Do not step out of line, if you do, there will be consequences. TW/CW: mentions of (threats of) sexual violence/r*pe, white supremacist violence, racial slurs, doxxing, and online harassment An unfortunate reality for many young writers looking to break into the world of digital media is the necessity of being very online. Build up your...
Author: Lara Witt (Lara Witt)
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If This Didn’t Push You Further To The Left, What Will?
There is no freedom under capitalism, white supremacy, and cisheteropatriarchy. If none of this pushes you further left, then what will? If last night’s political theater didn’t push you further to the left, then I don’t know what will. If it wasn’t the complete and utter lack of policy proposals, if it wasn’t the attempts...
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It’s Not Surprising That Ellen DeGeneres’ Show Is Rife With Abuse and Exploitation
Systems of oppression are breeding grounds for abuse and exploitation. The alleged abuses on DeGeneres’ show are not separate from those structures. In recent months, allegations of a toxic and exploitative work culture pervading The Ellen DeGeneres Show surfaced after dozens of former employees interviewed by Buzzfeed News came forward. Initially just whispers, a general...
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Amy Cooper, White Spaces and The Political Project of Whiteness
Amy Cooper, like most white people, is invested in maintaining white supremacy at all costs because it guarantees her power at the expense of BIPOC. TW: discussions of anti-Blackness, police violence, incarceration, murder, and white supremacy. “I’m going to tell them that there is an African-American man threatening my life,” says the woman identified as...
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The PPP: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Aren’t Getting Small Business Loans
The way that the government built the PPP is just the latest version of ensuring that those who will be killed by COVID-19 or deep poverty will be BIPOC. By Lara Witt It shouldn’t have been surprising that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) rollout was and is a goddamn mess. At least $500 million of...
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There Is No Such Thing As A Good Landlord
The only thing your landlord cares about—especially during times of national strife—is stealing your paycheck every month. Beyond wreaking havoc on the world, COVID-19 has illuminated many of the fact that capitalism—especially here in the U.S. under a fascist government—has created mass inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic. More people are recognizing the inherent injustices of...
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Solidarity Amongst The Rich: Isaac Mizrahi Endorses Fascist Bloomberg
Isaac Mizrahi’s ahistorical support of Michael Bloomberg illustrates that solidarity amongst the wealthy is more important than the lives of marginalized people. On Tuesday, American designer Isaac Mizrahi announced his endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate, oligarch and all-around-terrible person, Michael Bloomberg. Mizrahi, who has a net worth of 20 million dollars, explains that during Bloomberg’s...
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These Are The Companies Profiting From Detaining Migrants At Border Concentration Camps
It doesn’t do migrants and refugees a service to pretend that white supremacy, capitalism and other forms of oppression aren’t intertwined. Today Wayfair employees walked out to protest the company’s sales to the U.S. government and its contractor’s concentration camps (let’s call them what they are) based in Texas. 547 Wayfair employees signed a letter...
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Alyssa Milano’s Call for a Sex Strike is Peak White Feminism
How does it help people who need safe access to abortion to further limit our sexual autonomy? There is a constant, unrelenting war against women, LGBTQ+ folks and Black, indigenous and people of color, the poor and working class in the United States. Part of the efforts to directly harm us and push back against...
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The Birth of Baby Sussex Isn’t The Promise of a ‘New World’ Free of Racism
Baby Sussex is certainly important in terms representation and symbolism, but we have to reckon with the idea that representation alone isn’t anything more than the visibility of a few individuals. Monday morning, Meghan Markle the Duchess of Sussex, delivered her first child whom they introduced today as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Since her engagement to...