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An Open Letter to Rep. Todd Akin From Women of Color Activists
by Akiba Solomon on August 24 2012, 11:18AM
Rep. Akin, I and a few women of color activists have some information for you about the nature of rape and legitimacy. Since you draft laws that affect our bodies, we ask that you read every word.
Topics: 2012 Election, Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Todd Akin
Paul Ryan Sullies Black History, Has Woman Problems
by Akiba Solomon on August 17 2012, 9:10AM
The VP candidate is good with online aesthetics but falls short when it comes to women’s reproductive health. Oh, and he’s not below trotting out Dred Scott to get his way.
Topics: 2012 Election, Akiba Solomon, Paul Ryan, Politics
A Lesson from Philadelphia’s Little Film Festival that Could
by Akiba Solomon on August 10 2012, 9:44AM
At the inaugural BlackStar Film Festival, self determination, communion and cultural movement-building got top billing.
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‘Red Bone Girls,’ ‘Chocolate Legs,’ and Eric Benet’s Color-Complex Payday
by Akiba Solomon on August 2 2012, 10:06AM
Halle Berry’s ex husband has figured out a novel way to sell his new album: Exploit divisions between dark and light skinned women. For $19.95, you too can buy some white supremacy.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality
An AIDS 2012 Takeaway: More Poor, Criminalized and Marginalized Folks Belong at the Table
by Akiba Solomon on July 27 2012, 9:49AM
This week’s International AIDS Conference brought more than 20,000 top experts, activists, politicians and celebrities to the nation’s capitol to exchange ideas about how to end HIV. Here’s hoping that the next one will include more everyday people.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, HIV/AIDS, Health
Food Stamps, Poor-Shaming and the Very Scary 2012 Farm Bill
by Akiba Solomon on July 26 2012, 9:58AM
Why we can’t afford to have moralistic debates about the choices desperate parents make as they try to feed their families.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Economy, Food Stamps
The Supreme Court’s Obamacare Ruling Fails Black Women With HIV
by Akiba Solomon on July 3 2012, 10:45AM
By allowing states to choose whether or not they will expand Medicaid, the Supreme Court may have set back the fight against HIV/AIDS among poor women of color who desperately need treatment.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Health, Health Reform
‘Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta’ Shouldn’t Embarrass Black and Brown Women
by Akiba Solomon on June 27 2012, 10:20AM
Instead of focusing on the misdeeds of individual cast members, we need to take a look at the exploitative industry that shapes their fate
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality
Insane Bureaucracy Blocks Native American Women’s Access to Plan B
by Akiba Solomon on June 20 2012, 8:56AM
Given that one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetime, activists are asking that the federal Indian Health Service provide emergency contraception over-the-counter and on demand. They’re getting radio silence in return.
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Where Will CeCe McDonald Serve Her Time? The Devil is in the Details
by Akiba Solomon on June 8 2012, 10:26AM
The young Minneapolis transwoman incarcerated for defending herself in a racist and transphobic attack isn’t alone in her experience. Experts say her placement in a men’s facility is just one part of a complex—and dehumanizing—process.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, CeCe McDonald, Criminal Justice, Gender & Sexuality
Yet Another Effort to Racialize the Attack on Women’s Health
by Akiba Solomon on May 31 2012, 8:59AM
The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2012 claims to protect Asian children. But it is a slight variation of a familiar formula: Race-bait, cry crocodile tears about sexism—then police the wombs of women of color.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Health
Sure, More Men Are Doing Pink-Collar Work, but Race Still Matters
by Akiba Solomon on May 23 2012, 10:07AM
Research shows that men in female-dominated fields make more money and advance more quickly—until you control for race.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Economy, Gender & Sexuality
Three Ways ‘Girls’ and ‘Basketball Wives’ Are Scarily Similar
by Akiba Solomon on May 9 2012, 9:48AM
These two women-centered series are full of flaws, yet I can’t turn them off.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality
In Planned Parenthood vs. Texas, Judicial Whiplash Ensues
by Akiba Solomon on May 2 2012, 9:13AM
While the Republican-dominated Lone Star state dukes it out with Planned Parenthood, poor patients who rely on the state’s Women’s Health Program are in limbo
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Health
Hip-Hop Activist and DJ Fights Her Fiercest Battle—with Heart Disease and Fat-Phobia
by Akiba Solomon on April 26 2012, 9:45AM
At just 36, DJ Kuttin Kandi has a pacemaker, mounting medical bills and the courage to tell her story. Here, she explains what size, race and bias have to do with her heart.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Health
Government-Funded Crisis Pregnancy Centers Won’t Hire Non-Christians
by Akiba Solomon on April 25 2012, 4:10PM
Some crisis pregnancy centers funded by the government require prospective employees, volunteers and board members to “know Christ as their Savior and Lord.”
Topics: /NOW
Yes, Travyon’s Death Is an LGBT Issue. No, LGBT Politics Aren’t Limited by White Privilege
by Akiba Solomon on April 12 2012, 10:21AM
Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff accuses LGBT organizations of race-baiting by supporting Trayvon Martin—revealing that, for Naff, the struggle for LGBT human rights is mere window dressing.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality
How the Right’s Using Women of Color to Shame Abuse Survivors
by Akiba Solomon on April 9 2012, 8:48AM
In our efforts to secure the Violence Against Women Act, we can’t overlook some of the less publicized ways it can criminalize people of color.
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Black Masculinity, Personal Loss and the Tragedy of Trayvon Martin
by Akiba Solomon on March 29 2012, 9:36AM
It is sad how this country continues to sweat black men. And in the past month, the one thing I can’t shake is a deep fear and dread for the black men in my own life.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Trayvon Martin
Why Native American Women Are Battling for Plan B
by Akiba Solomon on March 22 2012, 9:34AM
Native American women are three and a half times more likely to be raped in their lifetimes than those of other ethnicities. While some progress has been made since the groundbreaking Tribal Law and Order Act passed in 2010, a new report finds that they’re still fighting. This time it’s for the basic post-assault healthcare.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Health
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