Thing About Skins

Student Loans, Big Decisions, and Staying Hungry: Advice for Graduates

Gyasi Ross

May 09, 2013

We are firmly in graduation season. All of my graduations happened at least a decade ago, so I barely remember them...

Mother's Day, Superwoman Complex, and Getting Better: Loving Native People Better, v. 2

Gyasi Ross

May 02, 2013

Disclaimer: Zero research went into this piece (except for watching decades and decades of Native boys growing up under incredibly loving Native moms)...

Loving Native People Better, Vol. 1: Pop Quizzes and Friends (and Family) Like These

Gyasi Ross

April 15, 2013

POP QUIZ: Think of a list of 5 people whom you do not like or who irritate you...

Exclusive Video: VAWA, a Historic Native Victory

Gyasi Ross

April 08, 2013

Hey Native people…just in case you didn’t realize it, we made history very recently!...

In Honor of Women’s History Month: Just a Few of My Female Indigenous Inspirations

Gyasi Ross

March 28, 2013

Within Indigenous communities, the women lead. They lead in our homes and our society, whether elected or not – that tradition has continued for millennia...

Complicit in Killing the Earth: Of Pepsi Challenges and Democrats and Republicans

Gyasi Ross

March 21, 2013

A few months ago—right up until Election Day—many of our people messaged and pontificated like crazy to point out that there are serious and profound differences between the two po...

VAWA, Good News-Bad News, and Dirty Oil: How Obama Gave Himself Cover to Kill Native Sacred Sites

Gyasi Ross

March 07, 2013

INCREDIBLE NEWS: On Thursday, February 28th, 2013, the House of Representatives finally decided that Native women, LGBTQ women, and immigrant women were worthy of protections from ...

The Violence Against Women Act: Gun Rights, Idle No More, and Why Most House Republicans Say Rape Is OK

Gyasi Ross

February 05, 2013

INTRODUCTION: OF GUN RIGHTS AND POLITICS There is a fundamental difference between leadership and politics...

All Over Your Face: Confessions of a Former Social Media Junkie

Christina M. Castro

January 29, 2013

It has been roughly two months since I deactivated my beloved Facebook account...

Magic Mike, Idle No More, and Speakin' in Indian: Happy New Year

Gyasi Ross

January 02, 2013

It’s been a long time since I wrote something for “The Thing About Skins.” Heck, since the last time I wrote, all kinds of major pop culture events have been happening left and rig...

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