Musings on a world without rape: A listicle
Half of my DVD collection would be rendered moot without rape and rape culture.
Rape Can & Must End: Poems
These poems are part of our monthlong collaboration with FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, Rape Can & Must End
When liberal orgs tell QTPOC to “bring your full self to work,” it’s a lie. I know because I fell for it.
By recognizing the unwritten rules and expectations for what they are, we can better navigate these spaces or leave them altogether to build our own.
For all the poor Black kids who become prey for rich white liberals
He knows he can ruin poor Black folks lives, and then just retreat into his money with no guilty conscience. A monster.
There’s a Black queer dude swinging at white people by my job and I’m losing my mind too
Not “lose our minds” in the immediate, ableist sense, but like what happens when your mind goes off searching for freedom beyond political rights and social politeness.
I won’t let them have you, Ms. Aretha: On surviving grief and reclaiming Black joy after death
That’s what we do. We reclaim our people after death. We carry them home on our backs and in our hearts.
I wanted to stop suffering like Jamel Myles. Here’s what I learned about youth mental health
By Nickolas Gaines Content Note: Suicide, homophobia, bullying The first time I attempted suicide, I was a high school freshman. An email circulated around my friend group that said I was gay, and it was also posted up by the…
We can hold Omarosa accountable without throwing a Black woman away
Perhaps this kind of "I don't care what happens to so and so" is also a reinforcement of anti-Blackness.
When men dispose of other men who are violent, we avoid accountability
By Daniel Johnson Scholar Henry A. Giroux’s work Stormy Weather: Hurricane Katrina and the Politics of Disposability positions disposability politics strictly as it relates to those who were seen as disposable by the state during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. However, disposability…
Why we should support Black self-care even when its not costly therapy
In doing self-care, I have to ask myself what systems am I continuing to perpetuate when I expect people to seek medical attention, go to church, spend time with family, etc.
