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...
How Not to Excuse Far-Right Women
“I am still in utter disbelief by Thursday’s verdict. Never in my life did I imagine my own government would charge me as a...
The Power of Pan-Africanism: A Dialogue with Dr. LaRose Parris
Dr. LaRose T. Parris, originally from Jamaica in the West Indies, and shaped by the diverse cultural landscape of New York City, is Associate...
Epistemic Refusal as a Form of Indigenous* Resistance and Respect
“Refusal is simultaneously a negation of access to information and resources, as well as an affirmation of sovereignties.” Rachel Flowers
I am an Indigenous philosopher, and...
Forgiveness, Obligation, and Cultures of Domination: A Review of Myisha Cherry’s Failures of Forgiveness
Myisha Cherry has entitled her recent book Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better. The occasion for forgiveness is...
The Motherhood Identity
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision stripped women of the constitutional right to an abortion, setting up a showdown among...
Women in Philosophy Behaving Badly? Or Madly?
*The term “Mad” is a contentious identifier. I use Mad as a form of resistance but not all diagnosed persons are on board. The...
Jeezy’s Lessons from Adversity
Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins—father, rapper, urban philosopher, and entrepreneur—was born on September 28, 1977, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was introduced to the street life...