Our weekly recap highlighting the best feature stories from around the internet.
Odell Beckham Jr. Photo: AFP
It’s not about you, Lena Dunham; it never was – by April Reign, The Undefeated
“Maybe Odell Beckham Jr doesn’t know who Dunham is. Maybe Beckham didn’t feel like speaking to anyone. Maybe Beckham knew who she was and intentionally chose not to interact with her. All of these things are possible. But the only likely scenario that made sense to Dunham is that he wasn’t attracted to her sexually. Because that is the only way that she saw him. As a black buck there for her choosing, who had somehow rejected her. In her head.”
Why Closing Nightclubs Like Fabric Does Not Save Lives – by Aimee Cliff, The Fader
“It doesn’t matter whether they were in Room 2 at Fabric or in a field or a friend’s bedroom — many young people’s lives might have been saved had they known more about how much is safe to drop.”
I cannot take Nate Parker rape allegations lightly – by Gabrielle Union, Los Angeles Times
“I took this part in this film to talk about sexual violence. To talk about this stain that lives on in our psyches. I know these conversations are uncomfortable and difficult and painful. But they are necessary. Addressing misogyny, toxic masculinity, and rape culture is necessary. Addressing what should and should not be deemed consent is necessary.”
Just to Be Clear, Saying You’re On the Pill Does Not Mean Consent – by Laura Borrowdale, Vice
“Consent cannot be seen not a one off thing, it's an ongoing process. The person who's heavy breathing against your neck can say yes as much as they like, but the moment that becomes no, or even less of a yes, it's over.”
The click click club – by Tim Murphy, Stoppress
“So the idea now that our news websites are collectively committing journalism-icide isn’t wholly new. And it isn’t wholly wrong. But it is not because they have gone for high appeal over worthiness or headlines and news selections that are sensational -- in that they awaken our senses. It is that, in most cases, they are doing it so very averagely.”
Black Tweets Matter – by Jenna Wortham, Smithsonian Magazine
“For all its power as a protest medium, black Twitter serves a great many users as a virtual place to just hang out. There is much about the shared terrain of being a black person in the United States that is not seen on small or silver screens or in museums or best-selling books, and much of what gets ignored in the mainstream thrives, and is celebrated, on Twitter.”
