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A Black Feminist Construction of Veganism: An Embodied Act of Inclusionary Healing and Revitalization

A Black Feminist construction operates through its core principle to “decolonize the body” (Harper 2010) via the rejection of capitalism, social oppressions, and environmental degradation. A long and complicated history has…

Ghostbusters in Environmentalism: Black Women (Re)Shaping Environmental Justice

When Battered Women Bite Back: The Story of Marissa Alexander

When 31-year-old Marissa Alexander, African American mother of three, shot a single warning bullet into the wall during her husband’s rage in 2012, she was stunned when she was charged with three counts of aggravated…

The Kardashians, White Privilege and Performing Blackness

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians franchise began in October 2007 with millions of views on its first episode. The reality show focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Kardashian-Jenner family.

Agency Within the Medical Plantation

Science and societal norms have long situated the white cishet male perspective as the objective, unmarked lens: white cishet malehood is allowed to be considered unbiased and to produce knowledge that is labeled as unbiased when, in fact, this position is no more…

Black Women Play Games?

I can see the negative tone that this title presents. This is because the idea of “playing games” is usually related…