We raise and teach your kids, we start and run your social movements, we bruise and die at the hands of Justice, we run your board meetings, we consume your sexist media, we retweet your message, we do all kinds of invaluable things for which we’ll never see a paid invoice. Until such a time as money is no longer the driver of all things survival and success, the best way to support women is to pay up, even when we don’t ask for the money…
When that’s not something you can do financially, share the fuck out of their projects and encourage those who can to pay. Shares and retweets are often what stands between women and their ability to pay the bills.
— Some of the best ways to support other women, from editor and activist Taté Walker
(Source: katehart.net)
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Be your authentic self. Do your best at whatever level you’re at with whatever resources you have. It’s so easy in this age of over-sharing to want to be everything for everyone. I think women, especially women of color, get caught up in this trap that we aren’t enough (we aren’t pretty enough, skinny enough, rich enough, white enough). Believe that you are enough and surround yourself with others who believe you are enough.
And vote.
— Advice to aspiring badasses from Badass Lady Taté Walker
(Source: katehart.net)
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As I continue to grow in my Lakota identity, I find example after example of how feminism is intricately tied with many Indigenous teachings. Our (unconscious) feminism takes shape as language revitalization, land protection, bodily autonomy, child rearing, justice reform, and more.— Editor, activist, and storyteller Taté Walker discusses her approach to feminism
(Source: katehart.net)
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Pay It Forward:
Editor, storyteller, and activist Taté Walker shares more badass ladies we should know
Check out these suggestions from Taté (with bios from their respective pages), then click through to read her Badass Ladies profile and enter to win a free copy of Native Peoples magazine!
“Were you as jazzed as me July 27?
That SCOTUS decision was in large part due to the efforts of this awesome
badass: Renee Bracey Sherman.”
Renee is
is an award winning reproductive justice activist and the author of Saying Abortion Aloud: Research and Recommendations for Public Abortion Storytellers and Organizations and the co-author of Speak Up & Stay Safe®, a multi-lingual digital guide on handling online harassment. She is a writer with Echoing Ida, a project of Forward Together that amplifies the voices of Black women thought leaders. Bracey Sherman’s work on abortion storytelling and reproductive rights has been featured on BBC, The Guardian, The Washington Post, EBONY, Salon, Fusion, TIME, and The Atlantic. Bracey Sherman holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Cornell University and currently sits on the board of NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation.
Indigenerd Johnnie Jae:
Johnnie is
the founder of A Tribe Called Geek. Managing Partner at Native Max Magazine, Producer/Host at SuccessNativeStyle, and Board Member of Not Your Mascots.
Two Spirit Lyzz Bien:
Lyzz is a Passamaquoddy artist, presenter and performer.
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Taté Walker is a Lakota storyteller, feminist activist, blogger, photographer, and social services professional who promotes cultural competency and inclusion for all spaces. Her experience includes more than 12 years as a professional multimedia journalist. She is the editor of Native Peoples magazine, which provides an international audience with fair and accurate representations of Indigenous perspectives and experiences in ways that educate, entertain, and empower through journalistic storytelling. She also spent eight years within the social services sector in the fields of juvenile justice, civil rights, and youth and family advocacy. She and her husband, Dalton (also a journalist), leveled-up in life after the birth of their now 7-year-old daughter, Kimimila.
website // blog // twitter // @walkerimagining // everyday feminism
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“Badass Ladies You Should Know” is brought to you by Kate Hart (kdhart), author of AFTER THE FALL, coming January 24, 2017 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
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Badass Ladies You Should Know:
Editor, storyteller, and activist Taté Walker
After a short health-related hiatus, the Badass Ladies series is back! Today I am thrilled to bring you a profile of Taté Walker: Lakota storyteller, activist, social services professional, and, among much more, the editor of Native Peoples magazine. Her life and career path have given her a unique and valuable perspective on feminism and creating change, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to share it with you. Be sure to click through for a giveaway (and more photos)!
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