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  • I Don’t Have to Give You Anything

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_6b6708e126d6467e9604b6327cd8bd66~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_848,h_1272,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="848" height="1272" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto">Everywhere I exist, online and in reality, escaping Gender Dysphoria and misgendering is nearly impossible. I actively place my pronouns in bios, comment […]

  • Revolutionary Black Artists from the Past and Present

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_354c07c1e9a749e9ab46ef779ca0c37b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1024,h_598,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="1024" height="598" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:center">Retrieved from Bisa Bulter’s Instagram</p><p style="text-align:center"></p><p style="text-align:auto">Art tells stories and for centuries upon centuries, it has been ingrained in American culture. A culture that […]

  • Why are you here?

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_964037f68a924679a0d47bcc3c5c8fdf~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1400,h_933,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="1400" height="933" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:center">Photo: JoJo Whilden/FX/Copyright 2018, FX Networks. All Rights Reserved.</p><p style="text-align:center"></p><p style="text-align:auto">Social media has seen two straight white men within the same week try and […]

  • 4 Rarely Celebrated Influential Black Women in History

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_c4f7f820a09d4b84ad84469810657c35~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="1000" height="667" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:center">Photo by Robert Alexander</p><p style="text-align:center"></p><p style="text-align:auto">28 days to highlight black history is never enough to honor the important figures that fought and continue to […]

  • Black Queer Influences

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_e32db0f113da4b89a00514e036df4470~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_890,h_1311,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="890" height="1311" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:center">Photograph: Carl Van Vechten/Van Vechten Trust/Yale Collection</p><p style="text-align:center"></p><p style="text-align:auto">Growing up Queer and Black, I have never had anyone to look up to. I grew […]

  • Dehumanization of People of Color in Disney Movies: How Did We Get Here?

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_68bcf33efb8b44aabb8fc00b02dcf869~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_700,h_394,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="700" height="394" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">“In my own little corner in my own little chair. I can be whatever I want to be.”</p><p style="text-align:auto">I would sing so loudly in […]

  • The World of Black Cosplay: A Vehicle to Explore Who You Are

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_df37ba5c53a84133b859ee8d0dd2f209~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_776,h_1024,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="776" height="1024" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">Camilla from A Bad Case of Stripes, 2019. Photo by Mimi</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto">It is still Black History Month, an annual observance more commonly […]

  • I Wish I never Came Out

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_3b4c9d44ace04472b6452bfff819e745~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_500,h_750,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="500" height="750" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">Since the fateful summer in 2014 that I realized I was gay, there has always been an insurmountable amount of fear around coming out. […]

  • THE LEGACY OF PATRICK KELLY

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_bd1e4e7c034c4c0e89a5839b63fa479d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_747,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="600" height="747" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto">Patrick Kelly was born on September 24th, 1954. Kelly, an African American fashion designer, is responsible for the extravagant and ironic designs we […]

  • Does Social Media Hate Confident Black Women?

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_fd3a021d3a5942cdb48fc82c51a76337~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1480,h_989,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="1480" height="989" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">Photo – Getty Images</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:left">Chloe Bailey from the dynamic due ChloexHalle endured a social media frenzy after posting dance videos and photos on […]