Is Language a Battlefield?
It is old hat to emphasize that language is political. Nowadays we know that everything is political. Language is political, translation is political, and...
Relational Perspectivism in Anzaldúa and Lugones Contra Nietzsche
Nietzsche’s philosophy holds radical possibilities for feminist philosophy. He disrupted traditional philosophical accounts of what it means to be human and how we create...
Barrett Holmes Pitner’s “The Crime Without a Name”
I recently had the good fortune of a live-streamed New York Public Library conversation with philosopher and journalist Barrett Holmes Pitner. The focus of...
A Critique of the Colonial Cleanliness Crusade
At the beginning of the 19th century, most Euro-Americans would bathe three times: after birth, before marriage (which was required if one was a...
Black Women, Black Feminism, and Universalism
I first learned about universal egalitarianism and inclusion from my aunts and my momma. When these women prepare meals, they always consider how they...
Still Harming: Why the Trump-Era Title IX Regulations Need to Go
In August, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a defense of the Title IX regulations implemented by the Trump administration. The author, Tamara Rice...
Gaze
I am watching the news with my brother-in-law on a drizzly October evening at his house in Yvelines, southwest of Paris. He stands against...
Emotional Labor and Affective Injustice
The 'Concept Creep' of Emotional Labor
The term “emotional labor” used to be more narrowly defined than it is today. Sociologist Arlie Hochschild invented the...
On Revolutionary History and the Freedom Project: A Review Essay of Julius Scott’s The...
Julius S. Scott’s The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution was rightly bestowed with the Frantz Fanon Outstanding Book...
A Feminist in the Forest
Like many others this past year, my children and I sought refuge from the pandemic in the great outdoors. Instead of traveling far from...