Riley HCall-Out Culture Isn’t Toxic. You are.Every month or so, an article comes out screeching about how terrible, horrible, no good very bad “call-out culture” is. Before I get into…May 2, 20175May 2, 20175
Riley HPolitical Correctness is About A Facade of AuthenticityAlexandra Erin on twitter began a WONDERFUL thread about this idea of “political correctness” and its true meaning. You can read that here.Feb 20, 2017Feb 20, 2017
Riley HUnique Ways White Women Enact RacismBefore reading, please consult my short essay on engaging with me.Jan 30, 201711Jan 30, 201711
Riley HOn Tech’s Love of Useless PosturingSimply put: Tech loves a performance. Diversity reports made beautiful with all kinds of graphic pretties to announce the same thing…Dec 17, 20161Dec 17, 20161
Riley HThe Thing About Writing Fandom Essays On Medium — and Social Media in GeneralMedium paints itself as an essay and response blog, but at the end of the day, it’s another form of social media with the same abuses and…Dec 12, 2016Dec 12, 2016
Riley HThe Problem with Diversity in Tech is Actually Just the Fucking White PeopleThe excuses are really getting so annoying. Facebook tried it so hard with the “pipeline” bullshit, after Zuckerberg had to give the entire…Oct 1, 201613Oct 1, 201613
Riley HAll These Black Characters and 0 Done Right — How Steven Universe Fails Its Black Fanbase, Part I.If the title isn’t a clue: Your favorite queer-awesome show fails on racial lines to a horribly deep degree, and nobody cares.Aug 5, 2016170Aug 5, 2016170
Riley HIt Takes Two — And Other Abusive Things People SayAnyone who has ever dealt with a lot of abusive rhetoric in their space has probably heard this before.Jul 4, 2016Jul 4, 2016