The Bodywork of Social Transformation By Anna Mercedes In a 2007 article, philosopher Maria Lugones quietly made a very large claim. She articulated the ways that modern colonialism violently rewrote sex and gender norms with Read more…
Social Fascia Keeps the Score By Anna Mercedes Fascia is “the band of thin, fibrous connective tissue that wraps around and supports every structure in your body” (Cleveland Clinic). My favorite kind of massage is Read more…
The Delusion that Only Individuals are Real By John Thatamanil Am I responsible for America’s racist past, even though I myself immigrated to the US from India when I was just eight years old? Read more…
“No One Does Anything!”: Hegemonic Knowledge and Everyday Oppression By Marcelo Kuna Half the stories of the world are left unwritten, Half the stories of the world are kept unread, And so the people of Read more…
Teaching Through Sirens By Anna Mercedes There seems to be a general sentiment of burn out at the liberal arts college where I teach in the American Midwest. When the Chronicle for Higher Education published Read more…
Knowledge Hidden in Plain Sight By Jeff Bowersox Debates over rights, citizenship, and belonging in Germany (as elsewhere in Europe) often revolve around competing notions of history, different bodies of knowledge about the past and Read more…
My Schedule is Full: Boundaries on the Bountiful By Anna Mercedes I first thought my life was entirely too full to write this blog! Then I decided on second thought to write about that initial Read more…
On COP26 and the Need for Parareligion By Justine M. Bakker Earlier this November, thousands of people—country leaders and activists, climate experts and NGOs—traveled to Glasgow for COP26, the 26th annual UN global Climate Summit. Read more…
Germany, Antisemitism, and Blackness By Sa’ed Atshan and Katharina Galor Just recently, Germany has made the significant step in acknowledging its colonial genocide in Namibia. It has stunned the world with its generosity by promising Read more…
“Born Free” – A Deceptive and Dangerous Story about South Africa’s Youth By Dion Forster Each year on the 16th of June, South Africans commemorate Youth Day. It is a day on which we remember Read more…
