Thing About Skins (Page 2)

Thing About Skins

This Is Why I'm Hot!

Christina M. Castro

December 04, 2012

Lately, we as Native people have been bombarded with a constant influx of demeaning imagery in the media and fashion industry...

Divisiveness, Drunken Pilots, and Kim Kardashian: A Pigeon-Toed Indian Pontificates About the 2012 Election

Gyasi Ross

November 26, 2012

I think airport conversations, the ones that happen while you're waiting for your flight, are the most interesting conversations you can have. Why? Who knows?...

BUY NATIVE: A Campaign to Buy Native American-Made Gifts this Holiday Season

Jessica R. Metcalfe

November 24, 2012

(Gyasi’s Note: I love Dr. Jessica. She does her work simply because she loves Native people; as a result of her love of Native people, she tries to help Native people...

Well Done Indian Country: Amazing Job During the Election, but Now the Hard Work Begins

Gyasi Ross

November 09, 2012

Ok, now the election’s done. Good. Thank God—it went on about six months too long...

Native Family Reunions (A Classic Revisited)

Gyasi Ross

October 16, 2012

My family doesn't really have reunions. Not pre-planned family reunions, anyway—you know, the kind with hats, t-shirts and what have you...

Senator Scott Brown's Racist and Anti-Indian Campaign Rallies: Why Progressive People Should Give Money to Elizabeth Warren's Campaign in Order to Get this Bigot Out of Office

Gyasi Ross

September 26, 2012

Senator Scott Brown from Massachusetts. Hold that thought, please—indulge me for a few minutes while we talk about discrimination, outrage and offensive behavior...

Breaking News: Scarlett Johansson Is Hot, the Sky is Blue, Mitt is an Elitist, and Other Shocking Developments

Gyasi Ross

September 18, 2012

The results of some very serious investigative reporting just came in, with the following revelation: Apparently, Mitt Romney is a rich, white (although he wishes he were Mexican),...

Underdogs, Daniel LaRusso, and Democrats: Denise Juneau Rocked the House

Gyasi Ross

September 06, 2012

I root, unabashedly, for underdogs. Growing up cheering for the Seattle Mariners, Supersonics or Seahawks will do that to you...

A Pragmatic Look at Tribal Participation in Non-Native Elections: Mountains, Winds, and Abraham Lincoln the Gay, Woman and Minority Hunter

Gyasi Ross

August 30, 2012

An Indian Tribe—an autonomous Nation, comprising Natives, that has existed on this continent since time immemorial—deferring to a political party is like a mighty glacier conformin...

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