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epic

greatest hits

top row: The King and I, West Side Story, The Year of Living Dangerously, The Blind Side. Second row: Monsters Ball, Traffic, Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Race and Appropriation at the Academy Awards: A 95 Year History

We’ve got data and timelines and infographics and conversation on topics including: white actors getting Oscars for playing people of color, white savior narratives, actors of color who actually did…

Riese —

Mar 13, 2023

dating

online dating

A person with dark brown skin and black curly hair wears a light blue shirt with a white tank underneath. They lean on a couch and look at their phone.

dating

I Used to ‘Compensate’ for My Blackness in the Dating World — Now I Embrace It

As a teen, my insecurities made me feel like my Blackness was something that dragged down my worth.

Lola Renn —

Nov 29, 2021

covid-19

How To Survive A Post(?)-COVID World

A Black figure wearing pink nail polish sits on their knees. On either side, there are small city buildings. The person is drawing a line down the middle of the city with pink chalk.

politics + activism

Chicago’s Black Sex Workers Hold Each Other Up

I thought about what it meant to be part of Black sex working community and our long history of organizing, mutual aid, protests and movements. I thought about what it…

Rebelle Cunt —

Jun 22, 2021

family

fullscreen

visual art

One American Goes to See “30 Americans”

“And I thought how interesting is it that America can be this dark star, death star, and also at the same time this incredible shining light.”

Aisha —

Jun 12, 2020

#blacklivesmatter

#longreads

politics + activism

#BlackLivesMatter: A Longform Reading List

Fifty years of words I liked reading and you will too! Authors include James Baldwin, bell hooks, Kiese Laymon, Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toni Morrison, Bayard Rustin and Dr. Brittany…

Riese —

Jun 3, 2020

nonfiction

Queer History

lgbt book reviews

“Black on Both Sides” Disrupts Black and Trans History as You Know It

Blackness and transness interconnect in this radical history of not just black and trans people, but also where beliefs about black and trans people come from.

Ari —

Apr 25, 2018

alsoalsoalso

feminism

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Proof the Future Is Queer, Black, Brown and Female

Meet the queer black feminist who helped hang the RESIST banner, there’s a crack in the desert, Rebecca Solnit, tons more on the Women’s March, the Doomsday Clock has some…

Laneia —

Jan 26, 2017

gay population

gay statistics

society + culture

Trans People Are More Racially Diverse Than the General Population, New Study Finds

A new study finds trans people are less likely to be white and more likely to be Latinx or Black compared to the U.S. population.

Yvonne —

Oct 25, 2016

interview

people of color

literature

Conversation with White Friends: Sara Quin, Amber Dawn, Rae Spoon & Dannielle Owens-Reid

Why is that people of colour have to bear the brunt of speaking out about racism while white people enjoy the privilege of remaining silent? What happens when the tables…

Vivek Shraya —

Oct 13, 2016

family

mama outsider

first person

Mama Outsider: Learning Black Zen in a White House

“Why some people mean? One income that isn’t a livable wage plus racism will do that to you, and you can’t imagine the rage until you’ve lived it.”

Asha —

May 12, 2016

Claudia Rankine

feminist art

visual art

The Best Radical Anti-Racist Art I Encountered This Year

There were some moments of anti-racist creativity that were so sublime, I’d like to take a moment to honor them. These are the top ten moments of radical art or…

Aisha —

Dec 29, 2015

baby-making

gay families

parenting & family

Adventures in Baby Making as a Single Black Lesbian

So maybe my pregnancy path isn’t as simple and straightforward as baby books would have you believe it should be because I’m a poor QPoC with anxiety, but it has…

Asher_Jak —

Jan 28, 2015