Aja Barber

Aja Barber gives us her first-hand account of the Women's March — the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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?

Whenever Lena Dunham starts trending on Facebook or Twitter, it’s become this thing where I suddenly morph into Angry Tyra.

Can women have it all? Just kidding! I hate that question!

I've been really trying to think about every purchase I make and its overall impact on the world. However, I recently broke code and indulged in the Marimekko for Target collection.

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

I am shocked, perplexed and a little bit dismayed over the amount of “good liberals” who have pushed my friendship to the point of no return over the term “white feminism." As a matter of fact, I would go so far as to say the cries over white feminism vs. intersectional feminism is the new #BlackLivesMatter vs #AllLivesMatter. You might not see it that way now but you will by next year. Trust me. I’ve been through this before and damn, am I tired.

Hiiiiii people! These issues aren’t going away. And neither am I. So scroll on by if it bothers you.

We can never get enough handy gift guides, so we asked our lovely writer Aja what she has planned for her holiday shopping this year.