To support Gunn and define his firing as a purely political issue is to ignore the intersections of race, gender, and queerness in favor of privilege. By Stephanie Tran After hearing that “Guardians of the Galaxy” director and screenwriter James Gunn was fired by Disney for jokes referencing pedophilia and sexual assault on his Twitter account, my first...
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What Kevin Spacey Did Has Nothing To Do With Being Gay
Spacey’s actions have nothing to do with his sexuality — like anyone who makes unwanted sexual advances on young teens, it is about one thing and one thing only: Power. By Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins With the news of actor Anthony Rapp alleging that fellow actor Kevin Spacey made sexual advances towards him when Rapp...
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R. Kelly Is A Predator, But He Gets Away With It Because We Don’t Protect Black Girls
The latest news about R. Kelly illustrates how we are failing Black girls, we are failing Black women. A new chapter in the R. Kelly saga broke yesterday when Buzzfeed published an investigative piece about the artist. The article details accusations of the singer/sexual predator having a ‘cult’ or harem of young women whom he...
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Liberals: Milo Yiannopoulos Is Garbage But Bill Maher is No Peach
Let’s not forget that Bill Maher, who hosted Milo on Real Time on Friday, has uttered problematic shit, too. With the news that Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos appears to condone sex with 13-year-olds, it would be easy to forget his controversial recent visit to HBO’s Real Time. Yes, it’s satisfying that the “alt-right” darling just lost his book deal...