"In the fall of 2018, I started taking classes through the Bard Prison Initiative. By the following year, I’d read Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, works by Plato, James Bal..
"In the fall of 2018, I started taking classes through the Bard Prison Initiative. By the following year, I’d read Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, works by Plato, James Baldwin, and Lois Tyson’s Critical Theory Today. These books opened my eyes to the foundations of society, how white supremacist ideologies are kept alive, and how they impact both people and the environment. I saw how these beliefs are passed down to boys and girls, shaping them to fill predefined social roles. But those who dare to challenge these oppressive systems often pay a price—they’re marginalized, broken down, and subjected to various forms of abuse. In this piece, I have children witnessing the destruction of Mother Nature and being disrupted by the type of future that awaits them."
