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‘Death by a Thousand Mosquito Bites’
—Do you understand what microaggressions are?Subtle ways we’ve been conditioned to say offensive remarks to others. Please check out these short YouTube videos and you’ll get it! And then, please pass...
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The #Microaggressions of #Racism, #Sexism, and More
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Is Cultural Appropriation Turning Macbeth into a Coke-Snorting Stooge of...
Embed from Getty Images—The notion of ‘cultural appropriation’ has gained much traction in recent years. Like micro-aggressions, safe spaces, toxic masculinity, and other topics which have struck a...
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Microaggressions—Those Casually Said and Forcefully Meant Phrases People Say
Embed from Getty Images—I recently took part in a Twitter Chat about microaggressions that was a real attention grabber. Thinking back on life growing up as part of the ‘white majority’ of the 50/60’s...
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Students are not Asking to be Coddled
Embed from Getty Images—“Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words,...
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Toxic Masculinity: The Dark Side of Patriarchy
Embed from Getty Images—Most people are aware that we live in a world where men are in charge, a patriarchy. But as with heterosexual white privilege, many are blind to patriarchy’s innumerable...
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Embed from Getty ImagesThis post is the opinion of the the author and does not necessarily represent The Good Men Project.One day, when I was very young child in New York City, I sat upon my maternal...
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They Love Us Here
— Do you want to be part of ending sexism, racism, and homophobia? Join like-minded individuals in The Good Men Project Community. The post They Love Us Here appeared first on The Good Men Project.
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Melting the Icebergs of the White Patriarchs
Embed from Getty Images—I’ve been thinking about icebergs again.I was thinking about them earlier in the year. At the time, Richard Spencer and other white nationalists were marching in...
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Hoodies, Hats, and Cultural Nuance
Embed from Getty Images—I am a high school teacher. A decade ago, I was in a corporate job, working as a market research analyst. If you’d asked me then what a teacher had to worry about, I would have...
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When Micro-Aggression Becomes Aggression: A Call for Submissions
Embed from Getty ImagesMicroaggression is defined as a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized...
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It’s Time To Address The Hidden Agenda of School Dress Codes
Dianne Gereluk, University of CalgaryDress code policies have always been prevalent in schools. Normally, what children can and cannot wear in schools is explicitly noted in school policies or...
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Microaggressions Against Men: The Daily Doses of Nasty Gender Stereotypes
—One of the feminist concepts that’s wonderfully useful when applied to men’s issues is the notion of microaggressions. Microaggressions are all those things that you get every fuckin’ day that make...
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4 Reasons I’m So Done Being Told ‘Don’t Be Too Picky’ About Dates
— By Suzannah Weiss “Most guys don’t really get feminism, so you can’t be too picky.” I’m venting to a friend about a guy I’m newly dating and thinking of calling it quits with. He’s doubtful that...
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The Fine Comb
‘The Fine Comb’ is a spoken word film that challenges the audience through manifestations of white privilege. The film draws on the spoken word poem ‘Do Not Touch My Hair’ by Esther Ogunfeitimi, and...
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Challenging Dad
The following post is in response to a writing prompt I received from a reader: I would like to read your response to the tie between absentee father’s sons with the attitude of anti-authority (law,...
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White Work
I am a white, progressive, 37-year-old man who was raised in a city so proud of celebrating its diversity and education system that it was blind to both its ever-growing economic divide and the clear...
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Black Opera: Singing Over Ourselves
I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, often called “the Whitest City in America.” I’m a Black singer, dancer, actor, composer, and musician. I’m an opera singer and a contemporary, soulful artist....
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Why We Need to Stop the ‘Strong Black Woman’ Trope, It Is Not a Compliment.
For the past hundreds of years, black women have been given compliments about how “strong” they are and how they can easily combat any difficulty and how we can easily solve problems with no doubt....
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10 Ways Your Social Justice Work Might Be Inaccessible and Elitist (and Why...
By Hari Ziyad I’m an artist first. But I decided long ago that my art would be in the service of fighting oppression. Since then, I’ve waded more deeply into social justice spaces, and I find myself...
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