• how to be a conservative.

    how to be a conservative.

    be a white woman give up my voice love my man and family harder and longer  than any other choice get on my knees recite my prayers pledge to give up my own ambition especially if he dares love my father  love my mother where else did the savings come from? couldn’t be my job Read more

  • Wade’s Courage.

    Wade’s Courage.

    We say we don’t know what to say around them / they / us / he / his / she / her / hers / they / them none of our business and when a black father offered love and support we suddenly knew our tongues awoke from the deepest slumber with ignorance black people Read more

  • We Speak

    We Speak

    Like ghosts of lands once stolen from ashes dust the thresholds of new beginnings — the end of what was that which we never knew to be still.   __ Featured Image via Lenny Miles Read more

  • Domestic Violence: Hispanic Women Stuck in the Shadows

    Domestic Violence: Hispanic Women Stuck in the Shadows

    Featured Artwork: Egle Plytnikaite There was a Spanish song I heard only a handful of times growing up, playing in the car as my mami drove my cousins and I to the mall every Friday. I remember mindlessly and innocently trying to mumble along to the then-unknown lyrics; all I knew was that the beat Read more

  • The Art of Praying

    The Art of Praying

    Gandhinagar, Hyderabad 2003 8:30am  I watched my aunt pour a golden glass of milk over the porcelain statue of goddess Lakshmi Devi. After milk came honey. Then water. I sat cross-legged, half paying attention to the pooja, half paying attention to my Cafurty Telephone Piggy Bank. It was filled with a few paise and stacks Read more

  • Baby — A Letter To My Younger Self

    Baby — A Letter To My Younger Self

        __ Featured Image via Liv Bruce Read more

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