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Given that White individuals disproportionately occupy “gatekeeping” positions of power, one key barrier to systemic change is rooted in White individuals’ emotional (and emotion-regulatory) responses when considering their own role in racism (e.g., involvement in racist systems, biased actions). White people often experience such moments as a jeopardy to their valued goals and are consequently highly motivated to reduce the negative emotions that they feel by denying or avoiding the issue—a multifaceted response known as a White fragility response. (White fragility: An emotion regulation perspective. | American Psychological Association)

Emotional flooding “outstrips your ability to use the smarter part of your brain,” she says. The result is that everything collapses into one-dimensional thinking... (What ‘Emotional Flooding’ Really Means—And How to Handle It | Time Magazine)

The [short docu-drama] film, shot by Hooper (The King’s Speech, The Danish Girl)... follows a day in the life of 15-year-old autistic girl Ash – cast alongside her real family and best friends – and her elemental relationship with her favourite hoodie, which was central to the bespoke script. (Me, My Autism and I: Vanish unveils its Channel 4 Diversity In Advertising Award-Winning campaign | Channel 4)

When Hannah got naked on screen, it was Dunham depicting, in the most direct way possible, the show’s awareness of Hannah’s lack of self-awareness. It was also “Girls” telling the viewer, “we don’t care what you think about it.” (‘Girls’: Why Lena Dunham Getting Naked For 6 Seasons Proves the Show’s Greatness | IndieWire)

Lena Dunham Opens Up About Her Body Confidence In Exclusive Interview | Marie Claire

Nudity and graphic sex? Lena Dunham and ‘Girls’ can do better | LA Times

Why Lena Dunham’s Persistent Nudity in ‘Girls’ is Important | Incite

The Global Justice Project attempts to set out a new vision for global progress in the 21st century: grounding human development and equality in planetary habitability. It explores the conditions under which the world could move toward this horizon and traces an economically and ecologically consistent transition path from 2026 to 2100. (The Global Justice Project)

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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

The nearly hour-long film takes us on a journey through what George calls the ‘movement of images of race through time’ and sits adjacent to an installation of images from the archive. These pictures are often zoomed into and cropped, zeroing in on the Black figure, varying from two women lying in what looks like a post-coital dream state to chilling anthropological photography and Medieval spectres. (Edward George re-presents an archive of images depicting Blackness at the Warburg Institute | The World of Interiors)

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We can’t have an honest reckoning about race until we start to recognize all the ways in which privilege and prejudice creep into our lives (Why we need to call out casual racism | TED Ideas)

Racism denial is a coping tool. The contradiction of living in a society that preaches equality, freedom, and democracy but often practices the opposite, generates psychic distress, triggering denial. Whether reflecting strategy or psychology, racism denial comes in many forms. (The art of the denial | The Emancipator)

...Afroféminas, an Afrofeminist platform that promotes equality, representation and racial justice. Its purpose was to make the multiple ways of living and expressing Blackness visible, and also to educate on the different manifestations of racism. (AfroféminasGPT: A decolonial and anti-racist AI | Technology | EL PAÍS English)

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How racism operates in clinical work, supervision and our institutions is explored, and whilst it can seem an intractable problem, proposals are given for ways forward. This book will be of great importance to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, social workers and all those with an interest in the role of white privilege on mental health. (The Work of Whiteness: A Psychoanalytic Perspective | Routledge)