Committing Harm Is Not The Same As Being Abusive
In conflating harm with abuse, we contribute to disposability politics and stray further away from a more just future of accountability and healing. This essay discusses sexual violence and mentions r/pe My queer parent, Hunter Shackelford, and I sit around and talk
Affirming Trans People Means Caring For AMAB-Nonbinary Folks Too
Showing up for amab-nonbinary people means giving a damn about trans folks who ain’t got no interest in proving or performing our gender. In November of last year, I attended a rally coordinated by Black Womxn For, and hosted at Clark
Surviving Capitalism Through The Protection of Community
What I learned from these two years is that capitalism is not something you ever truly survive. You are a slave to the world until the world is no more. CW/TW: mentions of sexual assault, gun violence, houselessness, and more
Abolish It All: A World Without Private Prisons is Still A World With Slaves
None of these candidates are committed to abolishing private prisons because each of them have investments in the very things that allow for prisons of any kind to exist. Bernie Sanders recently tweeted that he wants to end “private prisons and
Desirability: Do You Really Love Fat People When You Can’t Even See Us Beyond The Political?
The reality is that our bodies take up more space than the world ever makes for us, yet somehow desirability finds a way to keep us out. I am fat. I have been fat my entire life. And for most of