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The Privilege to Perform Queerness: When Straight People Step Outside of Cisheteronormativity They Gain Social Capital, But at What Cost?

Meme created by Brittney Okabe and Abolition Memes On September 29, 2019 Pattie Gonia posted a video and photo of both herself and Alex Honnold donning a matching pair of Pattie’s signature patent-leather, six-inch heeled boots. Honnold and Pattie are seen striking dramatic poses and laughing surrounded

The Binary is A White, Colonialist Fiction and It's Up to White Cishet Folks to Disrupt It

The Binary is A White, Colonialist Fiction and It's Up to White Cishet Folks to Disrupt It

[The image on the right depicts an angry, screaming King Kong clutching a feinting white woman in a barely-there dress. The image on the right depicts a muscular and strong Lebron James screaming and taking a forward-facing stance while wrapping an arm around Giselle Bundchen who is posed

The Ongoing Project of Settler Colonialism Ushered into the Future by Ellen Degeneres and White Feminism

The Ongoing Project of Settler Colonialism Ushered into the Future by Ellen Degeneres and White Feminism

Collage created by images from UX Gun, Duncan Kidd, and Cooper Neill/AP, Ron Jenkins/AP “White feminism does not look at itself, does not aim to de-center itself, and is only concerned about its own social and economic capital.” Ellen Degeneres spoke out about her experience of sitting

Action Items For the Start of Autumn

Action Items For the Start of Autumn

We recently asked our followers on Instagram: "What would you like to see more of, or learn about?" We got ONE response! Please send us feedback if you have it! We love to hear from our community. You can reply directly to this email: helloterraincognita@gmail.com (whether

Kick Kurbo and Fatphobia to the Curb

Kick Kurbo and Fatphobia to the Curb

Photo courtesy of Annie Shelmerdine Kurbo, an app launched by WW (Weight Watchers) this past August, targets kids and teens and claims to help them develop healthy eating and exercise habits. Over 87,000 people have signed a petition to demand that WW remove the app because it has the

When Natural Disasters Strike, What Happens to People in Prisons?

Photo Collage composed of photographs from Heidi Benyounes, Bizarre Mooder, and Vidar Nordli-Mathisen As Hurricane Dorian looms slowly closer to the shores of South Carolina evacuations have been ordered for certain coastal communities. Despite these calls, Ridgeland Correctional Institute, in Jasper County, an area that makes up the very

What Keeps Black Womxn from Getting the Money They Deserve? Institutional Racism and Sexism, and... Excuses.

What Keeps Black Womxn from Getting the Money They Deserve? Institutional Racism and Sexism, and... Excuses.

According to the April 2019 report by the National Partnership for Women and Families, “Black women in the United States who work full-time, year-round are typically paid 61 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men,” a fact pulled from the U.S. Census Bureau 2018.