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Hannah Giorgis column I read and write in English, but I still dream in Amharic

It’s complicated to be an artist with family spanning multiple languages – my relatives love that I write but think I’m not writing for them

Published: 21 Jul 2015

Published: 21 Jul 2015
I read and write in English, but I still dream in Amharic

Hannah Giorgis column The sun is out – so pass me my book and let me dream

Books are prepackaged vacations. They let you explore new worlds at your fingertips and ask only that you steel yourself for what lies within

Published: 28 Jun 2015

Published: 28 Jun 2015
The sun is out – so pass me my book and let me dream

Hannah Giorgis column Black users on Vine: celebrating blackness 6 seconds at a time

Published: 17 May 2015

Published: 17 May 2015
Black users on Vine: celebrating blackness 6 seconds at a time
The panel Do Michelle Obama's comments on race resonate with black women? Panel verdict

Published: 13 May 2015

Published: 13 May 2015
Do Michelle Obama's comments on race resonate with black women? Panel verdict

Hannah Giorgis column We need racial justice and economic justice. We can’t breathe if we can’t eat

To stifle a community slowly, you institutionalize and even criminalize poverty while withholding the resources needed to escape it

Published: 30 Apr 2015

Published: 30 Apr 2015
We need racial justice and economic justice. We can’t breathe if we can’t eat

Hannah Giorgis column Many women of color don't go to the police after sexual assault for a reason

Survivors are seeking alternative paths to justice that don’t require involving a racist criminal justice system

Published: 25 Mar 2015

Published: 25 Mar 2015
Many women of color don't go to the police after sexual assault for a reason

Hannah Giorgis column Black art is dangerous, because it marries the personal and political

Art makes visible the pain that buries itself in the cavities that logic and reason alone cannot access

Published: 23 Feb 2015

Published: 23 Feb 2015
Black art is dangerous, because it marries the personal and political

The women's blog Radical Brownies: is this the future of girl groups?

In California, a new breed of Brownie is learning about social justice instead of sewing, empowering young girls marginalised by the mainstream. Hannah Giorgis reports

Published: 27 Jan 2015

Radical Brownies: is this the future of girl groups?
Hannah Giorgis column When the mental health system failed me, online communities became my coping mechanisms

Hannah Giorgis: The internet is my support system. But not all spaces are safe

Published: 14 Jan 2015

Published: 14 Jan 2015
When the mental health system failed me, online communities became my coping mechanisms

Hannah Giorgis column From Ferguson to New York, women are leading protests because all #BlackLivesMatter

Hannah Giorgis: When our humanity is defined not solely by proximity to whiteness or manhood, black people are closer to freedom and justice

Published: 16 Dec 2014

Published: 16 Dec 2014
From Ferguson to New York, women are leading protests because all #BlackLivesMatter

Hannah Giorgis column Beyond 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot': what if there's no indictment in Ferguson?

Hannah Giorgis: The hard truth about no justice for Michael Brown is that we must reassess our expectations to create a new kind of peace

Published: 10 Nov 2014

Published: 10 Nov 2014
Beyond 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot': what if there's no indictment in Ferguson?

Hannah Giorgis column The problem with the west's Ebola response is still fear of a black patient

Hannah Giorgis: Ebola is now a stand-in for any combination of ‘African-ness’, ‘blackness’, ‘foreign-ness’ and ‘infestation’ – poised to ruin the perceived purity of western borders and bodies

Published: 16 Oct 2014

Published: 16 Oct 2014
The problem with the west's Ebola response is still fear of a black patient

Hannah Giorgis column 'Shondaland is the most integrated and interesting geography in America'

After ABC debuted its three-hour block of Shonda Rhimes programming on Thursday, including Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away with Murder, we asked four black women to explain the significance of this TV event

Published: 27 Sep 2014

'Shondaland is the most integrated and interesting geography in America'
Hannah Giorgis column The myth of the Angry Black Woman is a scandal of white supremacy

Published: 22 Sep 2014

Published: 22 Sep 2014
The myth of the Angry Black Woman is a scandal of white supremacy
Hannah Giorgis column Don't watch the Ray Rice video. Don't ask why Janay Palmer married him. Ask why anyone would blame a victim

Published: 9 Sep 2014

Published: 9 Sep 2014
Don't watch the Ray Rice video. Don't ask why Janay Palmer married him. Ask why anyone would blame a victim

Hannah Giorgis column African immigrants must be Ferguson strong: we are black, and we're targets

Hannah Giorgis: Pretending that we exist outside the consequences of blackness is an injustice to ourselves, African Americans and all black people

Published: 21 Aug 2014

Published: 21 Aug 2014
African immigrants must be Ferguson strong: we are black, and we're targets