I am a Black woman who decided to lose weight in 2019… or did I?
My body, as Black, as woman, as I’ve come to know it, has never been and may never be my own.
Anti-fatness and the denial of survivorship for fat Black boys who have been assaulted
Aside from Roxane Gay, social, political, economic, and cultural work around the (fat) body is overwhelmingly white—despite the ways in which anti-fat oppression is felt most harshly by Black fat bodies.
When gender non-conforming Bois like me get punched in the face, it’s always our fault
There’s always something more I should have done.
I went to my high school reunion queer & proud, but still couldn’t shake the fear of being outed
But truth is, from what I can tell, I am the only person who brought a “partner” to this reunion. Sure, there might be other fiances, but partner is the only term straight folks prescribe to gay niggas.
There are no “danger signs” for sexual assault: Lessons from a Hmong survivor
For years, I’ve blamed myself for not being able to identify “danger signs†in the sexual assault situations.
The messy relationship between f*ggots & the Black American pop diva
Diva has long-time been used to describe an archetype of the wonderfully tragic. Used to uplift and level. To shroud a person in cues: dramatic, difficult, annoying, too-much.
Heteronormativity makes us prey: At 15 I believed acting out my crushes was worse than being exploited by strangers
I was more afraid of being found out than of being harmed.
Rape culture tells us it is normal. My body knows this is a lie
Those who resist rape culture’s control allow my body—a queer Black body that has never known rape—to be possible.
How the carceral state fuels toxic masculinity in Black children
The physical markers of the carceral state not only demarcate our mobility and freedom, but inform our performances as well, particularly Black masculinities.
How do we maintain abolitionist principles in cases of sexual assault?
The solution to repairing the development of my healing was not to believe solely in the idea of restoring the justice system but to support the transformation of justice entirely.
