve never fully felt part of any body politic • Photograph ℅ Simple Citizen
A show that weaves systematic issues through universal experiences of love, loss, and an excellent soundtrack • Photo ℅ Hulu
