The reality is that our bodies take up more space than the world ever makes for us, yet somehow desirability finds a way to keep us out. I am fat. I have been fat my entire life. And for most of my life, I have also been a fairly popular person. Befriending and being surrounded...
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A Transwoman of Color’s Guide to Survival
There’s more to who you are than meets the eye. It’s time for trans women of color to stand in our passion, power, and purpose, while setting our sights on life beyond survival! Imagine what it would be like to not spend every waking moment guarding your life. Picture a world in which you weren’t always...
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Two Years Have Passed Since Charleston Massacre, And Nothing Has Changed
Outside symbolic gestures, what’s changed since the Charleston Massacre? Not a damn thing. It seems like an ironic twist of fate, a perverted prophecy of tragedies to come when you think back on it. Two years ago, on June 16, 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump announced his bid for the U. S. presidency. Trump would...