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The Intersectionality Wars

By Jane Coaston — 2019

When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 30 years ago, it was a relatively obscure legal concept. Then it went viral.

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Vegan Women of Color Break New Ground

Vegan women of color around the country are on a mission to prove just how connected animal welfare is to gender, race, and class issues.

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Nicole Cardoza Isn’t Writing Her Anti-Racism Newsletter for White People

Amid the nation’s protests, Cardoza began emailing current event explainers and action items to what ended up becoming thousands of subscribers, many looking for information and guidance in a year marked by sickness and brutality.

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Black Designers Are Rarely Featured in Top TV Shows and Movies—But That's About to Change

One woman has made it her mission to connect Black-owned brands with today's top costume designers.

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Black Womxn: You Are Not Defective

Many Black womxn experience themselves as fraudulent or substandard. It's a lie.

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My Body, My Life

How mindfulness has helped Buddhist teacher Lama Rod Owens live as a Black queer man in America.

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Spiritual Director Dr. Crystal Jones Is Cultivating Safe Spaces for Black Women to Recenter and Love Themselves

I am very particular about the use of ‘healing others’ as I believe that term creates a certain level of superiority that I find disempowering. When I chose to take responsibility of allowing myself to be fully revealed, I allowed the seed inside of me to be fully expressed.

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Mindfulness Plays Role in Educating Lawyers to Confront Racism

As a woman of color, Rhonda Magee's ordinary fatigue is exacerbated by the additional stress of the ugly signs that old-fashioned racism is on the rise in America.

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Elisa Shankle Is Encouraging Her Community to Be Brave and Heal

“Vulnerability is scary. I associate bravery with vulnerability because it takes bravery to be vulnerable,” the Brooklyn wellness expert says.

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The Meaning of Juneteenth

Ruth King reflects on the deep longing for care

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Obama’s People and the African Americans: The Language of Othering

To the list of identities Black people in America have assumed or been asked to, we can now add, thanks to this presidential election season, “Obama’s people” and “the African Americans.”

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Racial Discrimination