Posts Tagged as ‘class’

March 1, 2008

Two great series on Racialicious.

Directing attention to these two series on Racialicious, both written by Latoya Peterson:
Debunking Myths about Statutory Rape, Race and Class:
Part One/Part Two/Part Three
This series does a great job challenging the stereotypes that young girls who dress in a ’slutty’ manner deserve to be sexually harassed and abused; that men have an overwhelming ‘biological preference’ for [...]

February 28, 2008

“If you don’t see it in the work in front of you… your job is to write it yourself.”

“You want to read work that reflects yourself, not necessarily literally yourself, but your perspective, your point of view, and the community around you, and if you don’t see it in the work in front of you, as a writer, your job is to write it yourself. You want to put that world on the [...]