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Feelin’ Myself: A Cocky Black Feminist Virgo’s Diary Entry [Parental Guidance: Explicit Lyrics]

By NWSA Staff posted 5 days ago
by President Heidi R. Lewis featuring Megan Thee Stallion July 1, 2024 I write this blog from Colorado Springs, CO. Stolen land—the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples, to be precise—developed with stolen and exploited labor. I do so, because as my colleague Dr. Natanya Ann Pulley points out, acknowledgements are “more than identifying or recognizing someone or something. Acknowledging is also an act of honoring, blessing, celebrating, and thanking.” “I mean, the sooner you accept that I’m that bitch, the better your life’ll be.” —Megan Thee Stallion, “Rattle” (2024) Today, I submitted the final draft of my manuscript, “Make Rappers ...

Audre Lorde’s Berlin: Honoring Black Transnational Feminisms

By NWSA Staff posted 06-03-2024
Dr. Heidi R. Lewis and the Late Erika “Ika” Hügel-Marshall (1947-2022) in Berlin Photo Credit: Dr. Heidi R. Lewis (2021) “Many years have now passed, and Heidi is still interested in the further development of the Black Diasporic movement in Germany and in transnational exchange. She remains committed to ensuring students broaden their view of Germany with its still too obscure Black history, especially because many in the U.S. who are familiar with the work of Audre Lorde often do not know her impact and the significance of her Berlin years. It is precisely these lessons that Heidi makes possible for her students through direct experiences and encounters. ...

Truth and Vulnerability in Storytelling: What Indigenous Peoples Have and Continue to Teach Me

By NWSA Staff posted 05-06-2024
by President Heidi R. Lewis May 6, 2024 I write this blog from Colorado Springs, CO. Stolen land—the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples, to be precise—developed with stolen and exploited labor. I do so, because as my colleague Dr. Natanya Ann Pulley points out, acknowledgements are “more than identifying or recognizing someone or something. Acknowledging is also an act of honoring, blessing, celebrating, and thanking.” Atquetzali Quiroz (’24), far left, during the Feminist & Gender Studies Department Senior Capstone Project Presentations at Colorado College Photo Credit: Heidi R. Lewis (2024) “Truth, acceptance of the truth, ...

On the State of the Field and Related Concerns

By NWSA Staff posted 04-16-2024
by President Heidi R. Lewis April 1, 2024 I write this blog from Colorado Springs, CO. Stolen land—the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples, to be precise—developed with stolen and exploited labor. I do so, because as my colleague Dr. Natanya Ann Pulley points out, acknowledgements are “more than identifying or recognizing someone or something. Acknowledging is also an act of honoring, blessing, celebrating, and thanking.” Photo Credit: Joe Raedle ( Getty Images , 2023) “We’re all under siege right now.” —Past NWSA President Dr. Bonnie Thornton Dill , “ BANNED ” (2023) I was overjoyed when I realized NWSA would be celebrating ...

Palestine and the Black Radical Intellectual Tradition

By NWSA Staff posted 04-16-2024
by President Heidi R. Lewis March 4, 2024 1 I write this blog, my first, from Colorado Springs, CO. Stolen land—the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples, to be precise—developed with stolen and exploited labor. I do so, because as my colleague Dr. Natanya Ann Pulley points out, acknowledgements are “more than identifying or recognizing someone or something. Acknowledging is also an act of honoring, blessing, celebrating, and thanking.” Photo Credit: 2014 Sarah-Ji ( Flickr ) Black History Month just passed. Women’s History Month is here. People across the world likely have been and likely will continue speaking the names of ...