On Black Death and grieving modalities
Our deaths, even in private, are suggestions of what we deserve. And they are always in relationship with the state.
Black people are dreaming to get free- Literally
The complex and intricate relationship between notions of disability and indigenous concepts of spiritual marking are alive in Harriet’s story.
I am a Black queer woman with HIV and I am clean
I think that when we begin to open up about harm, cleanliness, criminalization and stigma, we get better at loving each other. And when we listen, we build up sustainable, community driven responses to diagnosis and harm.
I thought Crohn’s was why I hated my body. Instead, it showed me how liberating loving Black bodies can be
Escape is little more than retreat, but Liberation is the creation of something you don’t need to escape from.
Decriminalizing Black theft, and the right to steal in an anti-Black capitalist society
“We’ve always been at the center of the theft.” - Andrew Salkey Six months into the catastrophe of my grandmother's death, her car was broken into three times. The last time they took her notebooks and my favorite shoes. Before…
Blackness doesn’t need whiteness to exist because whiteness didn’t create it. We did
We are agents and shapers of history, culture and discourse, not mere passive, thoughtless victims. We were sizing them up the same time they were sizing us up.
Prison “reform” is useless unless it pushes for freedom and dignity for *everyone*
Prison reform continues to be structured around arbitrary definitions of who does and doesn’t deserve humane treatment
It’s impossible to fight for justice and the world not call you crazy when the world is unjust
Regardless of who destroyed the Earth, I’m still expected to clock in on time, not steal from them people, not lie to authorities, not kill Daniel Hortzclaw.
I left the U.S. to escape anti-Blackness, only to learn how unavoidable it is in therapy
My husband and I recently sought therapy here in Belgrade, Serbia, where we moved from Zagreb, Croatia some months ago after living there for close to three years. A point of contention in our marriage has been my desire to…
Luvvie and the Black digital intelligentsia I don’t trust
By Arielle Iniko Newton Editor’s Note: If you’re not Black, this conversation ain’t for you. Luvvie Ajayi is a popular online commentator who fucked up badly this week after she demonized poor Black activists who demand compensation for our labor.…
