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Décoloniser les DSSR: un enjeu global et communautaire

July 27th, 2021|

By Kristy ROMAIN

Depuis plusieurs années, les luttes décoloniales sont à nouveau sur le devant de la scène. Le développement des réseaux sociaux y est pour beaucoup : pouvoir lire les revendications de militant-es à travers des théories politiques simplifiées en une centaine de caractères a rendu la décolonisation en tant que discipline accessible pour beaucoup. Principalement, c’est le concept d’intersectionnalité, créé par des femmes noires afroféministes, qui […]

The outside position within

February 3rd, 2021|

 

Seven years ago I was diagnosed with HIV. At first, I didn’t think of a death sentence: thanks to antirretroviral treatments that appeared twenty years ago, HIV became a chronic disease. However, I knew that my HIV status could be a death sentence for my social and sex life. The way I would have to call upon was to become the advocate for my own cause and collect as much […]

I wasn’t born a feminist

October 22nd, 2020|

As a woman of color, my first interactions with feminist organizations and activists are not my best memories. I wasn’t born a feminist but I became one despite all the odds and the toxic feminism that I came across along the way.

 

I wasn’t born a feminist.

I wasn’t raised as a feminist.

I wasn’t educated as a feminist.

I wasn’t taught feminism.

I wasn’t given access to feminism.

Feminism was white elitism. And I wasn’t […]

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