5 Search results for "bodily integrity"

When is it #TimesUp for white women who don’t recognize Black women’s boundaries?
By Rachael Edwards I’m not a touchy-feely person. Like most humans, I appreciate having a say in whose fingers touch me, if I can help it. On New York City subways this seems almost impossible. But even when subways are crowded, it’s easy to notice people moving their bodies awkwardly to make sure they are […]
Woman convicted of murder for administering black market butt injections dies in prison
Art and life reflect mutuality. Tracy Lynn Garner, a woman convicted of depraved heart murder for administering buttocks implants to a Georgia woman, has also died. Garner was 58 and had not yet served four years of her life sentence. This scenario parallels a story-line in Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It reboot. There, a […]
Drake threatened to put hands on man who kept touching women at his show
Hip-hop star Drake recently threatened to get down in the Down Under when a male attendee apparently would not stop touching women during the rapper’s after party. Drake, who is traveling the world for his Boy Meets World Tour, set the record straight mid-performance in Sydney, Australia. The artist had the DJ stop the music […]
‘The Birth Of A Nation’ Has Its Problems But It’s Still Worth Seeing
By: Imani J. Jackson Deciding whether to support or sit out The Birth of a Nation has inspired an internal tug-o-war for many people, myself included. On one hand, I respect and understand the outrage directed at Nate Parker. Parker wrote, directed and starred in a rebellion story, which includes rape scenes, and hit the big […]
Fire Challenge: Let’s Not Watch the Train Wreck Next Time
Every now and then you find your self blank when you’re attempting to write significant pieces on social issues. Sometimes it feels like every thing has been said and what is the point of adding one more opinion to the mass of opinions that are already out there. I preface this piece with that because […]