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Erin Monahan (she/her)

"Slaydies"... Just No: White Women We Need to Gather Our People

"Slaydies"... Just No: White Women We Need to Gather Our People

White women co-opted the #MeToo movement and now we are at it again with the word, "Slay." Elite climbing athletes, Emily Harrington, Margo Hayes, and Paige Claassen, starred in a short marketing video titled, "Slaydies," for La Sportiva, an Italian climbing company. Technically, the athlete&

Body/Slut/Women-Just-Being-Themselves Shaming

Body/Slut/Women-Just-Being-Themselves Shaming

Cover Image of Sonya Renee Taylor's book, The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self Love from Amazon.com You may have found, or find, yourself in some huge drama at some point or another with your family, friends, co-workers, or flight attendant, about

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Avoiding Erasure, Tokenization, and Dehumanization

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Avoiding Erasure, Tokenization, and Dehumanization

“The internet is an interesting place. We share a lot on the web and never really stop to think about what we’re sharing or where it came from, but every meme, every viral video, is someone else’s intellectual property. Someone took time to create these things, and we

Believe Womxn: The Front Lines Are Not Blurred

Believe Womxn: The Front Lines Are Not Blurred

If we want to stand alongside womxn, then we need to start believing them when they tell us where the frontlines are. There won't always be a sign to demarcate "sexism," "racism," "homophobia," "transphobia," "fatphobia," or "classism,

Resources on Appropriation

Resources on Appropriation

Cultural Appropriation Video Via Marina Shutup Restival Global Information -Website: restivalglobal.com -Navajo: restivalglobal.com/the-navajo/ -YouTube Main Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCopuVihoPJ5ZD82u27kl5uQ -YouTube video shown during the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM-mIA-BRHI -Larissa Nez’s Twitter thread that called out Restival

What is White Feminism?

What is White Feminism?

Cover image from Mic's video called, "Have You Tried White Feminism?" White feminism is a white woman crying, "That isn't very 'women-empowerment' of you!" when you're trying to explain to her how her actions, behavior, and/or

White Sentiments About the Outdoors Have Spawned Out of Racism, Revisionism, and Capitalistic-Patriarchal Gains

Image provided by contributor/co-facilitator of "Interrupting Oppression" Larissa Nez Last month was Native American Heritage Month. On November 16th 210,000 gallons, or 5,000 barrels, of oil spilled near Amherst, South Dakota thanks to the Keystone Pipeline, which pumps oil from Canada’s Alberta province