Meet Sikivu
Sikivu Hutchinson is a Black feminist, novelist, playwright and director. She is the author of The Roar of Distant Engines (2023), The Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretic (2021), Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical (2020), White Nights, Black Paradise (2015), Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars (2011), and Imagining Transit: Race, Gender, and Transportation Politics in Los Angeles (2003). Moral Combat is the first book on atheism to be published by an African-American woman. In 2013 she was named Secular Woman of the year and in 2020 she was a recipient of the Harvard Humanist of the Year award.
Sikivu Hutchinson is an American feminist, novelist, playwright and director. She is the author of The Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretic (2021), Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical (2020), White Nights, Black Paradise (2015), Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars (2011), and Imagining Transit: Race, Gender, and Transportation Politics in Los Angeles (2003). Moral Combat is the first book on atheism to be published by an African-American woman. In 2013 she was named Secular Woman of the year and in 2020 she was a recipient of the Harvard Humanist of the Year award.
Sikivu on the Humanism Ireland podcast
In June, Sikivu was featured on the Humanism Ireland podcast hosted by Megan Young of the Humanist Association of Ireland. Sikivu discussed her work with the Women’s Leadership Project, gender-based violence prevention, LGBTQIA+ rights and queer-affirming education, as well as Black feminist humanist praxis and activism. https://rss.com/podcasts/humanismireland/
The Kinderness Short Film Shoot: Speculative Fiction, Reparations and Power Politics
In early June, Sikivu wrapped the short film adaptation of “The Kinderness”, which is based on her 2025 play from last year’s Outliers: A Black Women’s Theater Showcase. “The Kinderness” focuses on a Black female Founder-Inventor (Melissa Kaye Bontempt) whose company deploys white androids to carry out reparationist missions for
#Standing4BlackGirls Music and Poetry Festival Kicks Off July 18th!
The #Standing4BlackGirls Music and Poetry concert festival will feature original multi-genre music and spoken word performances by Black female-identifying and queer artists. Headlined by internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter-guitarist Malina Moye, the event will raise awareness about disproportionate gender-based violence experienced by Black women and girls in L.A. County and beyond, while providing
To Catch a Cult Predator: Black Women Beware by Sikivu Hutchinson
By Sikivu Hutchinson In the beginning of the grooming process, there is sweetness and light. The groomer wants you, acts like you’re the only one in the room, showers you with adulation, folds you into the embrace of a gushingly warm 24/7 community and immerses you in the seductive quicksand
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