How “Gayle King v. Kobe Bryant” obscured a valid critique of sensationalizing sexual violence
In our efforts to resist this silencing, however, we must also consider the ways that others who are not public figures are implicated in these discussions
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.
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.
Police violence against Black women and girls is state-sanctioned rape culture
Chikesia Clemons was found guilty of disorderly conduct, once again showing that the criminal “justice†system is antithetical to the protection of Black women.
We are never the victims: How HIV criminalization emboldens sexual violence
I heard stories that even an accusation of endangerment has the potential to land you in prison.
A world “too far”: Aziz Ansari’s assault scandal and why #MeToo needs prison abolition
By Shondrea Thornton When news of Aziz Ansari’s alleged sexual assault began to spread, I chalked it up as just another drop in the trough of Hollywood revelations in recent months. Ansari, whose fame is tied to his ability to…
Unholy Touches: A Black Church Boy Speaks.
Child sexual abuse has for long been brushed under the rug and/or deemed unimportant for sermonic consideration.
The Cosby Civil War.
by Quentin Lucas For the last few days, I’ve been haunted by a months-old article about Toni Morrison published by The Guardian and penned by Hermione Hoby. The piece considers Morrison’s lofty stature as “the conscious of America,” an acknowledgement gracing…
Hollering in the Sanctuary: Can You Hear Me?
We should all seek to understand the ways we’ve actively perpetuated violence, or willfully remain complicit in the harm of others.
A Mother’s Son: Breaking the Cycle of Racial-Sexual Violence.
By Ahmad Greene “By and by, when the morning comes When the saints of God are gathered home We'll tell the story how we've overcome For we'll understand it by and by” I come from a family of Black women survivors…
