Christ no offense
rockerrepro: But the word “privilege” seems almost like a new in-vogue word. I’m really sick of people talking about, “I recognize my privilege.” I get …
Again about “food on the table”, pushing the boundaries on what is discussed as “poverty”
By accepting the definition of poverty as “not having food on the table” and reducing poverty to only such fact, we are also allowing the …
Meet a subset of the “You are fat because you make bad choices” class
Liberal of privilege in a thread about social and environmental activism: Grow your own food! It’s more feasible and accessible than you think! Me: I …
Pyramid of Oppression (Again, what Google Giveth)
In the most random of moments, today I came across an article about the connections between the objectification of women and meat in advertisements. The …
Privilege and empathy
via Association for Psychological Science, Upper-Class People Have Trouble Recognizing Others’ Emotions: Upper-class people have more educational opportunities, greater financial security, and better job prospects …
More on the “moral majority”
I’ve already written about what I like to call the “moral majority” on Gawker sites (in the past it was about the judgment of sex …
A thought on language use vis-à-vis “privilege”
I often think of the rhetoric used to describe people in challenging socioeconomic situations (i.e. “the poor”, “the homeless”, etc.). The one thing that always …
BS of the day: It’s just another word
downlo: I can’t believe white people are STILL arguing about wanting to say the n-word. Hello? I thought we as a society had fucking settled …