And this is the man who is touring our local high schools in the Pacific Northwest next month to inspire girls and boys? Very upsetting. …
Here’s how you fail at feminist intersectionality
The F Word UK, arguably the biggest Feminist hub, blog and news aggregator in the UK, is compiling a Twitter list of feminists by areas of …
Tiger Beatdown: Moving away from Social Justice towards Social Wellbeing
Tiger Beatdown: Moving away from Social Justice towards Social Wellbeing Many of us identify part of our activism (be it through writing, community engagement, online, …
What Argentina’s economic crisis could teach the West
What Argentina’s economic crisis could teach the West Look! I am now writing at Global Comment! I wrote this piece hours before last night’s events …
“Getting to know” Latin America
I know I come across as very unforgiving of Europeans who claim to want to “help” Latin America and who argue that they “know” the …
Also of note
A moment of intense embarrassed laughter: if you are organizing an event that’s supposedly inclusive of people from Latin America, it might be advisable not …
A few weekend observations
I mentioned I was attending a day of talks and events about Latin@ diasporas in Europe. I had some great moments and some moments of …