Black Feminism Will Save My Life

By Eric Anthony Grollman Like most Black folks, I have a Black woman to thank for my existence (my mother) who, in turn, has another Black woman to thank for her existence (my grandmother), and so on. I have them, and my aunts and older cousins to thank for my survival in this oftentimes-hostile world. Black women babysitters, neighbors, friends, teachers, mentors, and colleagues have educated…

My very popular "secret weapons" post is up at Conditionally Accepted, a new site that provides "a space for academics on the margins."