The Hashtag As Black Death
The Hashtag, used as a way to market the murders of Black people, commodifies their deaths, and as such, separates them from the possibility of life before Death. We have reached another pivotal moment in modern history; a continuation of the
Prison Abolition is a Key Component of Reproductive Freedom
The prison industrial complex looms large as one of the single biggest institutions which perpetuate and exacerbate unequal access to reproductive care. “From forced sterilization to family separation, the carceral state itself is an act of reproductive violence,” writes long-time
Black Lives Matter Just Won Sydney Peace Prize. It’s Time To Stop Calling It A Hate Group.
Awarding the founding members the Sydney Peace Prize affirms the goals and the work accomplished by BLM so far have been crucial to any modern peace-building initiative. The founders of The Black Lives Matter Movement -- Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and
Cis Black Men: If Black Lives Matter, We Need to Support Our Trans Sisters
If Black Lives Matter is to mean anything, it must be that the whole range of black performativity and identities is welcomed, protected and supported. Chyna Gibson, Ciara McElveen and Jacquarrius Harris, three black trans women out of New Orleans, Louisiana, were