Social distancing is just part of the problem if we don’t account for anti-Blackness
Social distancing is a privilege that the well-to-do have already been practicing for centuries to keep their resources away from marginalized people.
I hope you catch AIDS and die
When you tell me you hope my death is via “catching AIDS.” What you are saying is you want me to live forever, or at least until a miracle occurs. And in response I say, “Thank you!”
What exactly is “micro” about microaggressions?
Between macro and micro, I would choose neither. I haven’t been able to make the microaggressions feel any less aggressive than a full slap to the face. For me, the macro only provides substance to the micro.
Even when Black conspiracy theories are misguided, they are not nonsensical
Rumor and skepticism function as toolkits, glossaries and blueprints for Black folks to navigate the haunting brutality of white economies and its conductors.
The Mueller Report’s failure left white liberals outraged, but Black folks knew the FBI doesn’t bring justice
The strategy that some on the left were hoping would deal him a massive blow was a predictable flop. It’s astonishing, really. Right now, we’re witnessing one of the rare moments where white liberals were neglected by the very authority figures—the clean cut devotees of the FBI—who for decades have actively protected their interests at the cost of minority lives.
Men of color are creating their own manospheres, & their misogynistic violence is going ignored
If most male supremacists are concerned about the declining status of white men, men of color want to establish a dominance that society never bequeathed to them.
“I am committed to reclaiming God”: An interview with curators of the HIV archival exhibit ‘Metanoia’
I want visitors to the exhibit to understand that humans who are the most impacted by crisis, in its many forms (prison, racism, HIV, sexism, poverty, educational scarcity), have the capacity to change their own circumstances and those of others, through art-making, community, activism, and collaboration: metanoia!
We’ve got a new look!
We couldn’t be more excited to share with you our brand new professional look, and all that we plan to do from here!
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.
No one is obligated to remain: Consent, agency & supporting loved ones who want to let go
Are the ones we “love†able to choose death, or is our relationship with them about ownership, possession and obligation? If it is, we are not allowed living or dying as our full selves.