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When Grief Speaks—Episode 1 of Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, Season 1: Wailing Women. Grief is a woman with plenty to say. In the first episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon asks us to consider what happens if we stop running from our grief, sit down, and listen to her for a change. Listen, subscribe, and read along with the podcast transcript.
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When Grief Speaks

by Nnenna Freelon September 13, 2023September 13, 2023

Grief is a woman with plenty to say. In the first episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon asks us to consider what happens if we stop running from our grief, sit down, and listen to her for a change. Listen and read along with the podcast transcript.

Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon is partnering with Scalawag to bring our audiences three fresh seasons of Great Grief, her original podcast honoring the stories and songs of Black women who have faced grief and loss.
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'Great Grief' finds a new home at Scalawag

by Alysia Nicole Harris and Scalawag Team August 23, 2023September 13, 2023
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A Grief of Our Own

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 4, 2023September 13, 2023
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Schistostega pennata: grief & the luminous land

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 1, 2023August 4, 2023
An abolitionist review of the Barbie movie's imaginative universe serves as a reminder that systemic oppression can indeed be destroyed.
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Barbie: Pretty Police

by Eteng Ettah July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
Dark Matter, a sestina poem by Kelsey Smoot, is a complicating and uncompromising ode to Black womxn, exploring reflexes and returns of gender.
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"Dark Matter": A poem for grief & other loves

by Kelsey Smoot July 25, 2023July 25, 2023
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Mausoleums: The Art of Necromancy

by Jaiden Butler July 25, 2023July 28, 2023
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"Pull up your pants or go to jail!"

by Justin A. Davis June 30, 2023June 30, 2023
Inside the post-Roe crisis of abortion and surveillance facing pregnant incarcerated people seeking and reproductive justice.
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Abortion bans and pregnancy surveillance: The body itself as a prison

by Gabrielle A. Perry June 28, 2023June 27, 2023
A Black mother in prison exposes the greed and hypocrisy of the system that keeps her behind bars and rips apart families.
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Only Mercy

by Chanell Burnette June 27, 2023June 27, 2023
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Another kind of Memphis Blues

by Justin A. Davis June 15, 2023June 15, 2023
Producing music from prison.
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Young Tali is making music by any means necessary

by Zeb Larson June 13, 2023June 12, 2023
Forever New Orleans tourism campaign advertisements. Illustrations by Keysha Rivera.
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Disaster capitalism, climate change, and the campaign to sell Black New Orleans

by Nicole Young May 31, 2023June 2, 2023
Victim or survivor? The language of patriarchal violence. Assigning language of victimhood or survival to those who have experienced gender violence is dehumanizing—not empowering.
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Who said we all survived?

by Breya M. Johnson May 25, 2023May 24, 2023
The cover of Destiny Hemphill's latest poetry collection, "motherworld: a devotional for the alter-life."
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Altars for the alter-life

by mĂłnica teresa ortiz May 16, 2023May 15, 2023
An artistic interpretation of slaves jumping from a burning ship. Leftist organizing in the Black Radical Tradition.
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How to Build the End of the World

by Miliaku Nwabueze May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
A storybook illustration of a Black mother playing soccer with her Black son in the park.
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'Please Keep Playing.' An open letter to my son, Remix

by Ariana Brazier May 5, 2023May 4, 2023
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Forever, I Love(d) Atlanta

by Tea Troutman May 1, 2023May 2, 2023
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The Captive Maternal is a function, not an identity marker

by Joy James April 28, 2023April 28, 2023
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What's Next for the Captive Maternal, Part II: Notes on a Rebel(lion) without a Cause

by Tea Troutman April 27, 2023April 27, 2023
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What's Next for the Captive Maternal: Notes on a Rebel(lion) without a Cause

by Tea Troutman April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
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Oshun's Suicide, Part II: Eros, Repetition, and Reprieve in Black Popular Culture 

by Jordan Mulkey April 21, 2023April 21, 2023
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Oshun's Suicide: Eros, Repetition, and Reprieve in Black Popular Culture 

by Jordan Mulkey April 19, 2023April 27, 2023
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On the Tensions and (Im)Possibilities of Black Poetics: No Shame, No Devil

by Jon Jon Moore Palacios April 14, 2023April 19, 2023
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Reflections on Reproductive Justice and the Captive Maternal

by Breya M. Johnson April 12, 2023April 14, 2023
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Radical Care Work in the Project of Schooling

by Anna Almore April 7, 2023April 12, 2023
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Love and War: Dialectics and the Stages of the Captive Maternal

by Ziyana Lategan April 5, 2023April 12, 2023
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The Stakes of Revolution and the Death of Desire

by Da'Shaun Harrison March 31, 2023April 12, 2023
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At the impasse of Revolution and Revolutionary Love

by RAW Wilcox March 30, 2023April 12, 2023
Black and Palestinian solidarity
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From Black Atlanta to Palestine: A statement of connection, solidarity, and survival

by Da'Shaun Harrison, Eva Dickerson, Osama and Bisan March 28, 2023April 28, 2023

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