In an excerpt from her new book, Natalie Hopkinson explores histories of gendered violence in Caribbean and Atlantic wide histories of slavery, sugar through Kara Walker's Subtlety: "We have come to expect bizarre reactions from sugar. It is sensory and symbolic overload. Refined sugar was first marketed as a drug. Processed and presented as a … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Hopkinson on Sugar, Caribbean Slavery and Kara Walker’s Subtlety