Sandberg’s definition of feminism begins and ends with the notion that it’s all about gender equality within the existing social system. From this perspective, the …
Saturday link extravaganza: “Zwarte Piet and Racism in The Netherlands” edition
Here’s a roundup of the latest links around the topic I’ve been covering all week: UN requests The Netherlands to stop harassing and intimidating Human …
Zwarte Piet, racism and gaslighting as a culture wide phenomenon in The Netherlands
As I read the statement by Rita Izsák, the UN advisor on Minority Issues and her eloquent remarks about the violent nature of Zwarte Piet’s …
On White Dutch people’s “feelings”, blackface, racism, lives worth cherishing
[Photo caption: a yellow sign with two silhouettes, next to a road, reads, in Dutch: denk aan onze kinderen] Sign reads, in Dutch, “Think of …
More on neoliberal feminism
“There is no individual solution to systemic problems” why do we keep forgetting that & are continuously sold neoliberal individualism? — Flavia Dzodan (@redlightvoices) October …
Neoliberal Feminism, take 2: “the personal as a tool of subjugation”
Last April I wrote about neoliberal feminism and, as it is bound to happen from time to time, I was dutifully mocked by white British …
White cis men in feminist spaces: episode one million
As seen in Feministe, on a post written by DrRubidium, Woman of Color scientist about the issues faced by DNLee5, another Black woman scientist who was called …