White Women: It’s Time to Get Loud
Hey white women, can we huddle for a second? We need to chat. I know it’s been a lot to take in. Every day feels like a new story, a new part of yourself you need to dig up and re-evaluate. I know you’ve been…
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White Feelings: 0-60 for Charlottesville
Charlottesville is a fucking mess. So here it is: your 0-60 speed-run through your white feelings to get you on board… In no particular order. Oh my god, I can’t believe this is happening. It is. I’m sorry. Oh my god, this is just so awful. It…
Charlottesville – What Can I Do?!
White folks – this is not about you or your feelings. Before you can do anything on this list you absolutely must purge any thoughts about “This is not America”, “I can’t believe this” or “Why can’t we all just get along?” – put a…
Funding Social Justice: A Few Ideas
Since the post on white money I’ve had some people asking me what they can do to make a difference. Many have shared their personal stories with money and the poverty mentality, but they’re still not sure what to do. There’s no one quick trick,…
White Money in Social Justice
I can’t talk about money without talking about my relationship to money. I grew up middle class. Or maybe upper middle class? I’m not sure what the defining features are. We only had one car most of the time, and were only allowed two gifts…
Allyship is Just a Little White Lie
Allyship is not enough. I just came back from the Black Lives Matter Symposium in Cambridge. My friend, DiDi Delgado, a brilliant writer and truth-teller, asked me to co-facilitate the white panels with Abraham Lateiner and Debby Irving. In the process I learned something not…
Matt Walsh Doesn’t Care About Women’s Sports
Dear Matt Walsh, Kindly take your patriarchal condescension and shove it. If I for one second ever believe that you give a flying fuck about women’s sports, please, let my friends know that I’ve been abducted by aliens. Can you do that for me, Matt…
We Are What We Are
White people and our obsession with labels. Hello, my name is Erynn and I’m white. Oh I know, you don’t see colour. Well, I’m sure you believe that. I’m going to keep talking about it though because whether you see it or not, it’s there. Is ‘white’…
The State of White Women — Part ||
No one hates white women as much as they hate themselves. This article has a Part I which establishes the shattered identity of white women following the 2016 election and the Women’s March on Washington. I forget about the brainwashing process. I suppose that’s the…
The State of White Women
The State of White Women White women, this is not another piece about how you’ve messed up. The election campaign was hard. It was hard for so many people, for so many reasons. But I want to talk about how it affected white women.