The need to feel superior to others is never ending. It manifests in many ways, but the worst manifestation has to be the self proclaimed grammar snob. Intelligent enough to memorize the rules of a dominant colonial language, self-proclaimed grammar snobs lack the vision to understand that lingual rules are arbitrary and often used as … Continue reading Postcolonial Grammar Snobs…God’s Biggest Creation Mistake Since Lucifer

  I am so sick and tired of men attacking women's appearance when women say something that they do not like. The most flagrant display of privilege occurred when a man whose body exists outside of standard notions of acceptability, attacked the woman pictured, on the basis of her appearance. The Twitter user @deezydothis crudely referred … Continue reading Name calling “Fetty Abena” : A Lesson On Privilege, Class, and Assholes

My women friends and I hate being called "Queen". Because often times "Queen" is a way in which sexist men divide women into two categories: one category affords women respect, while the other category dehumanizes and denies women respect. For many sexists, being a human is not enough reason to respect women. Women are thus … Continue reading 4 Reasons I Hate Being Called A Queen As Being A Human Should Be Enough