[applause] i'm very grateful to have morgan jerkins and britt julious her to discuss "this will be my undoing." before we begin i i want to maa few general announcements, starting with some information about upcoming events here at women and first. i guess were technically in swedish american museum. on february 26 we will let brittney cooper in conversation with page may and monica trinidad to discuss the book elegant rage, a black woman discovers her superpower. this will be held at the swedish american museum and will take place from seven to 9 p.m. tickets are available online through brown paper tickets. if you're interested to learn more about our events be sure to sign up for our e-mail list at our table around the corner. you can check out our website and facebook page or follow us on twitter and instagram. one final thing before we continue with tonight stephen, the women's voices find is a nonprofit arm of the story that covers the cost of having events such as the one where having today. please consider putting a dollar or 100 100 and again located ie back. i shoot part of

we are happy to host britt julious, journalist and essayist. she writes the weekly column for "the chicago tribune" and contributes pieces on race, feminism and culture to publications including the new york times, esq. l, gq, rolling stone and advice. brit host talkback, a podcast featuring stories from young women of color. it is an honor to have morgan jerkins with us today. "this will be my undoing" a laminates politics, boring from the situation of blacklist combined with womanhood. what i love about morgan jerkins is her resistance of monoliths. she speaks to tensions many black women and women of color will relate to him as he always does so with a lens so deeply personal that it is impossible to strip the work of its individual voice of experience. 16 graduated from princeton university specializing in 19th-century russian literature and postmodern japanese literature. she has written for the new yorker, vogue, new york times, the atlantic, l, rolling stone, the new republic and buzz feet among many others. she is also a contributing ed