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“...𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴...𝘛𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵.” -Sylvia Wynter, 𝘞𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘪𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 As we continue to navigate the ongoing polycrisis, we — guided by Sylvia Wynter’s resonant and ever-prescient words — are launching a new call for submissions, 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 ✊🏾❤️‍🔥🌎 Imperialism is far-reaching, stretching across borders, and harming people across difference: from martyred people of the soil to stolen oil. This is a crucial period in which Caribbean feminists, emboldened by and spirited with a decolonizing, Queeribbean sensibility, must rise to meet this moment. With this in mind, we invite you to submit critical essays, fiction, plays, poetry, posters, screenplays, art, and photography that address the urgency of leveraging Caribbean feminisms as a primary antagonism against imperialism and fascism by 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍📚 👈🏾 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 to read the submission details and writing prompts in full, and 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨. 📝 by Sarah-Anne Gresham @booklempt.gyal 🎨 by LEM @vermilemon #caribbeanfeminisms #wadadlifeminism #queeribbeanfeminism #blackfeminism #callforsubmissions

Last week, we had the utmost pleasure of introducing 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞-𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 (@thelightinthecracks ) as our next Artist-in-Residence, and today, we’d like for everyone to get to know her better!! With this in mind, swipe 👈🏾 through the slides above to read more about this talented Vincy writer!! 🇻🇨✨✍🏾🌻 🔗 This introduction can also be found on our website, link in bio! We’ll be sharing Jacinth’s first piece for this residency 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 soon — so stay tuned!! 🤩 📸 by @jfab.art 🎨 by @vermilemon #artistresidency #artistinresidence #caribbeanfeminism #blackfeminism #queeribbeanfeminism #wadadlifeminism #writerresidency #storying #vincywriter #stvincentandthegrenadines #gettoknow

𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘥, 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴. ⁣ ⁣ Here is an excerpt from our statement expressing solidarity with Palestine and a call to action. 🔗 Read our full statement at the link in our bio. ⁣ ⁣ This is an anti-apartheid account. This is an anti-imperial account. This is an anti-colonial account. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸🍉⁣ ⁣ #FreePalestine⁣ #PalestinianLiberation ⁣ #EndPalestinianGenocide ⁣ #EndApartheid

“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” Today, we’re sharing excerpts from one of many essays by Andaiye in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 — titled, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝗪𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 [𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎] 🇬🇩🌎💭 In this essay, Andaiye discusses the hope instilled by the Grenada Revolution and its effect on revolutionary movement building in Guyana. She also critiques areas in which the New Jewel Movement fell short, particularly along the lines of gender, and she highlights the often overlooked work that women do within revolutionary movements. She underscores the necessity of ensuring our movements are shaped a politic that does not sideline or obfuscate gender, but rather, recognise gender’s inextricable link to race, class, and other relations of power. ✊🏾 ‼️ Submit your stories to us for 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 by June 1st!! 🔗 Access the call for submissions, theme description, guidelines, writing prompts, and submission form through the link in our bio! #liberationpoetics #counterpoetics #andaiye

Organised by Intersect Antigua-Barbuda. Jump in this teach-in May 13th 6pm AST.

🤔💭 Did you know that Sylvia Wynter was not only a literary and cultural theorist and philosopher, but also a playwright, actress, and a novelist? In the introduction to 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒏, Anthony Bogues writes that the murder of Patrice Lumumba, described by Wynter as a crucifixion by “the imperial system of the West,” was an event that influenced the development of the novel. In a 2010 interview, Wynter said:  “𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴,…𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦….𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.” It is here and elsewhere that Wynter demonstrates how the novel, like the play, the poem, and the critical essay, are a means toward a revolutionary assault, but “not ends in themselves.” ✍🏾📚✊🏾 Do you feel the resonance between this quote, of the formerly enslaved who lost the “gods and devils that were their own” and Xuela’s bitter reflection that “Our God was not the correct one, our understanding of heaven and heal was not a respectable one” in Jamaica Kincaid’s 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓? 🗓️ Submit your stories to us for 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 by June 1st!! 🔗 Access the call for submissions, theme description, guidelines, writing prompts, and submission form through the link in our bio! #liberationpoetics #counterpoetics #sylviawynter

⁨“𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮’ 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝟷𝟾𝟺𝟻 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯*.” - Dr. Rhoda Reddock In preparation for our seventh teach-in — 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 with Dr. Gabrielle Hosein (‪‪‪@grrlscene ‬‬‬) — we’re sharing a few excerpts from one of the recommended readings, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝: 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝗪𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝 & 𝐓𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟓 - 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟕 by Dr. Rhoda Reddock‪‪‪ (@reddockr2018 ) 📚🇹🇹🔍 🔗 Interested in learning more? 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 in the last slide above or 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 for Dr. Hosein’s teach-in and access the reading materials! 📍This teach-in will be held 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝗪𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐚𝐭 𝟔 𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐒𝐓. See you there? #caribbeanhistory #indocaribbean #teachin⁩⁩⁩

We, at Intersect Antigua-Barbuda, are enthused to continue our Caribbean Feminist Teach-in series with its seventh instalment — 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, a session led by 𝐃𝐫. 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐧 (@grrlscene )!! 🌱 Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is Senior Lecturer at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago. She has been part of Caribbean feminist movement-building for thirty years. Her current areas of research include post-indenture feminisms, masculinities and adolescent sexualities. 📚 She is the co-editor of the collections, 𝘕𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯: 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 and 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘰-𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘌𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. Her national newspaper column, “Diary of a Mothering Worker,” was published from 2012 – 2026 in the Trinidad Guardian and Newsday. In this teach-in, we will be exploring the idea of post-indenture feminist politics and its relationship to Indigenous struggles for sovereignty in the Caribbean. Moreover, we will examine what solidarity with Indigenous Peoples means for Caribbean feminisms and decolonial politics. 👈🏾 Swipe left to read more about what this session has to offer, as well as our key guiding questions! 🔗 Interested in attending? 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, learn more about our facilitator, this session, and access the reading materials! 📍This teach-in will be held 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝗪𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐚𝐭 𝟔 𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐒𝐓, and we hope to see you there!!

In belated commemoration of Earth Day, we’d like to spotlight this verdant and vibrant piece — 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 — by Tricia Greaux (@aktionpak_3c ) 🌎🌿✨ 🇰🇳🌱 Tricia Greaux is an environmental story teller — born in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis — who truly believes that her name reveals her destiny. Tri (Tree) Ci (Sea) Akira (sunlight) Greaux (pronounced “Griot” - West African term for story teller). After being introduced to earring making by Hazel Brookes, Tricia used beads, seeds and wooden bases to craft her initial set of earrings. Later, she expanded her signature style of painted wooden earrings, brooches, bracelets, bookmarks, fridge magnets and tree ornaments. Detailed artwork reflecting the environment inspires her. 🪵🎨🌳 Her latest ventures include acrylic and water-based paintings that channels the life flow of terrestrial and marine environments, evokes historical remembrances, and powerful pieces radiating feminine energy. She is most excited about her art pieces finding a home with you! 🌊💙 Credit for Tricia’s art also extends to @ccc869 and @aKtionpak 🖤✨ 👈🏾 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 to read more about 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 and 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨 to view this piece in its full glory! #earthday #caribbeanart #environmentaljustice

“. . . 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 . . ..” - Dr Natasha Lightfoot Today, we’d like to some clips from an interview hosted by Daren Matthew-Ward of Twin Island Media (@daren_matthew_ward ), featuring Dr. Natasha Lightfoot (@njlightfoot ) and our co-founder, Sarah-Anne Gresham (@booklempt.gyal ) !! 🔈✨🇦🇬 This interview is a companion to our teach-in with Dr. Lightfoot, 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥: 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴. Here, Dr. Lightfoot and Sarah talk feminism, 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮: 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘌𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, and a chapter from the aforementioned book, “𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬”: 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝗪𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬. “𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 . . . 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 . . .” - Sarah-Anne Gresham ‼️👂🏾 Curious about the full interview? You can listen to it in full 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨!! #radiointerview #caribbeanfeminism #wadadlifeminism

To honour Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we would like to share a germane, harrowing, and evocative piece submitted to us by Nadja Adora Nabbie (@nadjacreates_ ) — 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝗪𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 💙🌀 Through her deft handling of prose, Nabbie lucidly depicts the internal and external devastation that sexual violence inflicts through our main character, Mandisa. We feel — with her, through her — the trauma that manifests as echoes and she-spectres that ripple across space and time, body and mind, like water. We also witness — in spite of the grief — a return to the self through her art form, dance, and self-forgiveness. 🫂❤️‍🩹 As for our author, Nadja Nabbie is a writer from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad who is on a mission to validate, celebrate, and empower the feminine. A lover of short fiction, her work often centralizes the stories of women and seeks to depict them in their most raw, vulnerable, and honest moments. In 2014, Nabbie was awarded a national scholarship and went on to secure a Master’s Degree in Creative and Critical writing from the University of Sussex (Sussex, England). Since then, she has been working closely with young children and adolescents in her home country to build their skills related to the English Language and Creative Writing. 🇹🇹✍🏾 🔗 Feeling compelled to read Nadja’s piece in full? You can access it on our website through the 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨. #sexualassaultawarenessmonth #saawareness #caribbeanfeminism

📖 Jamaica Kincaid’s anticolonial sensibility is searing in 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. Here is an excerpt in which she simultaneously describes and critiques the dehumanizing imperatives of coloniality from the perspective of the novel’s autodiegetic narrator and antiheroine, Xuela. From negating the enslaved’s humanity and epistemic authority, to disavowing Indigenous wisdom—exemplified through warnings about the apparition which lures children to their deaths [“Someone said it was not a woman at all, that we should not go, that we should run away.”]—coloniality is an ontomaterial killing field that demands resistance. What Xuela and the novel model is neither transparent nor prescriptive, but disorder through what Kaiama Glover terms “a counterdiscourse” and a “counterpoetics.” What ethical positions will your characters take in your stories against imperial violence which relies on colonial myth making? Who are the disorderly, problematic, and unlikeable characters who will emerge from your pieces? Not as political paragons but as those whose frayed edges are sharpened by conviction and unrelenting, anticolonial “rebelry”? 🗓️ Submit your stories to us for 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 by June 1st. 🔗 Access the call for submissions theme description, guidelines, writing prompts, and submission form through the link in our bio. #LiberationPoetics #CounterPoetics #JamaicaKincaid