Many demisexuals have sex. Many demisexuals desire sex. Some demisexuals don’t desire sex often. Some demisexuals are repulsed by sex unless they are “close” to the person. What is a demibisexual? A demibisexual is a demisexual bisexual person. Some may find this contradictory. I do not because I have been attracted to both women and...
Author: Suprihmbé (Suprihmbé )
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Powerpuff Girl Bliss Presents a Familiar Mirror of Scientific Abuse of Black Women
If representation is important, then give us a Bliss who isn’t the result of an irresponsible white man. I was a little late on the news of “the new Black Powerpuff Girl.” I am one of the slightly older Millennials who preferred the old version, and my one time attempt to watch the reboot was...
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#DecolonialLove: On Building A More Liberatory Culture of Love
Decolonial love, liberated love, is true love. “Feminism is, nevertheless, very threatening to the majority of Black people because it calls into question some of the most basic assumptions about our existence, i.e., that gender should be a determinant of power relationships.” – The Cohambee River Collective I have ended or paused two relationships recently–both...
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Twitter Is A Valid Educational Platform If You Want It To Be
While there may be plenty of negative issues with Twitter, the platform has provided me and many others with the opportunity to learn and grow at little cost. Our education system is elitist, expensive and unequal. It’s also racially and gender-biased. I have learned so much on Twitter about history from a non-white and non-male...
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I Am Teaching My Son To Respect Me As A Black Woman & A Sex Worker
In every action I take I am teaching my son not only about his own freedom, but mine as a Black woman and mother-artist and sex worker, because these are my intersections. Many people have asked – both out of curiosity and vindictiveness – what I will tell my son when he is older about...
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Teaching My Son About Nudity and Consent is Essential
My nudity does not offend my son, because he has not been exposed to trivial conversations about modesty. My nudity means nothing to him. The other day I mentioned to one of my male friends that my son and I had been nude for days because of the heat and lack of air conditioning, and...
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R. Kelly Is A Predator, But He Gets Away With It Because We Don’t Protect Black Girls
The latest news about R. Kelly illustrates how we are failing Black girls, we are failing Black women. A new chapter in the R. Kelly saga broke yesterday when Buzzfeed published an investigative piece about the artist. The article details accusations of the singer/sexual predator having a ‘cult’ or harem of young women whom he...
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We Need To Stop Hitting Our Kids, It’s Abuse
Videos of Black parents beating up on their children should not be entertaining. But I guess it’s easier to laugh at our own pain than to examine it. TW: Child abuse There was a viral video that went around last weekend, which I still haven’t watched completely, where a Black mother was hitting and screaming...
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You Can’t Say Black Lives Matter Without Including Black Sex Workers
I firmly believe that one cannot utter the words Black Lives Matter and exclude Black sex workers. I am a semi-out sex worker. By semi-out I mean I’m internet out: I haven’t announced anything to most of my family and the “in-real-life” people who need to know, know. I have dabbled in a bit of...