Stereotypes - xoJane

ASIAN WOMEN MAKE IDEAL WIVES: Really? This Is Still Happening?

Louise Hung — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400

Even with all these gross things that have been done and said to me regarding my race, I thought, perhaps naively, we were moving past this.

“I Heard Haitian Men Are Crazy!” And Other Brilliant Reactions To My Intercultural Relationship

Janday Wilson — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Men can be equal opportunity assholes, regardless of their background. And the same goes for women.

Don't Call Me A Stoner

Chloë — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:00:00 -0500

"Stoner" carries a connotation of bearded boy-men waxing shitty poetic about their HS crushes in whatever inane action-comedy TBS can afford to screen.

What It's Really Like: Dating As a "Smart Black Woman"

Kalisha Buckhanon of Clutch Magazine — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:30:00 -0500

Did you see a Black woman wearing glasses or reading a book on TV this week?

My City Isn't The Gayest City In America, And I'm Grumpy About It

Kate Conway — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:30:00 -0500

Gay magazine The Advocate did a write-up of the 15 gayest cities in America, and people are piiiissed -- mostly because its criteria rely on a very specific stereotype of LGBT person. Seriously, I refuse to believe the Whole Foods in Tacoma, Washington makes it a gay mecca.

I'm Trying To Stop Judging A Woman By Her Annoying, Annoying Voice

Rebecca — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:30:00 -0500

When I was a receptionist, it was not uncommon for people calling the office where I work to think I was an automated system.

I'm a Commercial Actress and I'm Constantly Being Told I'm Not "Black Enough"

Pia Glenn — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:00:00 -0500

We are a brown blur, a coded caricature painted in broad strokes where we are all “sassy” and “urban” and cannot simply clean the kitchen floor without finger-snappin’ and mouthpoppin’ at our appliances.

How To Actually Be A Beautiful Woman

Helena — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:30:00 -0500

Of course we know beauty comes from within. But how do we actually carry that out into the world?

Racism on Etsy: WTF Is a Golliwog and Other Important Questions

Lesley — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:30:00 -0400

Etsy's own policies state that they don't allow items that promote racially motivated hatred. So what's going on here?

Strip Club Science: Anatomy of a Hustle

Skipper Jones — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:00:00 -0400

Money is being held hostage in wallets. Like most of the men in the bar, it’s scared and lonely and you need to rescue it.

The xoJane Interview: Nancy Upton, Plus Size Model and AA Contest Saboteur

Eve — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:00:23 -0400

We talk to The American Apparel Anti-sweetheart about life after her hilarious and amazingly wonderful contest "loss."

If You Don’t Like People, Then You’re Not a Woman, and Other Theories on Why Young Women Don’t Consider Tech Jobs

Natalie P — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:15:49 -0400

I hope I look back on this post in 10 years and ironically fist-bump my fellow lady coders.