by Be Scofield Trigger Warning: Contains Transphobic Content Below In case you didn’t already know, some of the most hurtful and hateful speech against transgender people comes from radical feminists. Not radical in the sense of radically inclusive, rather they are radically exclusive. Led by lesbian separtists these groups say [...]
By Jacoby Ballard, Third Root Community Health Center Yoga and service is a big topic in the western yoga world right now. It comes out of a lineage of karma yoga, of seva, that has roots in India. What is implied but less explored within this is that ‘service’ within [...]
By Toi Scott It’s true, folks. No matter how radical we may think that holistic healing work is, it’s not revolutionary if we continue to oppress others (especially those we are providing healing work to) during this movement. Unless we are earnest with ourselves about power dynamics, our privilege (this [...]
By Anna Guest-Jelley Have you ever been that eager kid in class who wants to draw attention to themself and answer every question? The one who has their hand in the air before the teacher has even finished the question? Me either. One day during my yoga teacher training, we [...]
“I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group” By Peggy McIntosh Through work to bring materials from women’s studies into the rest of the curriculum, I have often noticed men’s unwillingness to grant that they are overprivileged, [...]
This workshop is part of an ongoing, international discussion about U.S.-based Christian hegemony and its widespread and devastating impact. Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11
Dean Spade—founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and author of the new book, “Normal Life”—explains why our social justice efforts have to move from the grassroots up.
Yee Won Chong shares a story about the challenges of navigating the world while transgender, and provides suggestions on being a good ally.
Dr. Omi Osun Joni L. Jones gives 6 rules for allies (cross race/gender/sexuality/nationality/religion etc) in her keynote speech given 2/19/10 at a luncheon sponsored by Abriendo Brecha Vll Conference and The Seventeenth Annual Emerging Scholarship In Women’s and Gender Studies Conference UT Austin.
Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor went for a walk and engaged in a terrific conversation about disability as not merely some physical status but largely a social status, and that is also true for so called “able-bodied” persons.
Enlightening spoken word piece on color consciousness by Ee’da.
Jay Smooth offers some great tips on how to talk about racism.
Derald Wing Sue discusses Microagressions in everyday life.
Tema Okun, longtime anti-racist trainer, was at Western States Center to chat about her new book, “The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don’t Want to Know.” Here she discusses the three important things one needs to know in doing anti-racism work.
By Darrin Drda Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business – A Review Don’t be fooled by the cheerful yellow cover, by the New Age-y words in the title, or by the huge sign above the display that says “Revolutionize Capitalism.” Just take a look at the first endorsement [...]
