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Martin Luther King Jr.'s Views On Gay People

Openly gay African American organizer Bayard Rustin opens up about King's views on homosexuality in a 1989 interview.

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A Natural Alarm: Flash Fiction

I have no choice but to start all over again, tomorrow or not at all.

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On Reparations, Gentrification, The Role Of Police, And Other Intellectual Pursuits

I think about extremism and free speech and bigotry and the role of satire and privilege, always privilege. My brain is very full.

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Ravishly's Top 5 Reads Of The Week

Facial hair, marriage, privilege, play parties, ugliness. Just another week at Ravishly.

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This Week In Pantsuit Politics: Croatia Elects Its First Woman President

Also this week: A congresswoman will deliver the GOP's response to the State of the Union, and Hillary gets a . . . spiteful coloring book?

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"United We Will Win": 96 Hours Of Direct Action For Martin Luther King Jr. Continues

Today's protest in Oakland reminds us that this city is both a bastion of tolerance and diversity and also one of the most racially-afflicted in the country.

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Batman, Superguys, And The Man In Bam!

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

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I'm A Feminist Who's Flattered By Catcalling

What kind of feminist must I be if I feel complimented by street harassment?

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