A short biography of south London based anti-racist community organiser Olive Morris who worked tirelessly as a feminist, black and squatting activist throughout the late 60s and 70s. Source: Morris, Olive Elaine 1952-1979 | libcom.org
The history of Haifa’s gay community is long and fascinating, yet despite its importance on both the local and national level, it has largely remained concealed. In the study of queer history in Israel, as a field addressing the plight of sexual and gender minorities, it is the history of Tel Aviv that has most…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMkmMZURfjU[/embed] In “Love Us in the Light,” the first episode of Transnational, VICE News correspondent Eva Reign travels to Detroit to tell the story of Kelly Stough, a Black trans woman who was killed by a Detroit pastor in 2018 in what he claims was self defense. But Stough’s community paints a more complicated picture.…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT5RYgsVQG8[/embed] By the close of the Industrial Revolution, the American food supply was tainted with frauds, fakes, and legions of new and untested chemicals, dangerously threatening the health of consumers. Based on the book by Deborah Blum, The Poison Squad tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous…
Viola Davis is ready for battle (and another Oscar) in the gripping first trailer for “The Woman King.”Inspired by true events, the historical epic tells the story of General Nansica (Davis), the leader of an all-female militia who defended the West African kingdom Dahomey in present-day Benin up until the 20th century. The elite group…
Alex S. Vitale has had a busy week. The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American policing and police brutality, have been called on a lot since mass protests sprang up nationwide in the wake of the police killings of George…
Three Metaphors, Three Concepts”It is equally possible for a race, a nation, a class, to become accustomed to the most disadvantageous conditions, and fail to notice them. Take, as an individual instance, the wearing of corsets by women. Put a corset, even a loose one, on a vigorous man or woman who never wore one,…
Andrea Dworkin, an oft misinterpreted and sometimes rightly interpreted but misunderstood feminist author, goes in on right wing women. In the 2020’s it is prudent for all feminists of all stripes to give her a re-read even though maternal feminists, especially those of richer complexions, may have fundamental disagreements with her perspectives. She does successfully…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp_5flA_x7Q[/embed] In 2004, FannyAnn Eddy, an LGBT activist from Sierra Leone,West Africa was murdered in the offices of the Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association. The news of her murder circulated around the world and was a turning point for Selly Thiam, a Senegalese lesbian living in the United States. To honor the African QLGBT…
As the tradition of Ifa divination has gained increasing popularity and membership around the world, the previously male-dominated composition of its priesthood has become challenged. This article traces the origins of women who have sought the highest levels of Ifa initiationÑprimarily in Cuba and the USÑengages the various arguments, concerns, and appeals to authority of…
