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A reading path

I’m white and trying to move from guilt to accountability.

Toward responsibility, capacity, repair, and a different way of being in relationship.

  1. Start here

    The Patriarchy in Pink: White Women, You Are Your Men

    2025Free

    A love note and a mirror.

    Read on Substack → The Patriarchy in Pink: White Women, You Are Your Men (opens in a new tab)
  2. “I Don’t Trust White People”

    2025Free

    A direct encounter with trust, whiteness, and relationship.

    Read on Substack → “I Don’t Trust White People” (opens in a new tab)
  3. Guilt Is Not Accountability, It’s Avoidance

    2025Free

    Guilt stalls repair; responsibility drives it.

    Read on Substack → Guilt Is Not Accountability, It’s Avoidance (opens in a new tab)
  4. To the White Women Who Say They Want Liberation

    2025Paid

    Uses Beah Richards’ 1951 poem to ask about complicity and defensiveness.

    Read on Substack → To the White Women Who Say They Want Liberation (opens in a new tab)
  5. When Allyship Feels Like Rejection

    2025Paid

    The lesson before you march.

    Read on Substack → When Allyship Feels Like Rejection (opens in a new tab)
  6. Well Done, My Good and Faithful Servant: Dolly Parton Is the Blueprint

    2026Paid

    What the practice looks like in one person: eldership, Appalachia, and material solidarity.

    Read on Substack → Well Done, My Good and Faithful Servant: Dolly Parton Is the Blueprint (opens in a new tab)

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