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by Chris Saltmarch Like many of my contemporaries, I never really gave much thought to the sexual desires of women. Much of my life, when I really sit and think of it, I was totally oblivious to the needs and desires of my sexual partners. This was due in part to being raised in the […]

The Trump administration announced over the weekend that immigrants who legally use public aid such as food assistance programs and section 8 housing would have this used against them in green card applications in its newest attempt at keeping Black and brown people out of the country. This new policy could potentially force millions of […]

“Officer who walked into wrong apartment and killed man faces arrest”. The headline states that the officer who killed Botham Jean mistakenly went into the “wrong apartment” as if it is fact. On the actual page, it adds “: Authorities” so at least you know who is behind what is taken as fact. It’s not […]

by JeCorey Holder

From Hollywood’s Harvey Weinstein to media giant Les Moonves, the #MeToo movement to hold accountable the abuses of powerful men is growing. In a powerful display of that growth, McDonald’s workers went on strike to protest sexual harassment in 10 U.S. cities this past Tuesday.

After much deliberation and at least one alleged occasion of her privacy being invaded by a reporter for BuzzFeed, Christine Blasey Ford has come forward as the woman who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Ford alleges in the letter, which was sent to her congressperson earlier this summer but was revealed […]

We live in a society that is sexually repressive and at the same time oversaturated with reminders of sex. They say that “sex sells”—or, rather, sexually objectifying women and feeding into misogynistic male fantasy about power, control, and sexual prowess sells—and yet, Michigan State Representative Lisa Brown was barred from speaking on the House floor […]

This past Saturday, the U.S. Open final between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka concluded with Osaka’s win, marking it the first grand slam win for 20-year-old Haitian-Japanese player. However, the U.S. Open final ended with the umpire, Carlos Ramos, penalizing Serena Williams for calling him a “thief.” The incident re-ignited conversations on the intersection of […]

North Carolina’s elections board recently voted unanimously to allow the state Attorney General to fight subpoenas of voting records issued by ICE and the Trump administration.

I had every excuse not to do it. My heartbeat was a stampede. The thoughts in my head a tornado. Everyone else was having a great time, and I didn’t want to ruin it with the natural disaster whipping up inside of me. I could talk to my parents some other time. Or write them—again. […]

by Andrew Keahey There are a lot of slasher movies to choose from. After the release of Halloween in 1987, horror was never really the same. The masked murderer picking off unwitting teenagers and twenty-somethings ended up becoming a cultural staple. People that don’t even watch horror movies know what names to say when they […]

During the AFROPUNK Brooklyn Festivallast week, a Black couple was thrown out of a VIP area for wearing a shirt that stated, “Afropunk sold out for white consumption.” Today, Afropunk’s editor-in-chief, Lou Constant-Desportes, lended credence to the couple’s controversial observation when he resigned over claims the company utilizes “performative activism” and mistreats of employees.