Linksplosion!: Amazing black women edition
I noticed that a lot of the pieces I had to share with you were about black women from the …
Category Archives: Race and Racism
The Forty-Sixth Down Under Feminists Carnival
Hello and welcome to the forty-sixth edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival! I last hosted DUFC #12, so I’m …
Two kinds of whiteness: reimagining white people in fantasy and science fiction
A pretty common trope in science fiction and fantasy is to have fictional races stand in for Earth ones. The …
Reimagining narratives that centre whiteness
This seems to be turning into a theme, so, previously on race and fiction: Writing Race, How to write yourself …
A City of Villages
Hey, readers! I’m joining the staff at Gender Across Borders. I’ve started my time off there with a post about …
‘One still ought to show the good manners to act ashamed’
I recently read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. If you’re up for another work on racism and colonialism from …
Based on the colour of one’s skin
There’s a way of talking about race and racism that is really bothering me. It’s when people will interchange racial …
Linksplosion!: Writing that got to me edition
Emily Rapp at The Rumpus: Transformation and Transcendence: The Power of Female Friendship Here’s the truth: friendships between women are …
My favourite place in Australia
Jet Silver wanted to know my favourite place in Australia. I’ve been struggling with this one. It’s a vast and …
Race and the Non-White Reader
One will often hear that white people prefer to hear fellow white people talk about race because it’s less confrontational …
On being the first ones there
I’ve been thinking about “I was here first,” and all the world of trouble such a claim can bring when …
The representational politics of hair
I’m thinking about the ways in which (non-white) women represent ourselves. And, again, I’m thinking about my hair. I love …
Linksplosion! Inverting thinking edition
Laura Woodhouse at The F-Word reports that universal free childcare in the UK would bring in more money from working …
Elsewhere I’ve been
Did you hear about Emma Sullivan? She’s a teen from Kansas in the United States who was chastened! chastened as …
Why I’m not an anthropologist
Have you ever loved to do something you were no good at? I’ve had to work really hard at languages …
