When white people play the “I don’t see race” card they are either A) lying (to others and/or themselves) or B) being racist (as it follows that “not seeing race” literally means not seeing...
Mareike Jenner, Anglia Ruskin University TV police shows are a complicated strand of entertainment. Unsurprisingly, they have come under the cultural microscope in response to police brutality and...
Times of crisis often reveal opportunities for either growth or collapse. In particular, the crises that have stemmed from the coronavirus pandemic have re-opened and even worsened old societal...
Each individual has their own demons, their own struggles and internal battles. For some it may be heartbreak, a fallen friendship, that one final goodbye you never said. However, for countless other...
June 28, 1969 – July 3, 1969. Those were the dates of the Stonewall Uprising. The days - and I emphasize the plural - that changed US LGBTQ history forever. What we too often forget, with our...
“No justice, no peace, no racist police,” Selah chanted as she protested in Columbus, Ohio, carrying a sign that read “Stop killing us! We want to see tomorrow too! #GeorgeFloyd...
Premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it picked up the Award for Best Editing in a Documentary Feature Film, Davy Rothbart’s 17 Blocks is a compelling, two-decades-long look at...
The BBC is a prized institution that promises impartiality at every turn. This unfortunately often means that when they interview a trans person they also interview a transphobe. That when they...
Like many other people in this country, I have been told to go back to where I came from. A guy on the internet did it just the other week. Of course, most people tell me to “go back to Russia”...
Today has been the hottest day in France since records began. The climate change implications of this are terrifying, and the country has been sweltering for the last few days. We are having a...