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“The classist vilification of the Black Friday shopper”
“This was in a Walmart with a majority black staff and clientele, and it was kind of covered in a way that the LA riots were. There were…
Jess Brooks
Nov 28, 2019
“The Forgotten Black Woman Inventor Who Revolutionized Menstrual Pads”
“New ideas for inventions would wake her up from sleep. She occupied herself drawing up models and building them. While other children her…
Jess Brooks
Oct 18, 2019
“A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR A FAIR TRADE EMOTIONAL LABOR ECONOMY”
“your life as a working class or poor and/or sex working and/or disabled and/or Black or brown femme person has taught you that the only…
Jess Brooks
Oct 17, 2019
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“The Inherent Feminism of Restorative Justice”
“More typically, my Socratic method exchanges were as follows. My teacher would ask me whether I agreed with a court opinion. I’d answer…
Jess Brooks
Oct 9, 2019
“When a woman or person of color becomes CEO, white men have a strange reaction”
“When companies appoint a woman or person of color as CEO, white men, on average, don’t appear to react very well, according to a study…
Jess Brooks
Sep 2, 2019
“Ida B. Wells”
“As Wells described the horrors of American lynchings, British liberals were incredulous that American white women such as Willard, who had…
Jess Brooks
Aug 11, 2019
“The Weaponization of Nostalgia: How Afghan Miniskirts Became the Latest Salvo in the War on…
“US national security adviser McMaster showed Donald Trump 1970s-era photos of Afghan women wearing miniskirts in order to convince him to…
Jess Brooks
May 16, 2019
“PLEASE KEEP YOUR AMERICAN FLAGS OFF MY HIJAB”
“2. Know that the hijab — for *me* at least — represents a rejection of materialism, of capitalism, of euro-centric beauty standards…
Jess Brooks
May 16, 2019
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