Aja Barber

Have we all been problematic in the past? Oh hell yes. I know I have.

How does one advertisement go so magnificently wrong, managing to center whiteness in the story of the battles of marginalized people, while playing down the horrific effects of police brutality and concluding in a white savior grand finale?

There are so few people in this world who can bring very many strong, stoic people to their knees in the hour of death.

The entertainment industry allows abuse to flourish and allows abusers to hide behind fancy titles and big credits.

If gentrification bothers you, the first thing you have to ask yourself is “Am I part of the problem?” The world is better when it’s more diverse

I may not be thrilled to vote for her, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to let the misogyny and toxic masculinity we fight so hard against control the campaign narrative of the first major woman presidential candidate.

I refuse to write some sort of inane rubbish about how sweatshirts are the new sweatshirt.

Hugh Hefner - people either love him or hate him, and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of room for middle ground. He was an abuser and civil rights advocate.

I first met Darlene Howell McNerney through my sister.

When I help people clean out their wardrobes, the items I come across that hang in the back closet never seeing the light of day are usually pieces purchased in a frenzy — out of necessity instead of joy.