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The Privacy of Style: Imagining Underwear — Archaeology and Material Culture
Last month the New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony joined 50 Cent to launch the rapper’s fashion line at Bloomingdale’s in New York City. Observers attempting to fathom consumption are routinely...
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My house is a mess…
My house is a mess. There is laundry to tend to. There are things in my home space that need some organizing and physical attention. Simultaneously, there are three children to engage, feed, listen to...
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When I want to scream…
I want to scream: The past few weeks have been exhausting. As we continue to add names to the long list of hashtags, the names bring us to a point of pain and torture, and then hopelessness and a...
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On Safety Pins, Pant Suits, and (Faux) Markers of Safety —
When I first heard about the safety pin initiative, I was at a conference breaking bread with my favorite white woman in the world, telling her about my overall ambivalence and disillusionment with...
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Post-Election Editor’s Note: #ADPhD is at Your Service — African Diaspora, Ph.D.
Historians of Atlantic slavery: African Diaspora, Ph.D. is at your service. Which primary sources can you share that are helping you move through these times? What moments in history do we need to be...
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Can the Valley Survive Trump? — Had a great interview with some local leaders...
In episode 5 of Let’s Be Reasonable, a veteran political strategist, a black feminist archaeologist, and a rabbi discuss the implications of the Trump ascendency for Amherst and the Valley. Local...
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the labor of Black History Month
“I have loved my work, I have loved people and my play, but always I have been uplifted by the thought that what I have done well will live long and justify my life; that what I have done ill or never...
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My Mother Story…for International Women’s Day 2017
Happy International Women’s Day! Today, I wanted to write a really quick entry, because I had a few women on my mind heavy. Today was a day when those of us who could, were encouraged to stay home – a...
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Black Feminist Archaeology Tour 2017 (Installment 1): the danger of...
As I sit in my kitchen on a sunny summer afternoon, I reflect on the ups and downs of this past academic year. I have learned a lot over the past few months, but I am grateful that I am here, still...
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BLOGROLL: The Charlottesville Syllabus
#ADPhD University of Virginia Graduate Coalition responds to white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, VA. The list includes several books on histories of slavery and the South: “The...
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