Race

Sandra Bland’s Face

Bodies and Minds Courtney Baker - August 9, 2015 1

For weeks, Sandra Bland’s image has been the face of injustice. A host of stories — not all of them about black suffering —...

Playing Hell in Charleston

Teacher, Teacher Susanna Ashton - June 19, 2015 2

Daniel Payne, Clementa Pinckney and the fight against White Supremacy The men and women massacred while studying the Bible the other night in the Emanuel...

White Womanhood Revised

Bodies and Minds Brigitte Fielder - June 15, 2015 1

Whatever else we might say about it, let’s not forget this: Rachel Dolezal’s story is a decidedly American one. Here, I refer not only...

Why Do We Look? On Gazing at Dead Black Bodies

Close Reading Tara Bynum - April 8, 2015 3

Here we are again, another black man murdered by another white police officer. There’s (graphic) video at the very top of the New York...

Making Sense of the Whiteness Project

Bodies and Minds Brigitte Fielder - October 16, 2014 1

The most noticeable thing about the recently launched Whiteness Project is that public responses to it have been so varied. The website gives an...

On the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and Ferguson

Bodies and Minds M.J. Dinius - August 21, 2014 20

Last night on Facebook, my friend explicitly linked the two stories dominating my social media feed: The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the events...

Sandra Bland’s Face

Playing Hell in Charleston

White Womanhood Revised

Why Do We Look? On Gazing at Dead Black Bodies

Making Sense of the Whiteness Project

On the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and Ferguson

Pleasure-y Guilts!

Pleasure-y Guilts: The True Meaning of Christmas Movies

Pleasure-y Guilts: Little Debbie Zebra Cakes

Pleasure-y Guilts: Strawberry Shortcake Dolls

Pleasure-y Guilts: Collaging

Pleasure-y Guilt: Taylor Swift