“Daughters and mothers exist as a generational mirror“ – Isarina Charles By Isarina Charles • Originally published on Glory Publication • Scene 1: The Child Today my mother told me she has grown tired this is a concern she can only bring to me because the love of a consoling daughter is more than her transactional husband. The man never really saw her he saw the weight of her being and left her to deal. I am everything my mother needed but does not embody I am the light when she is dark so please Mother, give me a spark your daughter is here. Scene 2: The Argument Today my mother said ..read more

“We want a place for our pain, our concerns, and our voices for every lingering spot on earth to feel it, to know its exhaustion then embrace it anyway.” – Isarina Charles By Isarina Charles • Originally published on Glory Publication • Periods of Agony For the Black teenagers who carry an interminable chronic period of sadness, our blood is too dark for the world who doesn’t want us to be experienced. We are told to not be a disruptor from the very moment our bodies are policed; it didn’t matter what happened to us along the way. I was being built for an irrational machine where unde ..read more

This year, our resource list is comprised of media platforms, books, articles, podcasts and videos centered around decolonial and anti-imperialist feminism, and Black and Palestinian Solidarity. In view of the the continuous genocide against Palestinian people, we compiled this list as a reminder that Black liberation movements are tied to global struggles against anti-imperialism and decolonization. People and Collectives to Follow Afrocolectiva Link Aquelarre Bonao Instagram The Bonita Chola Instagram Ida H. Benoni TikTok Lisa Betty Instagram Mango Podcast ..read more

How do I, as a Black woman, have a healthy relationship with my sexuality outside of how I am perceived? By Chloe Alexandria • It is no surprise as a Black woman, I constantly feel like my sexuality is not my own. Racist ideas, originating from the foundations of European colonialism, have long influenced our perceptions of Black sexuality. This is something I am particularly aware of as a Black Caribbean woman. The Caribbean region is marketed to the world as a tropical destination, a paradise, with no acknowledgement of our experiences or history. The Caribbean region as a site of r ..read more

“The world of a Black feminist is where the struggle of our people is alleviated through our connected string; more importantly, through the efforts of loving whether that is for the self, for the children, or for your neighbor we were freed through our acts of love shaping continuously throughout our lives.” – Isarina Charles By Isarina Charles • Originally published on Cupid Literature • The Black Feminist Origin The birthing of a Black feminist derives from the intent to trust the magic of our leadership, spiritual preservation, and our inner screeching. The Black feminist is born ..read more

Haymarket Books By Stephanie Younger • We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Society—published by Haymarket Books in February 2021—was authored by Black abolitionist feminist and veteran organizer Mariame Kaba. Part I of Kaba’s book of essays and interviews is titled, “So You’re Thinking about Becoming an Abolitionist,” where she notes that prison-industrial complex (PIC) abolition is often mischaracterized as a movement to unrealistically and uncritically “tear everything down and hope for the best.” In actuality, PIC abolitionists aim to create a world w ..read more

Ode to O’Shae by Shawn Williams A tribute poem to O’Shae Sibley (September 1, 1994 — July 29, 2023) By Shawn Williams • Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool” • Content warning: death, violence on queer Black bodies • The Butch Queens. Five at the Renaissance Ball. We real cool. We Old School. We Heed hate. We Always ate. We Dip ’n spin. We Keep kin. We Vogue the tune. We Die too soon. Too many of us gone Too many of us harmed When will it end When will it cease Before I lay my brother down Head first on the concrete Doomed to die This body of mine I cannot rest Even if I stop Th ..read more

By Pasq • Content warning: Mentions of racism, sexist slurs, slavery, disease and rape • Black British History is often ignored because of historical revisionism and a complete exclusion of Black people in the UK national educational curriculum. The only Black history that’s actually available is related to the United States of America implying that we do not have a significant history of our own. Currently, there are campaigns to include Black British History in the curriculum. The biggest campaign is the Black Curriculum which was founded in 2019 that aims “to empower all students (3-25 ..read more

Dia Rhodes By Stephanie Younger • As a community organizer who “grew up in the arts,” Jasmine Leeward’s involvement in movements for queer liberation and movements against police violence was integral to their filmmaking journey. In 2016, they began their organizing journey at New Virginia Majority, where they registered voters, participated in tenant organizing, advocated for the restoration of formerly incarcerated peoples’ civil rights, and environmental justice. Then, Jasmine’s organizing work shifted to visual media as they studied abolitionism and became involved with queer liberati ..read more

“Many students must work ten times harder because of low-income status, race, neurodiversity, while facing discrimination and harassment along the way, and oftentimes they do it without any support. Ironically, it is the wealthier students that are seen as the hard workers. When students with socioeconomic obstacles falter and stumble, their mistakes remain like glue. It defines who they are, yet those who don’t have a scratch on their knees are seen as the better workers. But what do they ever have to stumble for?” – Ikran Abdi By Ikran Abdi • Educational inequality: Education i ..read more