Black lives matter

As the country continues its long-overdue racial awakening, a new (but not actually new) holiday has started to make its way into the white cultural consciousness: Juneteenth.

After Blackout Tuesday, you may have seen the term “optical allyship” making the rounds on social media, along with the phrase “it’s a movement, not a moment.” While it’s great that Black Lives Matter is finally being accepted in the mainstream and talked about on a global scale, and showing solidarity (especially on social media) is important, it shouldn’t be your only step toward working to be anti-racist.

In the past few weeks, we’ve all been trying to step up when it comes to supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.

In the words of every philosophy professor I've ever had, "let's do a quick thought experiment." Imagine you hire someone to do a job with a pretty clear description and expectations.

The past few weeks, the country has been making strides in supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and speaking out against police brutality and systemic racism.

Protestors across the country have taken to the streets over the past two weeks to demand an end to police brutality.

The last few months have been riddled with the word “uncertainty”—an email was not an email if it did not address the “uncertain times” that the coronavirus pandemic spewed upon us this past winter, right before giving you 40% off All Shoes and Tops.