From the streets of Khartoum and Kabul to the blockaded enclaves of Nagorno-Karabakh, from the besieged neighborhoods of Gaza and Lebanon to the mountains of Kurdistan, women’s voices rise in a chorus of resistance and resilience. Consider the haunting similarity of experiences shared by women across territories struggling against colonial and imperial wars: Every night … Read more
When the hurricane swirled and spread its delugeof dark evilonto the good green land‘they’ gloated. The western skiesreverberated with joyous accounts:“The Tree has fallen!The great trunk is smashed! The hurricane leaves no life in the Tree!” Had the Tree really fallen?Never! Not with our red streams flowing forever,not while the wine of our thorn limbsfed … Read more
The new issue of The Scholar and Feminist Online “Rage, Struggle, Freedom” explores transformative modes of feminist organizing in the face of global crises defined by militarism, state violence, and structural abandonment. Guest edited by Margo Okazawa-Rey and Elif Sarican, this issue marks the first-ever open call for contributions in the journal’s history. We received … Read more
La serie / The series Manglar, tierra, agua, barro, vida, creación. Nuestra ancestralidad vibra frente la bahía de Sepetiba, a la luz de la luna y del sol, despierta la potencia femenina, saludando al vientre de la vida. Conectadas con lo sagrado de los tiempos, el fuego, la tierra, el aire, el origen que emerge … Read more
* Artist Statement As an artist, I use visual art to be alone with my thoughts at the end of my day and to document what is going on by painting and drawing in the small space where I live. Over the past three years I have not been able to engage fully in this … Read more
1909 Figures 1-4: Installation images of 1909 at the Riverside Art Center, Riverside, Illinois, near Metra station. Figure 5: Deinstallation of 1909. Figure 6: One of the reference images for building a hemp Buddha statue. This Japanese-style statue is located at Geum-Jung-Sa Buddhist temple in Busan. 1909 is about meditation on collective memories, displacement, debilitation, … Read more
The International Women’s Network Against Militarism (IWNAM) links grassroots activists and activist-scholars across the Asia Pacific region, advocating for feminist genuine security for people and the planet, not militarized state security. Collaborative, creative projects — drawings, quilts, banners, ceremonies, and online images — grow out of our work together. Through art and art-making, we express … Read more
Figure 1. Ukrainian Women Resist A tribute to the courage, intellect, and grit of the extraordinary Ukrainian women playing key roles in every aspect of the war that Russia launched in February 2022. From the women on the front lines to those fleeing the violence to protect their children, from the women journalists bringing us … Read more
This Could Be a Poem or Just a Series of Scenes I’m Inviting You Into This could be a poem about the Viet Nam war and about agent orange to signal to you that as a Vietnamese person I’ve done my research. That here is my act of refusal to belong or to have a … Read more
