The Controversy of the Twin Pandemics

2019/11/18 by LaToya E. Eaves, Eaves, LaToya E.
Social Sciences · #Anti-oppression #Black feminism #Critical and Liberation Pedagogy #Youth Education and Societal Dynamics #controversy #feminist pedagogies #reflexivity

paper · doi:10.14288/acme.v20i5.1935

openalex publication_date 2019/11/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

This intervention reflects on the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and anti-Black racism in conversation with feminist pedagogies and controversy. To do so, I weave together ideas from the papers in this themed section on Controversy and Anti-Oppression Pedagogies as well as scholarship on feminist pedagogies and practices to argue for revolutionary feminist disruption. I highlight a pedagogy of discomfort and discomfort as a framework for Black feminist and anti-oppression pedagogical engagements and spaces. I argue that doing so yields liberatory possibilities for our classrooms.

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