I don’t even know where to start so I will start here: thank you 💗 the way you so beautifully explore the both/and in your writing creates a momentum for deeper exploration that I am deeply grateful for. Thank you.
You’ve covered so much in such a short space that it seems churlish (esp. for a white (mostly) cis-het male boomer like me) to chime in with “why didn’t you talk about x,” but I’m gonna do it anyway because this manifestation has of feminism is one of the few things to give me hope.
(And damn if this apology for my comment didn’t make the whole damned thing about me, but anyway…)
AFAICT the PIC abolition movement is so deeply rooted in Black feminism that you can’t even slide a piece of paper between them). The line from Barbara Smith to Mariame Kaba takes no detours. And the Combahee River Collective was explicitly anti-capitalist, as is every shade of PIC abolition that isn’t someone’s hustle. And so commies and anarchists get pulled in as well…and amazingly seem to work together well. (I mean, just looking at the key figures in Chicago, Mariame Kaba is a commie and Kelly Hayes is an anarchist, but their close collaboration has been amazingly fruitful). So Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor (ex-ISO, still a commie) brought out the new CRC edition. And, of course, standing in the middle of this storm for over half-a-century, has been the incomparable Angela Davis. It’s this tradition that helps me haul my old white cancer-ridden body out of bed in the morning.
And of course, without Black feminism, none of this would have been possible. I may be a weak read, but I have comrades of astounding strength.
This was such a joy to read, thank you. It's bringing together so much that I've been thinking through and so many areas for me to continue to learn. Much gratitude!
It’s a lens!!! I love this. So useful.
I don’t even know where to start so I will start here: thank you 💗 the way you so beautifully explore the both/and in your writing creates a momentum for deeper exploration that I am deeply grateful for. Thank you.
You’ve covered so much in such a short space that it seems churlish (esp. for a white (mostly) cis-het male boomer like me) to chime in with “why didn’t you talk about x,” but I’m gonna do it anyway because this manifestation has of feminism is one of the few things to give me hope.
(And damn if this apology for my comment didn’t make the whole damned thing about me, but anyway…)
AFAICT the PIC abolition movement is so deeply rooted in Black feminism that you can’t even slide a piece of paper between them). The line from Barbara Smith to Mariame Kaba takes no detours. And the Combahee River Collective was explicitly anti-capitalist, as is every shade of PIC abolition that isn’t someone’s hustle. And so commies and anarchists get pulled in as well…and amazingly seem to work together well. (I mean, just looking at the key figures in Chicago, Mariame Kaba is a commie and Kelly Hayes is an anarchist, but their close collaboration has been amazingly fruitful). So Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor (ex-ISO, still a commie) brought out the new CRC edition. And, of course, standing in the middle of this storm for over half-a-century, has been the incomparable Angela Davis. It’s this tradition that helps me haul my old white cancer-ridden body out of bed in the morning.
And of course, without Black feminism, none of this would have been possible. I may be a weak read, but I have comrades of astounding strength.
This was such a joy to read, thank you. It's bringing together so much that I've been thinking through and so many areas for me to continue to learn. Much gratitude!
Femme! How do you feel about your newsletter works being shared? This essay would be such a great resource for my feminist theory students!!
whew, this lands so deeply. thank you 🙏