Sikivu Hutchinson
Sikivu Hutchinson is the author of Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars as well as the novel and stage play, White Nights: Black Paradise. Her web-series Narcolepsy, Inc., a sci-fi/speculative fiction satire on corporate theocracy, debuted in March on Youtube and Stareable. Her book, Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical, is due from Pitchstone Press in April 2020.
Posts by Sikivu Hutchinson
Still, We Rise: The First Women of Color Beyond Belief Conference
Donald Trump’s recent racist, sexist, nativist tirade against congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)—telling them... Read More
Keep “God” and Theocrats Out of Our Wombs
Atrocities like the Alabama abortion bill proudly signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey on May 16 are some of the reasons why I’m... Read More
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Gospel of Rape and Redemption
“Won’t people get mad if we criticize religion in our presentation?” my student asked. She was referring to the prevalence of sexual abuse allegations... Read More
Why “Five Fierce Humanists”?
Several months ago, after seeing issue after issue of the Humanist magazine with white folks on the cover, I approached editor Jennifer Bardi with... Read More
Controlling Bodies: An Interview with Andrea J. Ritchie
In her groundbreaking new book, Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color, Black lesbian activist attorney Andrea J. Ritchie... Read More
Segregation Now and Forever: Betsy DeVos and the Looting of Public Education
“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever.” This was white supremacist Alabama Governor George Wallace’s epic battle cry in his infamous 1963 inaugural speech... Read More
To Be Young, Gifted, Secular, and Black
Black youth who reject organized religion don’t have the social and economic benefits of white privilege to blunt their "apostasy." ALTHOUGH IN THE UNITED... Read More