“While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret that its inclusion has become a distraction from the important debate over equality and justice.” – TIME apologizes for including “feminist” on its list of banned words for 2015 (but not for the fact that the entire list is basically language used by people other than straight white men, so like, whatevs, thanks TIME).
WEIRD SISTER’s own Morgan Parker’s brilliant personal essay “White People Love Me: Dispatches from the Token” over on VIDA: Women in Literary Arts’ site brings up really important ideas about tokenism and “diversity,” specifically within literary communities.
Transgender pioneer and author of Stone Butch Blues Leslie Feinberg died this week. We’re so grateful for hir incredibly important, insightful, beautiful work. Read Feinberg’s obituary, written by hir partner Minnie Bruce Pratt, here. Continue reading
