How Corporate Hip-Hop Profits From Rape Culture

April 16, 2013

Clutch magazine's Kirsten West Savali says that "pimps masquerading as corporations" are proud stakeholders in the degradation and endangerment of women and must be held accountable.

For Middle-Class White Girls When Being Privileged Isn't Enough

Clutch magazine's Kirsten West Savali responds to a Wall Street Journal op-ed about the college-admissions process. 

Should We Treat Rape-Glorifying Rappers With Love?

Clutch magazine's Kirsten West Savali says that Rick Ross is a "joke" and shouldn't be treated with any more sensitivity than other enemies of the black community.

Teen Pregnancy: Actually, Liberals Got It Right

Writing at Clutch magazine, Kirsten West Savali rebuts the position of The Root's political correspondent, Keli Goff, on controversial billboards stigmatizing young mothers. 

Maybe Men Can Be Forgiven for Cheating

Clutch magazine's Kirsten West Savali questions the conventional wisdom that women need a reason to be unfaithful, while men need only an opportunity. 

House or Field? Why Blacks Can't Have a Civil Debate

Clutch magazine's Kirsten West Savali recalls Malcolm X's slavery-inspired assessment of African Americans in her call for civil debate about pop-culture controversies. 

Ego Problem? Why Some Black Men Hate 'Scandal'

Clutch magazine's Kirsten West Savali wonders when the African-American men who "slut shame" Olivia Pope's character on the Shonda Rhimes series suddenly developed such strong morals. 

Why Doesn't the Nation Stand at Attention When Victims Are Brown?

Clutch magazine's Kirsten West Savali says there will never be an appropriate time to point out the racialized differences in our reactions to tragedy, so she might as well do it today.

Where Is the Outcry Over Black-on-Black Attacks?

Kirsten West Savali says at Clutch magazine that the reaction to Sharmeka Moffitt's story of a racial assault, which turned out to be fabricated, should make us wonder why we don't get as upset when we harm one another. 

Beyond the Pink Ribbon: The Real Breast-Cancer Battle

"We spend too much time rocking pink ribbons already and not enough money on actual prevention and treatment," Kirsten West Savali writes at Clutch magazine.