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  • The Ersatz Emancipation of Femininity: On Being a Bulimic, Brown Lesbian
    first person

    The Ersatz Emancipation of Femininity:
    On Being a Bulimic, Brown Lesbian

    Cleo
    Sep 2, 2014
  • It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting
    politics + activism

    It’s Time for White Feminists to
    Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting

    Cleo
    Jul 10, 2014
  • The Ersatz Emancipation of Femininity: On Being a Bulimic, Brown Lesbian
    first person

    The Ersatz Emancipation of Femininity:
    On Being a Bulimic, Brown Lesbian

    Cleo
    Sep 2, 2014
  • It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting
    politics + activism

    It’s Time for White Feminists to
    Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting

    Cleo
    Jul 10, 2014
body image
mental health
The Ersatz Emancipation of Femininity: On Being a Bulimic, Brown Lesbian
first person

The Ersatz Emancipation of Femininity: On Being a Bulimic, Brown Lesbian

“When I was thirteen years old I began starving myself. I did so, in short, because I wanted so desperately to be thin. And by thin, I mainly meant white.”
Cleo —
Sep 2, 2014
bell hooks
cultural appropriation
It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting
politics + activism

It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting

“When will white feminists take collective responsibility for educating themselves? When will they understand the power at play that sings in their skins? We don’t exist in a vacuum and…
Cleo —
Jul 10, 2014
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