...we find that what black feminists promised all along was true: to know the most present marginalized oppressions is to know the future. - Tressie McMillan Cottom

The easiest answer is that racism and sexism and class warfare are resilient and necessary for global capitalism.

Those spaces to read are a privilege.

I want to be able to show up and raise the hell at the precise right moment that might tip the scales in a way that will make something a little more clear, or a little bit more just, for people I care about…