Her book titled Fruits of Sorrow: Framing our Attention to Suffering, focuses on her studies of human emotions.
She focuses on three ways people who suffer can be seen: "tragic figures, or objects of compassion, or bearers of experiences from which others can learn or otherwise profit".
We naturally attempt to fix things that are broken or wrong in our lives.
Her 2016 book Trash Talks: Revelations in the Rubbish focuses on the complex relationship between human beings and waste.
[1] Spelman presents many ideas that impact the branch of feminist philosophy.
Just like men, women are treated differently based upon race, religion, sexual orientation, etc.