Civil Rights & Social Justice

***”Relax. It’s just a word.” In this episode, please notice that while people may be telling you to “lean back” and accept every bit of foolishness flung your way, if …

Women did not create boundaries because every man is dangerous. Women created boundaries because they cannot know in advance which man is. Violent men don’t walk around with id tags …

 Harm does not always arrive announcing itself as hatred. Sometimes it comes smiling, agreeing with 80 percent of what you say, and spending the remaining 20 percent figuring out exactly …

What does political resistance look like when the movement that might have named your experience does not yet exist? What happens when you live a political identity before there is …

Someone on X.com said these wise words: One of patriarchy’s hidden rules is that men have a right to feel good about themselves. The golden rule for women is that …

Human dignity doesn’t require pretending our characteristics don’t exist.  What is reductionism? Imagine you have a best friend named Maya. Maya loves drawing, hates peas, tells funny jokes, runs really …

  Where did people get this bizarre idea that solidarity doesn’t require respect and reciprocity…at a minimum? If you are able, you definitely want to avoid allowing people to recruit …

Mechelle Vinson was nineteen when she walked into a Washington, D.C., savings bank and began working as a teller-trainee in 1974. She worked hard, learned the business and rose through …

We’ve been conditioned to treat “no” like a legal defense. We feel the need to back it up with a deposition: “I’m busy,” “I have a boyfriend,” “Maybe next time.” …

  There are many ways to hide violence. A locked door will do it. So will money, shame, family loyalty, professional prestige, religious authority, fear and a community determined not …