Obvious Invisibility: Whiteness at Carleton

It was snowing again, and I've been working on variations of this post for a very long time, so I guess it's time to get this baby posted. For my avid readership. Who have been following me for almost a year now! (Okay, we're several months away from that, but still.) So, I'm late to …

The Problem with Asking Michael Shermer to Speak at Carleton’s Convocation: Part 2

Trigger Warning: Discussion of racism and Islamophobia, including racial caricatures and graphic racial violence. Laura cursing further. All right, let's say you just don't care about women, or you don't believe in sexism because, hey, you've never seen it, and you think people just can't take a joke and are all probably just overreacting. There …

2014 in Review

Trigger warnings: Discussion of violence against people of color, discussion of sexual assault. December is here. Time to look at this year. For me personally it was both an incredible year and an extremely painful year. It was full of some of the best times of my (relatively) young life and some of the very …