White supremacy and cis-heteropatriarchy encourage us to have selective distributions of intimacy, touch and care that are reserved specifically for our sexual partners and family members.
The idea that there are only two genders is an intentional capitalist and colonial project used to strengthen the political economies of hegemony and anti-Blackness.
For many POC, “interracial” dating is more often than not about scoring a white partner, in an attempt to liken oneself toward a more legible humanity
Children who are taught that they don’t deserve privacy are in a perpetual cycle of apologizing for receiving it and/or being fearful that it will be rescinded.
Instead of relying on the police, transformative justice and community accountability allows survivors and their communities to decide what justice looks like for themselves.
For “good men,” the opposite of “toxic masculinity” is a benevolent and respectable patriarchy.
How do so many Black women love violent Black men without reciprocating violence themselves, but can't get that love in return? How do we normalize care strategies for Black women who hurt us?
I refuse to blame myself for the inability of others to see the many gifts I have to offer.
Black women are always antagonized as aggressors who are too mean, too rude, too strong, and too stuck up, and thus deserving of forceful punishment, violations of our bodies, space, and dignity, and a suppressive hand to coerce obedience.
The biggest weakness in Meek Mill’s developing political formation is his extremely limited understanding of gender justice and its necessity in achieving racial equity.
