In the moments after the Bill Cosby verdict, Colorlines asked six Black feminists to tell us how they felt about it. Here’s what Tarana Burke, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Jamilah Lemieux, Salamishah Tillet, Ayana Byrd and Monifa Bandele shared.

The ruling came two days after the Associated Press published new excerpts from a 2005-2006 deposition. 

New details from the 2005 deposition add disturbing shades to Cosby’s profile.