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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

Posts in Hashtags with Asterisks

Hood Femmes & Ratchet Feminism: On Amandla Stenberg, Representation & #BlackGirlMagic

Hood Femmes & Ratchet Feminism: On Amandla Stenberg, Representation & #BlackGirlMagic

Hashtags with Asterisks, Hoeism, Hood Feminism, Misogynoirism, Black Women & FemmesAshleigh ShackelfordSeptember 22, 2016