All posts by Guest Contributor
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Generations of white women’s violence stop here: On watching the Amy Cooper video with my 5-year-old white daughter
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...
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Our Letter of Camaraderie to Black Women and WOC: A promise from (some) white women after watching Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us”
"We want white supremacy to end, no matter what it means for us or other white people. We know it will be better than the...
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Black Lesbian Resistance and Resilience
We are in an intergenerational relay race for our survival. I received the baton from Black lesbian and gay elders who preceded me in the...
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THE MAKING OF A NEW ANTI-RACIST FEMINIST WORKING CLASS; #Feminism4the99
By Zillah Eisenstein I am writing this just a few weeks after the Women’s marches of 2019. Tens of thousands of women — non-binary, trans, gender variant,...
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A 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...
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The Time Has Come for White Women to Move Beyond Lip Service: Toward an Anti-Racist Professional Ethics for White Women’s Studies Directors
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...
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The (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...
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A 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...
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Lessons from the Damned, 2018; or Why We Cannot wait for Tenure to Insist upon our Dignity, Respect, Power, and Value
By. Dr. G & Dr. Kimberly S. Love “The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Reflection Upon a Musical Selection: “Mary, Don’t You Weep”
By Kimberly Peeler-Ringer When Aretha Franklin recorded her live “Amazing Grace” album with James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir at the New Temple...
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#eulogizingaretha: What We Need to Say About Mother Franklin
By Andrea Plaid I’m not even sure who Rev. Jasper Williams was talking about in his eulogy. I know it wasn’t Mother Franklin. Not the...
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#eulogizingaretha: The Power of Aretha Louise Franklin
By Candace Laughinghouse Unbreakable, unrestricted, understood by black women everywhere. A eulogy is a spoken “good word,” traditionally given at the final celebration of one...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Rose Is Still A Rose
By Crystal Rook The first rose I will give You will be the Prickly Wild Rose to commemorate the struggles, mountains, disappointments, battles, joys, freedom,...
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#eulogizingaretha: The Queen Saved My Soul
By Aesha Adams-Roberts I first heard Aretha Franklin’s voice when I was just seven or eight-years-old, when she sang “Freeway of Love.” I’m almost certain...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Natural Black Woman: Aretha Franklin’s #BlackGirlMagic
By Rashod Grove With the passing of Aretha Louise Franklin, the world bid farewell to the greatest vocalist in the history of recorded American music....
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#eulogizingaretha: Her life. Her love for us. Our love for her.
By Kim Lett Aretha Louise Franklin invited us into her world, where she demanded “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” leaving a remarkable legacy. She, through her meaningful sounds and...
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#eulogizingaretha: R-E-P-E-A-T
By Tiffany James Soul ties Soul touch Soul praise Soul in the midst of us Where we stand. Where we give life Where we give...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Tribute to the Queen of Soul
By Heather-Elizabeth Brown Queen Aretha Franklin. Her voice soars and floats, high above this world, transporting us to a place of ethereal oneness with God,...
