Uncoddling White Women: An Interview with Community Organizer Becky Rafter
By Amanda Hendler-Voss Becky Rafter could have been among the 67% of white women voters in Alabama who cast their lot with Roy Moore. She grew up all over the South, including an Alabama small town...
View ArticleThank You, Sir. May I Have Another…Pad?
By Adrienne Kitcheyan and Tuesday Brauer Arizona House Bill 2222, menstrual equity legislation that many have referred to as “the tampon bill,” was introduced to the all-male committee on Military,...
View ArticleLessons from the Damned, 2018; or Why We Cannot wait for Tenure to Insist...
By. Dr. G & Dr. Kimberly S. Love “The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.” —Ntozake Shange, Sassafrass,...
View ArticleA Collective Student Response to the “Chicago Statement”
We, The Damned Collective, are delighted to host the work of The Damned. Below you will read and certainly be inspired by this collective statement from Williams College Students. This is their...
View ArticleThe (Un)Fair Fight for a Just Democracy
We, The Damned Collective, are delighted to host the work of The Damned. Below you will read Dr. Joy James’ response to the “Chicago Statement.” We honor these words. We give gratitude for the gift...
View ArticleThe Time Has Come for White Women to Move Beyond Lip Service: Toward an...
We, The Damned Collective, are delighted to host the work of The Damned. Below you will read Dr. Merri Lisa Johnson call to White Women (and others). She asks “What are you doing—with, through, and...
View ArticleA Commitment to/with/for The Damned
We, The Damned Collective, are delighted to host the work of The Damned. Below you will read a collective statement from The Damned Collective to/with/for The Damned. We ask that you read this...
View ArticleBlack Lesbian Resistance and Resilience
By Sheila Alexander-Reid Editors’ Note: This herstory was written and read by Sheila Alexander-Reid, founder of the Women in the Life Association, to millennial Black queer women and Black lesbians...
View ArticleOur Letter of Camaraderie to Black Women and WOC: A promise from (some) white...
We all have watched When They See Us. It has galvanized us to speak/say/commit ourselves to witnessing/damning white supremacy, openly and aggressively. Ava DuVernay explodes the horrors of white...
View ArticleGenerations of white women’s violence stop here: On watching the Amy Cooper...
By Annie Menzel For white people working to align ourselves with justice, it makes sense to want to distance ourselves from Amy Cooper, the “Central Park Karen.” Amy Cooper deliberately lied to...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....