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The Not-So-Woke Black Girl
By the title, you can assume one of two things: either I spend a majority of the day sleeping as a Black girl or I’m not as informed (or knowledgeable) of my culture as a Black girl. If you guessed the latter, you’re right. If you guessed the other, you aren’t entirely wrong, but for the purpose of this article, I will be talking about my knowledge (or the lack thereof) of my ethnic background and my personal struggles associated with it.
By Erika Hunter6 years ago in The Swamp
What Is Natural? The Environment Is Now Political
What is not natural? The environment is now political. Evolution does not stop. The ecology of planet Earth is rightly a topic of vigorous discussion; great claims are made that the world will end if we do not reverse modern industrial practices and stop the use of “fossil” fuels. There is often, in the media reporting of scientific claims, confusion between fact and opinion, the borders between actual, scientific evidence-based knowledge and an expectation based on a theoretic extrapolation of unverified data. These concepts get very blurred in the media. Modern popular journalism and, especially, the unrestrained social media posts do not expect the reader to actually think about what is being claimed. Persuasion without being restrained by truth is the accepted norm. The various “causes” from climate change, from air quality to social degradation to species extinction, get all interwoven in a confused tapestry of ideologies. Many of the slogan uttering advocates of social change claim we must get back to nature to save the world. Politics with all its mix and ideology and deceit, with its greed and its ability to distort truth to suit a leaders stance, has taken over all debates about environmental issues. So, let us attempt to express some rational thoughts.
By Peter Rose6 years ago in The Swamp
Save Lives—Requesting that All Police Departments Have Domestic Violence Units
So, I Finally Did the Thing. The thing I kind of said I would never do. I got “political.” If you can call it that, which I myself do not. I made my first petition to ask for change that I think could save the lives of many women that would likely otherwise end up dead. I am really hoping this thing works. Here it is:
By Samantha Clarke6 years ago in The Swamp
Children's Homes, Foster Care, and the Social Care System. Creating Already Damaged Children into Even More Damaged Adults
After hearing Alex Wheatle's story about his time in a Lambeth children's home in the 1970s, he wrote a book called Brixton Rock, where he told his heart-breaking childhood in a care home where he was racially, sexually, and physically abused my the staff member's at the care home.
By Trina Tuthill6 years ago in The Swamp
You Gals Are Right
I am well aware of you ladies and your disdain for men at times. We spent centuries treating you ladies like second-class citizens, where the only thing you were good for was cooking, cleaning the house, raising the kids that you made, and often at times sex-objects.
By Johann Hollar7 years ago in The Swamp
Into the Foray Rides a Dark Horse
They say the nature of a man is best judged by his actions and deeds. For Sam Jones—a mild tempered man who has seen first hand the wonton despair and despondency of ordinary citizens, day after day, languish in quiet desperation just clinging to the hope that one day soon their lives will take a sudden turn for the better—is about to make a decision that could very well alter the destinies of millions of Americans.
By Dr. Williams7 years ago in The Swamp
Dena Miller, From One White Woman to Another, Let Me Help You Understand Why The Squad: Congresswomen Pressley, Ohar, Ocasio-Cortez, and Tilab Are NOT Racist
I am a white woman. I grew up in a very well-to-do community wanting for nothing. My parents are very well educated. They also grew up in well-to-do communities. Neither they, myself, my siblings, nor my other relatives grew up in poverty or a culturally diverse region. I had every privilege one could hope for, which was a complete disadvantage in one single way: I grew up in a colorless world.
By Dr. Megan Babb7 years ago in The Swamp
Indigenous Peoples Are Under Attack
Indigenous struggles go under-reported, mostly because they are either outside of the mainstream media’s focus, or because topics that should be talked about as Indigenous issues are not labeled as such due to the colonial definitions of who counts as Indigenous. Just the inner workings of who is seen as Indigenous from our media, and who isn’t, is another in-depth article. From police killings of Native people during an “independence day” celebration to the concentration camps holding Indigenous peoples that mainstream media does not recognize as Indigenous peoples. The media often doesn’t tell the stories in the context that we need them to be told in. Removing or overlooking Indigenous identity from some of these stories aids in the erasure of our communities. From the Island of Hawaii and Borikén (Puerto Rico) to the settler-colonial borders and throughout Turtle Island (the "Americas”) our community is fighting to save the earth and our people.
By Andrea Perkins7 years ago in The Swamp
