Originally appeared on Truthout.org – Breaking the Binaries: “The Thunder Beneath Us” By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | Interview | January 2, 2017 Nicole Blades’ second novel, The Thunder Beneath Us, centers and elevates Black femaleContinue reading
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How I Talked About Trump With My 6-Year-Old Child
Originally appeared on Truthout.org – How I Talked About Trump With My 6-Year-Old Child By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | Op-Ed | November 10, 2016 What I felt Wednesday morning, and continue to feel, is moreContinue reading
Black Women Do Breastfeed, Despite Intense Systemic Barriers in the US
Originally appeared on Truthout.org – Black Women Do Breastfeed, Despite Intense Systemic Barriers in the US By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | News Analysis | August 26, 2016 The movement to normalize breastfeeding in this countryContinue reading
PEN.org Interview with Eisa Davis
Conversation: Eisa Davis & Eisa Ulen The following is a transcription of a conversation between Eisa Davis and Eisa Ulen. “Born of the bloodfire of struggle for the people. I honor my child with yourContinue reading
After Dallas: Because We Build
An edited version of this article appeared on BitchMedia.org After Dallas: Because We Build We are a family. We are a family whose oldest forebears came together in a partnership not formed by great loveContinue reading
When Play is Criminalized: Racial Disparities in Childhood
Originally appeared on Truthout.org – When Play Is Criminalized: Racial Disparities in Childhood By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Report | Monday, July 25, 2016 A significant segment of the child-age population in the UnitedContinue reading
Rising Up with Sonali – Black Parenting Matters
Raising Children in a World of Police Terror Featuring Eisa Nefertari Ulen – We live at a time when as a society, thanks to the Black Lives Matter movement, we are finally accepting that policeContinue reading
If We Must Wear Ourselves Out, Let it Be Because We Build
Published on BitchMedia.org – If We Must Wear Ourselves Out, Let it Be Because We Build By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | July 11, 2016 We are a family. We are a family whose oldest forebearsContinue reading
Be audacious whenever appropriate, which is pretty much always.
Published on TheRoot.com – Literary Women Pay Homage to Zora Neale Hurston on Her 125th Birthday by Janelle Harris; excerpt by Eisa Ulen | 01/07/16 | Culture “I first read Their Eyes Were Watching GodContinue reading
“Creed” Reveals Filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s Womanist Sensibilities
Originally appeared on Truthout.org – “Creed” Reveals Filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s Womanist Sensibilities By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | Review | January 5, 2016 Ryan Coogler loves Black women. Both his feature films, 2013’s Fruitvale Station andContinue reading
Restorative Justice Gives Our Children Dignity in US Schools
Originally appeared on Truthout.org – Restorative Justice Gives Our Children Dignity in US Schools By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | News Analysis | Tuesday, December 29, 2015 The deadly attacks against Black bodies made byContinue reading
Black Parenting Matters: Raising Children in a World of Police Terror
Originally appeared on Truthout.org – Black Parenting Matters: Raising Children in a World of Police Terror By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | Op-Ed | October 1, 2015 My child’s breath is a freedom song. In. Out.Continue reading
“Between the World and Me”: The Black Body Matters
“The question of how one should live within a black body, within a country lost in the Dream, is the question of my life,” writes Ta-Nehisi Coates to his teenage son. In Between the WorldContinue reading
Music’s Role in the Movement for Black Lives: An Interview With Robert Glasper
This interview originally appeared on Truthout.org. Music’s Role in the Movement for Black Lives: An Interview With Robert Glasper Tuesday, 04 August 2015 00:00 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Interview If you say toContinue reading
My Intersectional Life
Originally appeared on Truthout.org – My Intersectional Life By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Op-Ed | Saturday, March 21, 2015 I am a New Yorker. Ever since 9-11, I have felt like I have anContinue reading
So, So Fresh: US TV Is Starting to Reflect the US
Who remembers “The Humpty Dance“? The 1989 hit stands with the best hip-hop singles of the genre’s golden age. One of the Digital Underground song’s most quotable lines (and there are so many) is: “Samoans,Continue reading
Booty Shot
This week the queen bee of all the famous people who are famous for being famous people posed big booty-luscious for the cover of Paper Magazine. Kim Kardashian also gave full frontal, albeit with aContinue reading
Dear White People (and Black and Brown People, Too), Please Go See This Film
At the climax of Dear White People, a minstrel-style house party, complete with white students wearing blackface, causes what the media call a “race war” at elite Winchester University. At the film’s heart, however, allContinue reading