Category: Big Fat Meanie
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BREAKING: Looking White vs Being White
Jun 25, 2025 A few people did not appreciate my response to this Threads post. I stated that many of the commentors are seeing the question and thinking only of LOOKING white instead of what it meanst to BE white. Unsurprisingly, the ones who most attempt condescension are white men. But I digress, since Ry…
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Social Media Is Also a Dumpster Fire
Jan 29, 2025 This is a follow-up to my original article posted here – if you have not read it, I humbly suggest it. In addition to not broadcasting certain activities on social media — especially Meta, we have to be hyper vigilant about what we do share. The below photo has been making the rounds depicting…
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Modern Journalism is a Dumpster Fire, Stop Getting Burned
A Media and Information Literacy Primer Cross posted from The Collective Substack Dec 27, 2024 For the last thirty years, we have been connected to a 24-hour source of entertainment and communication. Now used for more than just porn, the internet has delighted billions of people with angry cat videos, Chocolate Rain, TikTok dance challenges,…
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White Privilege and the Modern Girl
It’s Not About You or Your Feelings Dec 05, 2024 There is a term that when used in any context will create a conversational reaction that is not unlike fishing with dynamite. It immediately reveals who is defensive regarding ideas they have little knowledge of, and can make many feel as if they are misunderstood…
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The Blue Bracelet Brigade
When White Women Center Ourselves in Conversations About Race And What We Should Do Instead Dec 02, 2024 Left of Center There is a frustrating element in online discussions surrounding race: The insistence of white people, specifically white women, in centering our own voices in conversations and spaces specifically for and by Black people and…
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Home Sweet Home
Jul 11, 2024 You know how you see these old houses that people think they can just move in and work on as they live there, but the floors are soft and are dangerously sagging downward, the windows are mostly broken and let in the elements, and if you plug the coffee pot in you’ll…
