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As ambassadors of aloha, Hawaiian women have been susceptible to the eroticization of their bodies and the insistent commodification of their aloha.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
To be at the intersection of female-identifying, queer, and Black is to find oneself at an integral apex. Each of these components is a key technology in and of itself. Alone and together, “female,” “queer,” “Black” as a survival strategy demand the creation of their individual machinery, that innovates, builds, resists. With physical movement
... See moreLegacy Russell • Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto
emotional corporeality is moreover a central element to defining black racial authenticity.
Shaka McGlotten • Virtual Intimacies: Media, Affect, and Queer Sociality
black people have often been figured as essentially feeling bodies and bodies that in turn hail more feelings to life:
Shaka McGlotten • Virtual Intimacies: Media, Affect, and Queer Sociality
how Blackness is selectively celebrated (and contained) within the white imagination.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import.