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# joy james
- URL: https://atelier.qxavier.com/living-inspirations/inspiration-joy-james/
- Published: 2026-10-06T11:48:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T11:48:00.000Z
- Description: ebenezer fitch professor of humanities • williams college
- Author: quincéy xavier
- Tags: living inspirations, #Import 2026-10-16 06:39

*ebenezer fitch professor of humanities • williams college*

a political philosopher writing and teaching on abolition, antiblackness, feminisms, and the captive maternal, author of *in pursuit of revolutionary love* and *new bones abolition*. she is the ebenezer fitch professor of humanities at williams college.

bio from [williams college](https://www.williams.edu/profile/jjames/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com)

### read

- [Not Your Guru](https://lux-magazine.com/article/joy-james/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — lux magazine, 2023
- [BAR Book Forum: Joy James' Book, "New Bones Abolition"](https://www.blackagendareport.com/bar-book-forum-joy-james-book-new-bones-abolition?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — black agenda report, 2023
- [Reaching Beyond "Black Faces in High Places": An Interview With Joy James](https://truthout.org/articles/reaching-beyond-black-faces-in-high-places-an-interview-with-joy-james/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — truthout, 2021
- [At the impasse of Revolution and Revolutionary Love](https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/03/captive-maternal-revolutionary-love/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — scalawag, 2023
- [Abolitionist scholars featured in virtual events](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/11/abolitionist-scholars-featured-virtual-events?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — cornell chronicle, 2020

### watch

- [Captive Maternal Roundtable 2022 w/ Dr. Joy James](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i3IiKR6ZXQ&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — anna almore, 2022
- [Dr. Joy James: "In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euQjstjX11w&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — black liberation media
- [Myth: Lesser Evil? (w/ Dr. Joy James)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rimcjqxenps&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — black liberation media
- [Dr. Joy James on New Bones and the Captive Maternal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXoS3wxpTNI&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — black liberation media

### hear

- [New Bones Abolition and the Function of the Captive Maternal with Joy James](https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/new-bones-abolition-and-the-function-of-the-captive-maternal-with-joy-james?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — millennials are killing capitalism, 2024
- [Joy James on Revolutionary Love, Captive Maternals, and Autonomy](https://timetalks.libsyn.com/joy-james-on-revolutionary-love-captive-maternals-and-autonomy?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — time talks, 2023
- [Episode 151: Making Revolutionary Love w/ Dr. Joy James](https://www.thedeepdivepod.com/151?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the deep dive, 2023
- [#79 In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Dr. Joy James & Deej](https://kultural.podbean.com/e/79-in-pursuit-of-revolutionary-love-dr-joy-james-deej/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the malcolm effect, 2023
- [In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities](https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/in-pursuit-of-revolutionary-love-precarity-power-communities/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — hard knock radio, kpfa, 2025