Others might want you to stand down, avoid the good trouble: your family, your friends, the Supreme Court. As if you could. I have been thinking of protesting lately. About the act of protesting, really. It may be that I am frustrated to realize how truly divided we...
The intersectionality of hate against women of color is not new. It’s actually a simple equation: more reasons to hate = more reasons to hurt. Over this COVID summer, two common reasons for hating women—sexism and racism—came to the forefront. In two out of...
A primer for non-Black folks who—finally—want to talk about racial injustice. This week, I took my own advice and asked my Black friends to tell me what they needed from me. What could I do to support the fight for racial justice? And how could I make sure not to add...
It takes a special kind of patriotism to be Black in America. To exist in a country that does nothing about its persistent history of violent racism. It hasn’t been two weeks since I told you we needed to do something about this. But here I am again, unable to breathe...
How do you “reopen” when you’ve never really closed? And what effect will all that freedom have on our lives? Do you want the truth? Florida has never really, truly, been on lockdown. Not one day. Priorities down here have always been skewed. And I’d...