This post is part of a Nat. Brut series in which feminist writers, artists, and activists discuss people, publications, or organizations who are working toward inclusivity. Today, Gloria Lucas shares her choices.
BURY MY ART AT WOUNDED KNEE
I am indebted to the Tumblr site: BURY MY ART AT WOUNDED KNEE. I stumbled across one of their art pieces on social media that really deepened the way I viewed feminism. The art piece was a picture of a native woman with a round face and she had indigenous face paint on. Around the image it read, “No Wave Feminism.” Although I can’t find the original post, I recall the description included an Andrea Smith (yeah I know she is old news) written piece that talked about American feminism being older than the typical 3-wave historical framework. American feminism started before white women started a movement for their right to vote; it started when indigenous women fought against colonial heteropatriarchy. As a matter of fact, indigenous women were active feminists long before the European conquest. This explanation shifted the conversation away from a white-centric perspective.
“American feminism…started when indigenous women fought against colonial heteropatriarchy.”
BURY MY ART AT WOUNDED KNEE is also known as RISE: Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment on Facebook which describes itself as a “Native founded & operated artist/activist/warrior collective. We are dedicated to the education & perseverance of Native art & culture.”
Their art is amazing! Check out their Etsy store.
The Body is Not an Apology
“…the body-positive movement is mainly dominated by white able-bodied cisgender women…”
When people ask me, “Where can I see and hear more on body-positivity?” My first recommendation is always, ‘The Body Is Not An Apology.’ TBINAA is a site that truly offers radical-self-love information that covers the many layers of identity and experiences of different people. Let’s face it, the body-positive movement is mainly dominated by white able-bodied cisgender women and TBINAA works very hard to not repeat that representation. TBINAA is committed to offering a multi-verse lens on social issues that impact a person’s unapologetic radical self-love. On the TBINAA magazine, you will see titles such as, “Where Are All the Disabled People in the Body Positivity Campaigns?” “Sex At Every Size!” & “How I Learned That Unapologetic Black Anger Can Change the World for the Better.”
Sonya Renee Taylor, -who is a modern day goddess — is the creator of this global movement that is truly changing lives. One of the great things about TBINAA is the webinars. Some of my favorite picks are, “10 Tools to Radical Self Love” & “From Body Hate to Body Love in 30 Days: Raise A RUHCUS.” Another great feature on TBINAA’s Instagram is their “Bad” Picture Monday where people submit their “bad” pictures as a way to manifest radical self-love and fight body terrorism. If you haven’t tapped into TBINAA, you are definitely missing out. Check it out.
The Feminist Wire
I am always surprised by how The Feminist Wire is so underrated. They have such amazing posts! This site is heavily represented by women of color. Their mission is to, “to provide socio-political and cultural critique of anti-feminist, racist, and imperialist politics pervasive in all forms and spaces of private and public lives of individuals globally.”
“This site unites academia and community in a way that the content is accessible.”
All content on this website is rich in its stories and writers. At first glance, this website looks very professional and one would think that writers are all folks in academia but that is not the case. I can really appreciate how inviting they are for folks to submit all kinds of writings and art. This site unites academia and community in a way that the content is accessible.
Must reads are: “Reclaiming the Narrative: On #SurvivorLoveLetter, Community, and Radical Healing”
COLLEGE FEMINISMS: “What White Publishers Won’t Print:” Systemic Racism in (Institutionalized) Knowledge Production
Gloria Lucas is 24 years old chubby warrior who identifies as a Xicanista & and a cat lover. Along with the help of her community, she started Nalgona Positivity Pride, a xicana-brown*-indigenous body positive site that focuses on eating disorders awareness and decolonizing the body. Gloria enjoys eating warm Krispy Kreme doughnuts and watching “Say Yes To The Dress” –her guilty pleasure. Etsy / Website
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