Empathy For Others’ Pain Rooted In Cognition Rather Than Sensation

Watch Powerful Spoken Word Poem “Black Joke” By Taylor Steele

In her poem “Black Joke” poet Taylor Steele highlights the most common jokes White people throw at Black people. She perfectly explains how unthoughtful it is of people to say such things and how an intention to come off as funny turns you into a racist. Next time you come up with a witty remark, think twice before letting unwholesome word proceed from your mouth.

Full poem

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A selection of reads centered around feminism, written by women of color for women of color.

“Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression” (from Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center)

Feminism Is For Everybody: Passionate Politics

Feminist Class Struggle

“Feminism and Class Politics”, a specific chapter from the book here.

The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators.

Understanding Patriarchy

Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black

Selling Hot Pussy: Representations of Black Female Sexuality in the Cultural Marketplace.

“Romance: Sweet Love” (from Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions, 4th Ed. By S. Shaw and J. Lee)

Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism - Trinh T. Minh-Ha

”Lynching, Empire, and Sexuality in Black Feminist Theory“ -Hazel V. Carby

”Transnational Feminist Pedagogy: An Interview with Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan“

”Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses“ by Chandra Talpade Mohanty

”Feminist Problematizations of Rights Language“ by Jasbir Puar and Isabelle Barker

Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures by M. Jacqui Alexander & Chandra Talpade Mohanty

”The Subject of Freedom“ by Saba Mahmood

The Spivak Reader

Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa

”Colonialism, Nationalism, and Colonialized Women: The Contest in India“ by Partha Chatterjee

”Can the Subaltern Speak?“ Gayatri Spivak

The Politics of the Veil - Joan W. Scott

”Decolonizing Feminism: Challenging Connections between Settler Colonialism and Heteropatriarchy“ by Maile Arvin, Eve Tuck, and Angie Morrill

”Native American Feminism, Sovereignty, and Social Change“ by Andrea Smith

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This Burn Survivor And Makeup Artist Turns Tragedy Into Inspiration

Check out this robotic hand which can touch and feel, improving perception and reflexes for its user. [ Δ ]

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History of the Tampon

Brexit makes a trip to the UK a great travel deal

The collapsing value of the pound in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is frightening news for the country’s economy — but great news for Americans itching to plan a last minute summer vacation.

“Schrödinger’s Smoke. We describe a new approach for the purely Eulerian simulation of incompressible fluids. In it, the fluid state is represented by a ℂ²-valued wave function evolving under the Schrödinger equation subject to incompressibility constraints.” YouTube.

This Private 787 Dreamliner Jet Is Even More Luxurious Than You Can Imagine

Asexuality is an orientation in which a person does not experience sexual attraction to any sex and/or gender. They do not feel an intrinsic desire to make sex a part of their relationships with other people. However they may still be able to experience other types of attraction, and desire relationships with other people.

Check out the following websites to learn more about asexuality, join in on the community, and/or help increase asexual visibility and education.

Asexual Visibility and Education Network

International Asexuality Conference (Worldpride Toronto 2014 Affiliate Event) (June 28, 2014)

Asexual Things (asexual vis/ed tumblr blog)

Frequently Asked Questions

Asexuality Websites/Blogs/etc