Critical, us? Yes. Absolutely. All the time.

Case in point: we flagged this piece in the Atlantic by Anne-Marie Slaughter on what Obama doesn’t get about gender inequality with no small degree of snark:

What @slaughteram doesn’t understand about racial inequality: non-white women earn less than white women theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/…

— Coloured Collective (@colourfulwomen) January 23, 2013

And then we were completely taken aback (positively so) when Slaughter replied to and engaged with us:

@colourfulwomen I do understand; it’s even worse, but here again, non-white women w/ kids earn least of all. — Anne-Marie Slaughter (@SlaughterAM) January 23, 2013

@slaughteram Then say so in your stories. Non-white women without children earn less than white women who have them. — Coloured Collective (@colourfulwomen) January 23, 2013

@colourfulwomen I do understand; it’s even worse, but here again, non-white women w/ kids earn least of all.

— Anne-Marie Slaughter (@SlaughterAM) January 23, 2013

@slaughteram Your work is important. Using ‘women’ when you mean ‘white women’ hurts awareness of other, equally important realities.

— Coloured Collective (@colourfulwomen) January 23, 2013

And then she updated the Atlantic piece to reflect the conversation. Examples in bold:

Equal pay for equal work certainly remains an issue for women, particularly women of color, but white women who do not have children earn the same or more than men.

One step at a time.