The Wait of the Nation II: Parent Companies, the “Bain” of our Existence!
On May 24th I posted the blog “The Wait of the Nation” in response to the four-part HBO documentary “The Weight of the Nation,” and I specifically focused on part three “Children in Crisis.” My major...
View ArticleCFC’s Favorite Things: Crunk Holiday Gifts
So it’s that time of year again where conspicuous consumption, The United State’s favorite pastime, goes into overdrive. Here at the CFC, we’d like to counter the external pressure to buy the latest...
View ArticleGirl, Bye: Why This Moment is Bigger than Paula Deen
Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past few days, you’ve probably heard about the kerfuffle with Our Fair Lady of Butter, Paula Deen. The quick and dirty of it all is that Deen and her...
View ArticleFuck Sears, or When Mall Cops Attack
Any one that knows me, knows that I do not like the Internet. I just don’t trust it. Too much of our personal information is out there and it is completely out of our control. It took me years to get a...
View ArticleTime for the Supremes: Hobby Lobby and Your Boss in Your Bedroom
Sometime between now and July 4th, the Supreme Court is set to rule on two cases that will affect our access to birth control, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties v....
View ArticleFacing “White Rage”
At the end of Jewelle Gomez’s seminal feminist novel, The Gilda Stories, Gilda and her crew of badass queer vampires (because, of course) are faced with a dying planet Earth. Centuries of white...
View ArticleNew Year, Same Dope Me
I’m one of those folks who like, and generally keep, resolutions. I’m also an annoyingly chipper morning person. Like, I wake up singing “Good Morning!” and don’t need to drink coffee. But, I digress....
View ArticleAtlanta’s Housing Problem: How to Help & Get Help
A truthtelling billboard on Interstate 285 in Atlanta, GA Safe, affordable housing is a fundamentally feminist issue and, without a doubt, a fundamental human right. Yet so often access to safe and...
View ArticleIntersections of Justice in the Time of Corona Virus
By Cara Page and Eesha Pandit Opportunity for A New Frame This moment asks us to consider how we might pivot and adapt in a way that centers collective care, safety, and protection for each other. This...
View ArticleBlack Women Demands
Black Women Demand Reparations & the Right to Live Free BIPOC women leaders have for centuries been stitching our community stories into the US tapestry to correct the white-washed narrative and...
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