Critical Interventions

A note: My use of the term women is inclusive of trans, gender-variant, queer, and nonbinary identities, across and through racial and class and national borders.  And my usage also recognizes the political construct of woman that must be reckoned with as a part of the subversive fight against misogyny. And misogyny is the political system—structures, ideologies, and practices that seek…

In the fall of 2014, I spent the semester at a research unit, connected to the university, in Stellenbosch in South Africa.  The town is right in the middle of the wine-growing area and truly competes for the most beautiful place on Earth. I had intended to work on a book on global warming, but discovered…

with an introduction by Joy James Earlier this month, the Atlanta city council approved $67 million by an 11-4 vote to fund the controversial new police training facility nicknamed “Cop City.” The project, which was approved despite community protest, will destroy acres of forest to provide military-style training in assault tactics to Atlanta’s police. The…