Whiteness is always invested in taking up more space. As a result, white people often do everything in their power to make every space they enter into more comfortable for whiteness. By Sherronda J. Brown and Lara Witt Wear Your Voice is a small publication. We are run by just a few people, we have...
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The Slave Harriet Would’ve Shot: On Killing the Abolition Mammy
They will make you an abolition mammy for the sake of everyone else’s freedom and extract your sacrifices from your flesh to build the world after this one. After the abolition mammy is sacrificed, what is left of the world? By Hunter Shackelford I am the slave Harriet would’ve shot. I am the slave who...
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We Got Options: Beyond Black Church-Sanctioned Violence
There’s no limit to what life could be beyond Black church-sanctioned violence. The harvest is plenty and has always been here. By Rebecca A. Wilcox One night, my cousin and I were reminiscing about what life was like growing up in our Grandmother’s house. Warburton Avenue, a place where everyone ate, big cousins protected little...
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Beacon Pressed: ‘White Fragility’ and Performativity at Publishing’s Latest Woke Darling
Beacon thrives on liberal antiracism, which is shallow and is exemplified perfectly in the self-help, individualist tripe ‘White Fragility’ serves up. If you ask most white people to quote Martin Luther King Jr., you’re likely to receive one of two responses. Liberals and conservatives will probably misquote “I Have a Dream,” mentioning the table of...
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‘Joker’ Propagates The “Mentally Ill Loner” Narrative Without Introspection or Challenge
“Joker” potentially allows men who identify with Arthur Fleck’s descent into violent criminality to find not only acceptance, but also celebration, empathy, and vindication—and that is both irresponsible and dangerous. This essay contains spoilers for “Joker” “Among many mass killers, the triple privileges of white heterosexual masculinity, which make subsequent life course losses more unexpected...
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South Asian Spaces Need To Be Inclusive Of Kashmiris Without Tokenization
Carving out space for Kashmiris to exist authentically has been difficult. Even in the safest and most welcoming of spaces, I have found myself cornered by a community I supposedly share so much common ground with. By Shabana Shaheen Whenever I’m in South Asian spaces, I always prepare myself for the onslaught of tokenizing and...
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Why Social Media Sites Soft-Banning Sex Workers Matters
Sex workers are already criminalized, and these vague, underhanded policies are usually just the beginning. Last week there was yet another uproar about a social media site updating its ad policy — this time it was Twitter and not too long ago, Patreon did something similar. Many vanilla (non-sex worker) Twitter users response was to make...
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A Black Woman’s Labor for Harvey Victims Was Overlooked By NPR
The labor that Black women contribute to the world and to movements for Black liberation is often condensed to supporting roles, or erased altogether. NPR just ran a story about GiveDirectly, an organization that has been based in Africa since 2008 and gives money directly to those in “extreme poverty.” Now, they are coming to...
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10 Podcasts You Should Be Listening To In The Era of 45
It is important to uplift the podcasts that seek to educate and engage the listener beyond the common, mainstream political dialog. Podcasts have become an increasingly popular medium of communication, being used for entertainment, news and political commentary, and educational purposes. Finding a good podcast to get into can be difficult as you search through...
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I’m a Transwoman, I Shared a Bathroom with Tomi Lahren, and Nothing Happened to Her.
It wasn’t enough for me to have the honor of calling Tomi Lahren out for her hateful politics toward Trans people and Black Lives Matter; but, I was going to get to do it in a women’s bathroom that she publicly stated trans women don’t belong in. It was your typical women’s bathroom vibe–the rattling...