Hostile Wit
Confronting inequality, stigma & culture
HOSTILE TOPICS
ACCOMPLICE
AFTERBIRTH
Parenting & partnering.
DISCOVERY
Health & Stigma
conviction
Career & Advocacy
Relevance
Culture, Lifestyle & Relationships
HOSTILE WIT
Womanist Killjoy
Why hostile wit?
Hostile = nonconformist, skeptical, exposing, scrappy, defiant, saucy, offbeat. “Hostile” like that pair of “hostile underwear” that attacks your crotch. Not “hostile” meaning unkind, bitter or malicious.
Witness = to be present, to affirm the truth, advocate, corroborate.
Wit = insight, common sense, and humor. The stuff worth living for.
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% of white people who deny race gives them an advantage
No equal justice for black and white murder victims
Funeral memory t-shirts were as rare as violence in white, wealthy neighborhoods. In poor, urban communities, the shirts underscored the anonymity of brutality, so relentlessly commonplace.
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White people: we created Trump
White people: 9/11 was done to us. We did 11/9 to ourselves. My black LGBTQ friends told me Trump was coming 11/9, but it was too horrifying to believe. I could not accept white supremacy would win. I knew the risks of the first election without Voter Protection in...
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I’m finally getting over my Trump rally hate hangover
I've had the weekend to rest following my arrest for disturbing the peace (irony at its finest) at the St. Louis Trump Rally. The hate hangover is subsiding and many white people on my Facebook feed have moved on to liking each other's selfies. Some took a moment to...
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