Sikivu Hutchinson
Sikivu Hutchinson is the author of Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars and the forthcoming Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical, Due April 2020, as well as Rock ‘N’ Roll Heretic: The Life and Times of Rory Tharpe (Infidel Books, 2020).
Posts by Sikivu Hutchinson
Dirty Americana, Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretics
Picture this: a blond white woman wearing a black tank top and playing a white electric guitar graces the title page of Music Radar’s... Read More
From Brexit to El Paso: The Geopolitics of White Hate
On the bustling streets of Kensington in London last week, one of the Black women I asked to comment on the recent election of... Read More
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