The Intersection of Black, Caribbean, and Deaf Communities: An Interview with Dr. Derefe Chevannes
Originally from Jamaica, Dr. Chevannes is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Memphis. Dr. Chevannes’s research surrounds the intersection of...
Social Processes and Shifting Existential Burdens: A Nietzschean Reading of Zora Neale Hurston’s African-American...
Mules carry other people’s burdens. Zora Neale Hurston's third book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, describes the condition of being a mule. They are...
From the “Chinese Simone de Beauvoir” to the “Chinese He Yin Zhen”: Decolonizing Anglo-European...
He Yin Zhen (1884—circa 1920) was a radical Chinese anarcha-feminist political philosopher. Her radicalness manifests itself not only in her views on such issues...
Black Feminist Theory and Praxis: An interview with Dr. Desireé Melonas
Desireé Melonas is an Assistant Professor in the departments of Political Science and Black Study at the University of California, Riverside. She searches and teaches in the...
Ozempic, “Food Noise,” and the Pathologization of Hunger
An immense cultural discourse has sprouted around Ozempic and Wegovy, two prescription drugs that are being used to help people lose weight. One effect...
Bergson and Reproductive Justice: Critiquing Boundary-Drawing around Race and the Individual
Several of the most acute social problems in the U.S. intersect in the domain of reproductive justice (RJ). Considerations about choice and autonomy, our...
Tradwife Aesthetic: When Being the Beauvoirian Other Reemerges as a Social Media Trend
If you have been on social media for the past few years, you might have encountered a particular type of content that transports us...
The Cosmos: Black Like Me
When Brown University cosmologist Stephon Alexander steps up to the podium in June to accept the 2024 Frantz Fanon Award for Outstanding Achievements in...
Maria Lugones: A Meditation on Acompañamiento, Compartir y Compas
A continuación se encuentra una versión en español.
A Spanish translation of this post is below.
I remember the first time I met you. It was...
“If you become a monster, the fight is not worth it”: An interview with...
Mouhamadou El Hady Ba is an associate professor of Philosophy at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. Professor Hady Ba is also the...