Beyoncé creates space for Blackness regardless of her audience, and it's empowering to witness.
By Jazmine Joyner
Beyoncé officially changed the game, again...
It's important to discuss Philadelphia's issues with gentrification when you talk about policing, Starbucks, and racism.
By Asia Renée
I love Starbucks. I’...
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, here are some important self-care tips for when things become too much.
For those suffering from acute or long-term...
"A Quiet Place" celebrates disability without tokenization.
By Jazmine Joyner
I was worried before seeing “A Quiet Place”, a new horror film directed by...
Why do so many non-Black Latinx artists still make space for white supremacy?
By Ruby Mora
Singer Sabrina Claudio was recently outed on Twitter for writing ...
Frida isn’t a commodity, she was a person who fought against materialistic consumerism.
As someone who has spent almost 20 years studying the life and art of ...
There are alternatives to contacting the police, and these alternatives can be more effective than getting law enforcement involved in situations that they are ...
Problems associated with tipping are seen throughout the country.
Tipping can be a great way to earn extra income. As you may often see on social media, people...
It is the core of Restorative Justice that an offender must accept responsibility for the harm that they have caused.
By Michelle Carroll
For the past few ...
Listen to trans women who come forward and give us the resources we need to heal.
The weekend of August 24th, 2018 marks 5 years since I was raped in my do...
As a fan of "Jessica Jones" I am calling for more.
By Michelle Carroll
Spoiler Alert: This article discusses specific scenes and overarching themes in seas...
The Harts were hideous monstrosities of unbounded proportions.
Years of reported child abuse claims, including physical harm and starvation, recently cu...
Every day is “Punish a Muslim Day” for islamophobes.
By Hafsa Quraishi
Remember when aspiring model, Resham Khan, was doused in acid on her 21st birthday in...
Anger, beyond happiness, has been a driving force and a focused laser beam which has led me to some of the most cathartic moments of self-care.
The beginni...
Reina Gossett is a visionary and her work deserves prestige and compensation.
As a writer and an organizer, I get a warm flush a few times a month when I get ...
People of color have learned to navigate white spaces, and I have decided to expect no effort in return from white people who want to know about and participate...
I live in Boulder too, and no, cafés aren’t going to sell very good chai. You know who might? A Desi friend, if she had one.
By Nami Thompson
On Bollywood s...
I wanted to give those who read this and are getting any kind of transition surgery — or even just starting their transition in general — the tools to process t...
Self-care that fails to address the full dimension of individual healing simply isn't enough.
Self-care honestly gets a bad rep. There is a time for action and...
Safe injection sites save money but also they saves lives.
Philadelphia has, for decades, had a reputation of being a major heroin haven on the East Coast, wit...
By giving super powers to those who are usually considered powerless, "Superb" manages to tell a story of a generation that is able to battle evil that is liter...
Women and femmes are not the same, but they are intertwined, and its exactly that mutual oppression and shared experience under patriarchy that has led activist...
We can no longer allow feminism and The Women’s March to have a ‘pink hat’ relationship with Hip-Hop or Black women.
By Ashley Nash
Since the start of...
We have important steps to take in learning about desire, consent and pleasure-based sexual experiences in the wake of #MeToo.
Started almost ten years ago...
Remaining positive about our bodies and keeping our head above the water of diet culture is a constant struggle.
When a doctor asks you about your diet th...
In honor of Women’s History Month, check out the work of these BIWOC comics writers.
As a medium and an industry, comics aren’t always kind to women, especiall...
Chinese medicine is such an important part of my life and my identity, so when I see it become a white people trend, I immediately have a lot of questions.
By...
Elizabeth Acevedo's "The Poet X" brings to light the beauty and nuances of teenage Afro-Latinx experiences.
By Ruby Mora
Literature was a pivotal part of my...
Instead of viewing Black Panther’s success as an opportunity to complain about something that is lacking in our communities, non-Black people of color should ap...
SESTA is just another extension of government abuse, not only of sex workers, but of the American people in general.
Sex worker Armageddon is upon us. At least...
At its core, academia in the United States is still a white supremacist institution that was not made with us in mind.
Institutions of higher education in the ...
Nakia is the MVP of “Black Panther”— if anyone is revolutionary here, it is her.
By Clarkisha Kent
It has been nearly two weeks since "Black Panther" came ...
As the veil began lifting, I started to see that award shows are an integral cog in a misogynistic media machine driven by capitalism. And it started to make me...
The news is dominated by sexual assault, but what about the harassment that fuels rape culture?
By Ally Sabatina
With the news cycle being what it is—and th...
As Women's History Month rolls by, focus on our past, present and future. We have a lot to get done, but we are ready.
We're creeping closer towards the end of...
The conversation regarding school safety cannot start and stop with guns and shootings.
Since 2018 began, at least 8 school shootings have occurred in the US i...
The “Black Panther” narrative allows Black women to be both angry and tender, both strong and vulnerable, both independent and interdependent on each other and ...
Our Detroit school is a fortress. Every door is locked from the outside and equipped with sensors. Leave it open too long and the alarm screeches through the ha...
"Good" white people uphold and support white supremacy because they are unwilling to see their own roles within systemic racism.
Back on the tail end of 2016 I...
#MeToo is challenging mainstream society to critically examine long-held assumptions about sexual scripts and femme pleasure.
By Michelle Carroll
Lately it ...
Our grandmothers have been using these earth medicines in this dual-task way since the earth first sprouted them.
We pay homage to our ancestors. We recognize ...
Give “Roots” a rest and explore black history through films that capture more than just certain moments.
“Roots” plays on repeat on just about every television...
This Black History Month, and really every month, my goal is to decenter cis(het) Black men in favor of uplifting queer Black folks, Black women, and other marg...
If approved, the price increase will disproportionately impact low-income families who already lack reasonable access to green spaces and likely stymie efforts ...
Like most movies for and about women, “Wrinkle” is being dismissed as not as relevant or important as one that is being marketed to the masculine cinematic gaze...
Asma's life and work is the very definition of South Asian feminism and in many ways is also a blueprint for future human rights and feminist activism in Pakist...
While tribal citizenry and membership are important they still aren't enough to make one Indigenous.
By Jen Deerinwater
When I first heard that Senator Eli...
Society must be answerable to the lives of those lost to the ramifications of toxic masculinity, in both the moral and physical sense.
By Olivia Ahn
On ...
Pay secrecy as an institutional weapon may be weakening but we still have a lot further to go.
By Aditi Natasha Kini
I recently asked my social media follo...
What’s becoming clear as crystal is people are realizing just how many men would be behind bars if sexual assault and coercion were treated as the serious crime...
