By Leslie Jones Writer’s Note: The article title is an homage to Mary Frances Berry’s seminal work on emergent colored Creole identity in the late 18th and 19th century. Her research reveals the strategies employed by colored people to resist…
By Marquis Bey “The fugitivity of these images lies not in their ability to sanction movement but in the creation of new possibilities for living lives that refused a regulatory regime from which they could not be removed.” —Tina Campt,…
By Rumi “It’s not natural,” she said. “Your father would be mortified,” she said. If asked, very few niggas would probably say that talking to their moms about anal sex constitutes the “good life,” but it’s one of those things…
By Sherronda J. Brown Writer’s Note: This essay contains spoilers for The Girl With All The Gifts The zombie narrative in Western horror has always been rooted in fear of the destruction of the dominant white society, the disruption of…
By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Last week, Jenn Jackson, a PhD student at the University of Chicago, Managing Editor of Black Youth Project, and a writer published in a variety of venues such as B*tch Media, took to Twitter to instigate thoughtful…
By Jasmine Banks Imagine someone who has dedicated their life work to calling out the violence of corporal punishment in the Black community. Imagine that they, as a former foster youth, redeems their experiences with child abuse into award-winning writing…
By Daniel Johnson Honestly, there would be no Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea, Katy Perry, Yes Julz or any other white woman culturally appropriating Blackness without the continued support and validation of Black men. Black men are culpable accomplices when insincere…
By Arielle Iniko Newton Editor’s Note: To support the two Muslim teenage girls who are victims/survivors in Portland, please give to their YouCaring page. In America, only white men are heroes. In America, a nation defined by its white supremacist…
By Aja Barber There is no dog that I hate. I love most dogs. There are no bad dogs, only bad owners. And there’s a dog owner I loathe. She’s a neighbor; a white woman whose outrageous behavior and rule-breaking…
