Renaissance Archives

audre lorde

personal essay

Line Breaks for Resistance: How Black Poetry Lets Us Rescue Ourselves

If Alice Walker once said “hard times require furious dancing,” then hard times call for reading poetry, particularly black poets. Follow zaynab’s journey in reconnecting with black poetry as a…

zaynab shahar —

Mar 27, 2017

mykki blanco

personal essay

first person

87 Weeks Ago: The Night Mykki Blanco Made a Small Girl Feel Big

“I pushed and shoved and laughed and danced in big black shoes that would later bruise my feet, next to a girl who would later love me back.”

Peyton Dix —

Mar 16, 2017

personal essay

Renaissance

first person

Shoulder Pads and Short Cuts: How Grace Jones Made Me Powerful

A love letter to the only woman that stole my heart and snatched my scalp at the same damn time.

Jasmine Reign —

Feb 21, 2017

fullscreen

personal essay

first person

How Whitney Houston Taught Me the Greatest Love of All For My Queer Black Self

My journey to self-love through the influence of Whitney Houston’s life and music.

Reneice Charles —

Feb 15, 2017