ASHLEIGH SHACKELFORD
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How Young M.A. is Queering Mainstream Hip Hop
Black Gender, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism, Pop Culture
How Young M.A. is Queering Mainstream Hip Hop
Black Gender, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism, Pop Culture
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Black Gender, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism, Pop Culture
Sharing a Video of a Black Girl Being Raped Doesn’t Create Justice for Her
Black Trauma, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism
Sharing a Video of a Black Girl Being Raped Doesn’t Create Justice for Her
Black Trauma, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism
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Black Trauma, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism
Hoes Be Winning: The Case for Blac Chyna and Amber Rose's Intersectional Feminism
Hoeism, Hood Feminism, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism
Hoes Be Winning: The Case for Blac Chyna and Amber Rose's Intersectional Feminism
Hoeism, Hood Feminism, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism
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Hoeism, Hood Feminism, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism
Orange is the New Black is Trauma Porn Written for White People
Pop Culture, Black Trauma
Orange is the New Black is Trauma Porn Written for White People
Pop Culture, Black Trauma
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Pop Culture, Black Trauma
Karrine Steffans Was Right: Our "Hoe" Histories Matter
Survival & Thriving, Misogynoirism, Hood Feminism, Hoeism, Black Women & Femmes
Karrine Steffans Was Right: Our "Hoe" Histories Matter
Survival & Thriving, Misogynoirism, Hood Feminism, Hoeism, Black Women & Femmes
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Survival & Thriving, Misogynoirism, Hood Feminism, Hoeism, Black Women & Femmes
Black Attitudes Matter: Why I Don't Care if You Think I Look Mean
Black Fat Femme Politics, Black Women & Femmes, Hood Feminism, Misogynoirism
Black Attitudes Matter: Why I Don't Care if You Think I Look Mean
Black Fat Femme Politics, Black Women & Femmes, Hood Feminism, Misogynoirism
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Black Fat Femme Politics, Black Women & Femmes, Hood Feminism, Misogynoirism
The Body Positivity Movement Still Looks Too Much Like White Feminism
Body Positivity, Black Women & Femmes, Black Intersectionality
The Body Positivity Movement Still Looks Too Much Like White Feminism
Body Positivity, Black Women & Femmes, Black Intersectionality
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Body Positivity, Black Women & Femmes, Black Intersectionality
Decolonizing My Pussy: Moving Through Body Shame, Gender Dysphoria, & Sexual Abuse
Black Fat Femme Politics, Black Trauma, Black Women & Femmes, Body Positivity
Decolonizing My Pussy: Moving Through Body Shame, Gender Dysphoria, & Sexual Abuse
Black Fat Femme Politics, Black Trauma, Black Women & Femmes, Body Positivity
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Black Fat Femme Politics, Black Trauma, Black Women & Femmes, Body Positivity
“We Were Never Meant to Survive”: On Considering Suicide in a World Designed to Kill Us
Survival & Thriving, Black Trauma
“We Were Never Meant to Survive”: On Considering Suicide in a World Designed to Kill Us
Survival & Thriving, Black Trauma
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Survival & Thriving, Black Trauma
Bittersweet Like Me: When the Lemonade Ain’t Made For Fat Black Women & Femmes
Black Fat Femme Politics, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism
Bittersweet Like Me: When the Lemonade Ain’t Made For Fat Black Women & Femmes
Black Fat Femme Politics, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism
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Black Fat Femme Politics, Black Women & Femmes, Misogynoirism

“Call Out Culture” and Effectiveness: On Accountability, Dragging Your Faves, and Transformative Growth
“Call Out Culture” and Effectiveness: On Accountability, Dragging Your Faves, and Transformative Growth
Accountability Tools, Black Trauma, Black OrganizingAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Brandy Vela Committed Suicide Due to Harassment. Why Her Death is Actually a Murder
Brandy Vela Committed Suicide Due to Harassment. Why Her Death is Actually a Murder
Body PositivityAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
On Tammy Rivera, and When Our Resilience Turns into Shaming Other Black Women
On Tammy Rivera, and When Our Resilience Turns into Shaming Other Black Women
Ashleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Lee Daniels’ Star is the Niggafication of the White American Dream
Lee Daniels’ Star is the Niggafication of the White American Dream
Pop Culture, Black Trauma, Black Women & FemmesAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Cardi B. Reminds Us That Respectability Politics Won’t Save Black People
Cardi B. Reminds Us That Respectability Politics Won’t Save Black People
Hood Feminism, Pop CultureAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Luke Cage is Complicated Afrofuturism
Luke Cage is Complicated Afrofuturism
Black Futurism, Pop CultureAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Do Black Lives and Antiblack Events Matter if We’re Not Murdered by the Police?
Do Black Lives and Antiblack Events Matter if We’re Not Murdered by the Police?
#BlackLivesMatter, Black Futurism, Black TraumaAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
 I Hate White Supremacy, but Do I Really Hate White People?
I Hate White Supremacy, but Do I Really Hate White People?
Ashleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
White Tragedy is Not the Burden for Black Feminists
White Tragedy is Not the Burden for Black Feminists
Hood Feminism, Pop Culture, Black Women & FemmesAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
For White People Who Want to Attend #BlackLivesMatter Protests
For White People Who Want to Attend #BlackLivesMatter Protests
Accountability Tools, Black Organizing, Survival & ThrivingAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
But There’s Always Room to Be a “Coon”
But There’s Always Room to Be a “Coon”
Ashleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Black Girl Interrupted: My Body, the World, and Nonbinary Me
Black Girl Interrupted: My Body, the World, and Nonbinary Me
Black Gender, Black Women & FemmesAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Queen Sugar and the Complexity of Desire in the Face of Black Survival
Queen Sugar and the Complexity of Desire in the Face of Black Survival
Black Love, Black Sex & Relationships, Black Women & Femmes, Pop CultureAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Khloe Kardashian’s “Revenge Body” Show is Fatphobia Disguised as Empowerment
Khloe Kardashian’s “Revenge Body” Show is Fatphobia Disguised as Empowerment
Ashleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Madonna’s Speech at the Billboard Women in Music Awards was White Feminist Bullshit Per the Usual
Madonna’s Speech at the Billboard Women in Music Awards was White Feminist Bullshit Per the Usual
Ashleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
It’s None of Your Business: On India Love and the Violence of “Leaking” Celebrity Sex Tapes
It’s None of Your Business: On India Love and the Violence of “Leaking” Celebrity Sex Tapes
Ashleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
UK Artist Zoe Buckman Appropriates Rap Lyrics for White Feminist Art Installation
UK Artist Zoe Buckman Appropriates Rap Lyrics for White Feminist Art Installation
Ashleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Stop Excusing Black Men’s Violence — Like Nate Parker’s — for the Sake of Black Liberation
Stop Excusing Black Men’s Violence — Like Nate Parker’s — for the Sake of Black Liberation
Black Trauma, Black Women & FemmesAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
Queer Like Me: Breaking the Chains of Femme Invisibility
Queer Like Me: Breaking the Chains of Femme Invisibility
Black Gender, MisogynoirismAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
PSA: Mixed Black Babies Will Never Put An End to Antiblack Racism
PSA: Mixed Black Babies Will Never Put An End to Antiblack Racism
Mixed Politics, Misogynoirism, Black TraumaAshleigh ShackelfordJanuary 28, 2017
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