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What Was Happening Before ‘Just Be Nice Feminism’? Part III: West Coast Lesbian Conference, 1973

July 31, 2020 | by Dr Em | 0 Comments

Dr Em charts the history of the development of ‘just be nice’ feminism and the inclusion of trans-identified males in the women’s movement. Part 3. Read more

The ‘Look at the expansive BLM Manifesto’ comeback

July 30, 2020 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

Now at this point, many of the individuals who flatter themselves that they’re extremely smart with this response that should make most of us with a smattering of common sense roll our eyes heavenwards, crash back in with a Wikipedia quote about Black Lives Matter as an organization, with their mission statement, goals etc as […] Read more

The Incredible Racism of Some Responses to Black Lives Matter

July 30, 2020 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

Some of the responses to Black Lives Matter are worth analysing, not for the sake of their arguments but for what they reveal about those who make them. Read more

In Which They Blame ‘Media Portrayal’

July 30, 2020 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

The outrage of the protestors is not due to the media 'manufacturing' instances, it's the expected reaction when such horrendous instances come to light. Read more

The ‘I’m not racist because I listen to / read Coleman Hughes’ disclaimer

July 30, 2020 | by CNLifestyle | 1 Comments

Coleman Hughes is an undergraduate in Philosophy at Columbia, currently a leading voice and commentator on all issues pertaining to black people and the struggle against racism in America. To hear the number of times and the number of people he’s been cited by, you’d think he was a veteran scholar of racism and racial […] Read more

The ‘Police aren’t racist they shoot non-black people for no reason as well’ response

July 30, 2020 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

It is hard to know where to begin with the thinking behind this argument. Arguably, as more and more empirical research about police brutality, police behaviour and police shootings comes to light, there is some doubt as to whether there is a statistically larger proportion of black people being shot and killed rather than white […] Read more