“Children do not deserve privacy,” and other abusive myths masked as good parenting
Children who are taught that they don’t deserve privacy are in a perpetual cycle of apologizing for receiving it and/or being fearful that it will be rescinded.
“He didn’t have to hit her tho”: The ‘Beale Street’ slap scene & loving Black women who hurt us
How do so many Black women love violent Black men without reciprocating violence themselves, but can't get that love in return? How do we normalize care strategies for Black women who hurt us?
When gender non-conforming Bois like me get punched in the face, it’s always our fault
There’s always something more I should have done.
Heteronormativity makes us prey: At 15 I believed acting out my crushes was worse than being exploited by strangers
I was more afraid of being found out than of being harmed.
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.
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…
It is our duty to fight for our freedom; not to protect the police.
By Arielle Iniko Newton The energy in D.C. was stiff on Inauguration Day. Trump supporters and opponents were careful to keep their distance from one another. I stared mercilessly into the eyes of every racist I saw wearing a “Make…
Umar v. Seti and the necessity of decolonizing beefin’ in the quest for liberation.
By Sierra M. Witcher Imma be real wit y’all, I thought this Umar v Seti (#HotepWars) mess was fake for two reasons; petty Black feminists’ troll level went Super Saiyan and the gargantuan amount of ashiness is too ironic to…
Our Hands Are Also Bloodied: Exposing Intimate Partner Violence in The Black Queer Community
by John Fleurimond “I need to see it,” I grabbed my friend’s iPhone after she refused to hand it over. I opened the camera application and there it was: my face. Blood flowed from my brow. Speckles of it got…
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…
