Black women’s impossible dilemma: How this world ties our “safety” to the protection of our abusers
The world has an appetite for our pain, and this is what I refuse. This is why I will never again decide to protect someone who harms me.
At 20, Lil Nas X is still a child. Why do older adults keep sexualizing him?
Yes, 18 is the legal threshold from childhood to adulthood, but legality has never been something that applied “equally" to Black children, especially Black Queer children.
Taylor Swift isn’t copying Beyoncé. She’s mocking her.
Taylor Swift is not copying Beyoncé. She’s mocking Beyoncé. This difference assumes a level of intent that brings forth deliberate malice and cultural disruption.
