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From the Feminist Killjoy Headquarters | February 15, 2024: Being Accused of Writing "Feminist Propaganda" is Glorious

From the Feminist Killjoy Headquarters | February 15, 2024: Being Accused of Writing "Feminist Propaganda" is Glorious

I can't remember the first time someone told me in an accusatory tone that my writing is "feminist propaganda" (because the times have been too many), but I can tell you that I always wondered, "What, like it's a bad thing?" If

“A New Movement”: The Labor Reckoning in the U.S. Climbing Industry

“A New Movement”: The Labor Reckoning in the U.S. Climbing Industry

“...Capitalism is in its death throes…White supremacist, colonial, patriarchal, capitalism are untenable structures to live within because it’s all about extraction, so eventually things collapse because they’re not generative. They are about what we can hoard and who can win. So, we know we’re at this

Are You Unsafe or Uncomfortable: Speaking Truth to Power for Palestine and Beyond

Are You Unsafe or Uncomfortable: Speaking Truth to Power for Palestine and Beyond

"Your silence will not protect you." - Audre Lorde Dear Terra community, It is INCOMPREHENSIBLE what is happening in Gaza right now. It is incomprehensible to hear Yara Eid, a Palestinian journalist, describe the fact that she hasn't heard from her mother, family, and friends in over

Speaking Up Has Consequences: Angela Davis Proves the Struggle for Justice Won't be Palatable and Without Derision

Speaking Up Has Consequences: Angela Davis Proves the Struggle for Justice Won't be Palatable and Without Derision

"Justice is indivisible...injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr. In early 2019, Angela Davis was awarded the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. And then the Institute's board rescinded it because she spoke out in

Indigenous Peoples' Day and the Connection to Palestine

Indigenous Peoples' Day and the Connection to Palestine

Today, October 9, 2023 is Indigenous Peoples' Day, and it can't be lost on us that for too long this day was/is a glorification of Christopher Columbus. Indigenous resistance has been ongoing since European colonizers first arrived on the shores of Turtle Island, but it wasn&

Sisterhood in Struggle: Kurdish-Iranian Women Opposition

Sisterhood in Struggle: Kurdish-Iranian Women Opposition

Photography by Paul Trowbridge. Written by Erin Monahan with contributions from Paul Trowbridge. *We’ve added a resource list at the bottom of this page for further education and learning. Widespread anti-government protests to fight for bodily autonomy broke out in Iran in September 2022 following the brutal murder

bell hooks: Unsung Environmental Activist and Writer

White environmental activism zeroes in on industrial capitalism, condemning excessive consumption and the exploitation of the Earth, but fails to acknowledge the ways in which whiteness and white supremacy culture have driven us towards the current climate crisis we face today. Black feminists, on the other hand, have always pointed