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Audre Lorde And I Were Once Enemies

February 16, 2021February 15, 2021 Kenyon Farrow #AudreLorde, Activism, black feminism, Gender, white supremacy

Audre Lorde and I were once mortal enemies. At least that’s the way it seemed. In late 2004, I wrote

A Family History of British Empire

February 5, 2021January 30, 2021 Mary Hicks African Diaspora, black feminism, Black women, Caribbean

“Where are you from?”—The deceptively simple question looms over the sprawling narrative of Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands,

Blackness, Dehumanized: A Black Feminist Analysis of ‘Bridgerton’

February 2, 2021February 21, 2021 Shaun Armstead black feminism, blackness, popular culture, race, racism, Visual Culture

Since its release on Christmas Day, Bridgerton has attracted international attention for its racial cosmopolitan reenactment of early nineteenth-century Britain.

The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay: An Interview with Shanna G. Benjamin

January 21, 2021January 20, 2021 Tyler Parry black feminism, Black women, black women scholars, Gender, Literary studies, literature, race

In today’s post, Tyler D. Parry, the senior editor of Black Perspectives and Vice President of AAIHS, interviews Shanna G.

The Power of Black Motherhood during COVID-19 and the Uprisings

October 16, 2020October 13, 2020 Assata Gonzalez #Autoethnographies, Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black women, Gender, race, racism, white supremacy

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read