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Follow her[ @createdbyerica](https://twitter.com/createdbyerica)  ## Erica Williams Simon *  Mar 11, 2016 ### [What We Don't Understand About Violent Offenders](https://time.com/4254336/what-we-dont-understand-about-violent-offenders/) What we can learn from a man who served 19 years in prison about devastating effects of the criminal... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 5, 2015 ### [Why Amber Rose’s SlutWalk Was for Everyone — Even Prudes](https://time.com/4061773/amber-rose-slutwalk/) The decisions that any of us make about our bodies and sexuality should never be based in fear of ab... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 27, 2015 ### [What We Can Learn From the Bobbi Kristina Brown Tragedy](https://time.com/3973018/saving-bobbi-kristina-brown/) And why we thought we could save her *  Jun 29, 2015 ### [5 Lessons America Can Learn From Black Churches](https://time.com/3940048/charleston-obama-eulogy-black-churches/) Obama's eulogy for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney offered an illuminating glimpse into African American ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 14, 2015 ### [Why Tweeting Can't Replace a Civil Rights March](https://time.com/3820018/march-2-justice-civil-rights/) "March 2 Justice" activists embark on a 250 mile march from New York to Washington, DC. But do old-s... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 13, 2015 ### [Why So Many People See the UNC Killings as a Hate Crime](https://time.com/3709709/unc-chapel-hill-killings-muslims-investigation-hate-crime/) We can't help but see the deaths of the three young students through our own experiences [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 25, 2014 ### [What History Books Should Say About Ferguson](https://time.com/3604893/ferguson-michael-brown-darren-wilson-mcculloch-verdict-race/) How we tell the story of what happened in Missouri matters *  Nov 20, 2014 ### [Bill Cosby, Camille Cosby and the Oppressive Power of Silence](https://time.com/3598207/bill-cosby-rape-accusations-silence/) What the couple's response to allegations of sexual assault reveal about the scandal Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/erica-williams-simon/","name":"Erica Williams Simon"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/erica-williams-simon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/erica-williams-simon/"},"name":"Erica Williams Simon","jobTitle":null,"description":"Erica Williams Simon is a strategist, cultural critic, speaker and media maker. 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