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Sistah Vegan Blog:
A Critical Race Feminist's Journey Through the 'Ethical Foodscape'...and Beyond

The Future is Vegan…(And Still A White Supremacist Racial Caste-Capitalist System)

Can I write a science fiction book based on the future? Like, can I write a book that shows a world that is entirely vegan and...

Black Girl in the 1980s: On Drinking Cow Milk, Being Compared to Dog Poop, and Rural White New Engla

When you grow up in a town that had a lot of racism but also white community members who supported this little black girl turned woman....

6 Year Old Girl Climbs Mt. Whitney and Happens to Be Sistah Vegan’s Daughter

Eva Luna Harper-Zahn (6) at Mt. Whitney Summit , July 2018 (Photo Credit: Dr. Oliver Zahn) My daughter is 6 years old and she just made...

Paradigm Shift: From Fear of Racist Backlash to Opportunity for Transformative Justice Praxis

Two years ago, there was a pivotal moment in my antiracism and vegan scholarship/activist career. I was invited to speak at Whidbey...

I’m Black and I Burn When it’s 67 Degrees: Blackness Card Rejected

I wrote this in 2012 but it might as well be 2018…. Pointing at my burned scabbing nose…blackness card revoked! Seriously, what the hell?...

When Talking About Racism is “Insulting”: Thoughts on My Animal Care Expo Keynote Talk

[youtube=https://youtu.be/YM5kxgHwXiQ] May 14, 2018 I gave the opening session keynote talk for the Animal Care Expo event in Kansas City...

The Weapon of the Word “N*gger” and Backlash Against Talking about Racism

I talk about Backlash by Dr. George Yancy and what it means for Black folk to talk compassionately and honestly about race in the USA…and...

“N*gger” is not just a ‘word’ (Somatic pain beyond just being ‘brainy&

When a troll calls you a “n*gger”, in response to your public work that addresses racial injustice (i.e., a book you have published, a...

12 Women Who Helped Shape Me: A Black Feminist Pays Homage on International Women’s Day 2018

Here are some of the influential women that I would like to thank that helped me in various ways with having the confidence, resources,...