PinnedDesirée Winns·Jun 30The Promised Land and Everything Else — a d’var TorahHave you ever felt like you were behind in life? I have. According to U.S. law, at the age of 25, I am an adult, eligible to vote, rent a…A response icon1A response icon1
PinnedDesirée Winns·Jan 11Every Black Girl Remembers Her Introduction to FascismA response icon5A response icon5
PinnedDesirée Winns·Aug 18, 2025A Place I Lived: Reflections from a Black Girl in LithuaniaWhat are you?A response icon1A response icon1
Desirée Winns·Sep 7Why Judaism? My Conversion EssayThe first time I really wrestled with God was after I watched a PBS documentary on slavery and the Civil Rights Movement. I was seven. I…
Desirée Winns·Sep 6Book Review: Nappy Hair by Carolivia HerronMy parents used to read me this book when I was little and today I learned that it was written by a Black American Jewish woman, Carolivia…
Desirée Winns·Aug 29אֱמֶת — A LamentSometimes I wonder where God was when Emmett cried out that night.A response icon1A response icon1
Desirée Winns·Aug 12Book Review: The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellIn the year 2019, a group of Jesuit priests, doctors, and scientists go to the planet Rakhat to learn about the life and language of its…
Desirée Winns·Jul 10Book Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonIt took me way too long to read this book, but I’m glad I finally did. Following a young Black woman named Janie and her three marriages to…
Desirée Winns·Jun 19Book Review: The Black Practice of Disbelief by Anthony PinnWhat does it mean to be a Black humanist? Challenging the assumption that Black atheism is solely defined by what one does not believe in…A response icon2A response icon2
