Carmen and Wendi discuss how the fashion and beauty industries continue to marginalize women of color.
Wendi Muse is a graduate of NYU where she had a concentration in legal and cultural studies of oppressed and marginalized peoples at the gallatin school of individualized study. She presently works at a law firm by day, but spends [...]

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Carmen interviews Stephen Duncombe, author of the new book Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy. From the book’s description:
What do Paris Hilton, Grand Theft Auto, Las Vegas, and a McDonald’s commercial have in common with progressive politics? Not much. And, as Stephen Duncombe brilliantly argues, this is part of what’s wrong with [...]

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Carmen and Latoya discuss why women of color sometimes feel ambivalent about feminism.
Overly opinionated and a prime candidate for MAA (Media Addicts Anonymous), freelance writer and blogger Latoya Peterson lives, learns, loves, and blogs – and then wakes up each morning to do it all over again. She currently contributes to online gaming magazine Cerise, [...]

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