One year ago today Ahmaud Arbery was jogging in a quiet neighborhood near Brunswick, Georgia, when he was chased, cornered, and murdered by three white men. It would take 74 days and the public release of video evidence for Ahmaud’s killers to be arrested and indicted. All three defendants – Gregory and Travis McMichael, and … Continue reading Ahmaud Arbery →

I feel like I need to take a moment to acknowledge the simultaneous pain and relief of this political moment. As someone who takes a beat to reflect, to process my thoughts and feelings before sharing them with the world, I have not felt up to the task of doing any writing on political affairs. … Continue reading Keep going →

Back to the blog with an update on my academic work for those who are interested. This fall the Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture was officially published! I had the privilege of contributing a chapter on food sovereignty and gender equity. Many thanks to editor Carolyn Sachs for soliciting my work and including it … Continue reading Some academic updates →

This series of posts goes deeper into political theory of race by highlighting some of the key arguments and concepts from philosopher Charles Mills’ book The Racial Contract. As we have seen, the Racial Contract is a contract between persons, marked white, over subpersons, marked nonwhite. It creates, codifies, and sustains a racialized social and … Continue reading Historical Realities of Racialized Exploitation →

This series of posts goes deeper into political theory of race by highlighting some of the key arguments and concepts from philosopher Charles Mills’ book The Racial Contract. In it, Mills argues that global white supremacy is a political system that provides a structure of formal and informal rule, socioeconomic privilege, and norms for the … Continue reading Epistemologies of Ignorance →

Charles W. Mills This series of posts goes deeper into political theory of race by highlighting some of the key arguments and concepts from philosopher Charles Mills’ book The Racial Contract. In it, Mills argues that global white supremacy is a political system that provides a structure of formal and informal rule, socioeconomic privilege, and … Continue reading The Racial Contract →

Education is crucial to dismantling white supremacy. In the wake of current events, many folks are turning to books to continue to educate themselves on race, resistance, anti-blackness, and white privilege. Of course, I want you to read How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi, and White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo. But as … Continue reading Philosophy of Race Reading List →

Atlanta and the nation have reached a boiling point. I have participated in many social justice demonstrations over the years and was feeling some guilt that I was not out in the streets this week putting my feet to pavement in support of black lives. But pandemic, parenting, and other factors complicate my own and … Continue reading Backing Up the Frontlines →

Part of crisis school is plenty of free time for my kids to play as siblings. As anyone who has kids or has observed kids in action knows, most of what happens when kids are playing is actually a negotiation of the rules of the game. In our house this negotiation is ongoing, and often … Continue reading Mama Philosopher: Rawls’ Justice as Fairness →

This one is for all of the other parents out there: Inhale deeply as you count up to three. Hold it in for a beat. Then exhale fully as you count down from three. Repeat as needed. I thought childbirth would be the experience where I needed this kind of yogic breathing the most. But … Continue reading Crisis Schooling →