NEW BLOG | THE HIDDEN COSTS OF MOTHERING AN INCARCERATED ADULT CHILD Raquel Delerme draws on in-depth interviews with mothers with incarcerated adult children, finding the cumulative impact of financialized policies and time-draining bureaucracy results in the extraction of precious time and money from working-class Black and Latine women on the outside.| Gender & Society
Autumn Breon is using performance and mixed media art to both celebrate Black women's achievements and honor their struggles. Her latest performance, Dignity Denied, shines a light on the case of Adriana Smith.'I wanted to show what lack of autonomy, what surveillance looks like, and durational performance felt like the best way to highlight her situation.''You might have a six-week abortion ban. You might have whatever other oppressive policies in place. We have always found ways to aid and ...| Ms. Magazine
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and eighteenth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled phil…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
I’m sharing some reflections and pictures from a 2024 highlight in June, when I organised an event titled “From Crisis to Liberation” as part of the program Black Feminism & The Polycrisis, which I lead as Research Chair at The New Institute. What is the polycrisis? It’s the entanglement of interconnected crises—climate change, wars, economic...Continue Reading| MsAfropolitan
I am so thrilled to share that our film Black Feminism and the Polycrisis has won the silver award for Public Service and Activism at the 14th Annual Lovie Awards—the most prestigious pan-European awards recognising Internet excellence, with over 1,200 entries from more than 35 countries this year. | MsAfropolitan
BLACK FEMINISM AND THE PRACTICE OF CARE Friday, November 16th, 2018 9:00am-4:30pm 9:00am Breakfast, 9:30am Discussions , 4:30pm Closing Reception UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room Audre Lorde famously maintained that […]| UCLA Bunche Center
There’s a spirituality to black femme-dom. A current in the room when a group of black femmes get together. It is the lifeblood that courses through several nations–even ones we had no intention of traveling to to begin with. It is the reason I would go to church when it was hard to get out […]| Crutches and Spice
I’m currently in Hamburg, Germany chairing “Black Feminism & The Polycrisis”, an essential and exciting program at THE NEW INSTITUTE that I had the great pleasure to put together earlier this year. Read more about the program in THE NEW INSTITUTE’s press release below and follow our upcoming work here. Press Release ANNOUNCEMENT “BLACK FEMINISM... Continue Reading The post Why black feminists are responding to the polycrisis first appeared on Feminism and Social Criticism by Minna S...| Feminism and Social Criticism by Minna Salami
In order to transform social reality, we must transform what, why, and how we know. I could not be happier to share that in partnership with the global platform for alternative education and transformative experiences, Advaya, and the black feminist advocacy organization Black Women Radicals, I’ve developed a feminist course titled, “Sensuous Knowledge: A Black... Continue Reading The post Sensuous Knowledge, a Black Feminist Course for Everyone. Join us! first appeared on Feminism and So...| Feminism and Social Criticism by Minna Salami
We, Gaitho and Miriam, are two Black radical feminist researchers living in Europe. We met during the 2021 Black Europe Summer School (BESS) The post The Black Europe Summer School: Space as Revolution first appeared on Young Feminist Europe.| Young Feminist Europe