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NOVEMBER 30, 2021 | WYV NEWS
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When Whiteness Invades
Whiteness is always invested in taking up more space. As a result, white people often do everything in their power to make every space they enter into more comfortable for whiteness. By Sherronda J. Brown and Lara Witt Wear Your Voice is a small publication. We are run by just a few people, we have a small operating budget, and...
Interrogating Black Inceldom
Black inceldom can look different from the public and deadly displays we are accustomed to seeing from white men. Nevertheless, it is always worthy of investigation. CW: r*pe culture, harassment Mainstream understandings of inceldom associate the term with white men. “Incel” conjures up visions of men like mass shooter Elliot Rodger, or serial killer Ed Kemper, or (to an extent)...
‘Bad Girls Club’ and the Profitability of Misogynoir in Reality Television
The spectacle held in Bad Girls Club’s mass appeal was the promise of anti-Black violence, misogynoir, and the narrative exploitation of women who needed real help. By Monika Estrella Negra Bad Girls Club, in which a group of self-proclaimed “Bad Girls” are given the opportunity to hash out their toxic social skills together in a mansion, was a major sensation...
Managing Friendships In A Global Pandemic
There are four key ingredients to building and maintaining successful friendships: investment, emotional closeness, trust, and support. By Dr. Marcus C. Shepard After a year-and-a-half of battling Zoom fatigue, isolation, and a host of mental strains, it should come as no surprise that some of our friendships have taken a backseat as we try to prioritize our own well-being. Researchers...
Climate Change Disasters Leave Fat And Disabled People Even More Vulnerable To Harm
Hospitals don’t have evacuation plans in place to care for fat and disabled patients in the most disastrous moments. TW: mention of “ob*sity,” murder, and general anti-fat anti-Black violence Earth’s climate is changing. Drastically and rapidly. Glaciers are melting; ecosystems are shifting; temperatures are changing and sea levels are rising. But what is perhaps most relevant to this current moment...
Climate Crisis And The Perils of Incrementalism
Climate specialists have characterized the climate crisis as unpreventable. The planet is heating beyond repair, and yet, communities are still forced to negotiate with elected officials, begging and pleading for their lives, for a dignified chance at survival. By Kyliel Thompson In 1989, the late, but always timely, James Baldwin invoked a modification of progress in the interview, “The Price...
‘Candyman’ Is A Bittersweet Revival
Even if we agree that DaCosta’s Candyman is a competent enough horror film of the slasher variety, we must still ask: what work does its story do? This essay contains spoilers for Candyman (1992) and Candyman (2021) "The pain, I can assure you, will be exquisite. As for our deaths, there is nothing to fear. Our names will be written...
‘The White Lotus’ And Why Whiteness Cannot Truly Critique Itself
The reason “The White Lotus” can’t fully commit to its critique on whiteness and power is simply because then white people wouldn’t watch it. By Ebony Purks HBO’s latest hit series The White Lotus aired its sixth and last episode on Aug. 15. Many viewers (particularly viewers of color) were left with a lingering dissatisfaction after the credits rolled to...
It’s Not So Much The Basquiat, but the Tiffany Blood Diamond
The Tiffany Diamond is one of the largest ever “discovered.” Its beauty belies the history of colonization and exploitation of the African continent. By Arielle Gray The Carters are the new faces of Tiffany & Co.’s latest campaign. The campaign is a “first” in many ways. A never-before-seen painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat is propped up against a wall behind Beyonce...
Jameela Jamil Is Unqualified To Be A Mental Health Advocate
Not only is Jameela Jamil ill-equipped to be a mental health advocate, she has shown that she doesn’t care to learn better. By Candice Alaska [TW: brief mention of gun violence and murder, sexual violence towards women, and police violence towards disabled BIPOC.] Ever one to be a part of the discourse, self-described “Feminist-in-Progress” and “bad-at-twitter”-Jameela Jamil recently tweeted a...
Water Protectors Are Risking Their Lives for Us. What Can We Do to Help Them?
The water protectors protesting Line 3 are risking their lives while their efforts go underreported by national media. Here is how to support them. The Line 3 pipeline is a controversial oil pipeline expansion currently under construction in Minnesota. The Canadian company, Enbridge, that proposed this expansion was also responsible for the largest inland oil spill in the United States,...
Andrew Cuomo’s Sexual Assault Allegations Follow a Long List of Abuses
Long-applauded by establishment democrats and liberals, Andrew Cuomo’s actions were consistently protested by local organizers. As Andrew Cuomo exits his post as New York governor in shame due to multiple sexual harassment allegations, I can’t think of a more perfect time to reflect on some of the horrible things he did in office. While liberals spent the pandemic lauding his...