Protest

Protest has long been a key tool of feminist work, and more recently also of intersectional social justice work. In that vein, we also welcome discussions of other protests from the long history of civil disobedience, especially those that highlight the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. What can we learn from prior protests and the lives of the people we associate with them, among them Fannie Lou Hamer, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King, Marsha P. Johnson, Johnny Tillmon, Zhou Yongjun or more recent figures like Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi? Essays might also address protest by focusing on key words and concepts associated with them—from “witness” and “ally” to “rioting,” “looting,” and “battlespace.”