We protect us: Why the state will never solve the epidemic of missing and trafficked Black women & girls
State institutions such as the police, and child welfare services are often complicit in sexual violence enacted upon Black women and girls.
“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?
Misogynoir wants me to feel ashamed for being single today. Here’s how I’m refusing
I refuse to blame myself for the inability of others to see the many gifts I have to offer.
There are no “danger signs” for sexual assault: Lessons from a Hmong survivor
For years, I’ve blamed myself for not being able to identify “danger signs†in the sexual assault situations.
Where are all the women when we talk about prison?
By Ashley Denay (We gonna show ya'll the meaning of black love) When he havin' a bad day I fill up the bathtub (She put on the oven mitt, be cooking up mad grub) Got beef with a nigga, put…
The nasty-fication of sisterhood.
By Vitula Henderson I’m struggling with this new, post-election sisterhood with white women. I feel like this relationship is moving too fast, passing over the reckoning that I feel is necessary for me to move forward with confidence. It feels…
On Colin Kaepernick, Nate Parker, and allegiance to Black women.
by rae leone allen Colin Kaepernick won’t stand for the national anthem. His peaceful protest, “…to not show pride in a flag that oppresses black people,” in concert with his picked out ‘fro sent his jersey flying off the shelves…
The double-edged dilemma of performing masculinity.
By Daniel Johnson Performative masculinity traps you in a cocoon of unrealistic expectations. If you aren’t physically strong enough, you are constantly considered weak. If you don’t perform well at traditionally masculine tasks or don’t particularly gravitate toward structured trades, and…
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.
Not Yet Here: Internal Abolition in a Black Queer Future.
by Darnell L. Moore I could not sleep on August 10th. The previous day, 18-year old Mike Brown, Jr. was shot dead by officer Darren Wilson. I was haunted by the images of Brown’s bloodied black body left face down…
