Monthly Archives: August 2015

I fear that one of my relatives will die by the savagery of the police, or by the gun-happiness of their own neighbors. #StLouis is a soul-crushing metro area, and my relatives reflect its unhappiness. I don’t like going there. There’s very little that is redeemable about it. I associate STL with relatives being on drugs or mentally ill or illiterate or in overcrowded, rundown houses or religious crazies or in-and-out of jail; the fried rice from the Chinese corner shops are the sole upside. I’m not surprised that the people are coming to violent blows there. #Ferguson #STL

The Speech On Feminism Everyone Should Hear

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In her usual style, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie just dropped some awesome feminist knowledge. 

In a speech given at Wellesley College’s Commencement ceremony on May 29, the award-winning author discussed feminism, male privilege and daring to speak your mind.

Adichie said that she understood from a young age that the world did not cater to women they way it does men. She knew “that men were not inherently bad or evil. They were merely privileged. And I knew that privilege blinds because it is the nature of privilege to blind.”

She told the crowd of recent graduates that they too now hold a certain privilege after graduating from the prestigious women’s college. “No matter what your background. That degree, and the experience of being here, is a privilege,” she said. “Don’t let it blind you too often. Sometimes you will need to push it aside in order to see…

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