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As I get older, I no longer see family and community as a place to shrink myself under the weight of what’s expected, but rather as a place to love and…

14 hr ago

Now that I look back on this night, I realize he didn’t agree to my plan in order to save the Christmas tamales. He aimed to save my emotions.

Kathy Cano-Murillo

Nov 29

I lived the first 53 years of my life fully invested in the narrative that I was my mother’s firstborn child, her firstborn daughter. I had been raised…

Omisade Burney-Scott

Nov 29

I’m in good company with this bunch of badass women: Beyoncé, Oprah, Hillary, and Taylor Swift. Why? Because I’m the #1 child, and #1 daughter in my…

Nov 22

By Taiia Smart-Young I’ll allow Shonda Rhimes to take credit for inventing the year of yes (YOY). This TV titan did make it famous, but let the record…

Nov 15

One Sunday afternoon about 15 years ago, I wandered into a panel discussion at The Brooklyn Public Library just as Carmen Boullousa, the Mexican poet…

Nov 8

There is a very specific type of agony for a person living in the United States in 2022 who is civically engaged, passionate about social issues and…

Nov 1

By Erica Hormung My motto for Halloween costumes is: If it fits in the car, it’s not worth doing. I go big or go home, and it MUST be made with my own…

Oct 25

By Tracey Lynn Lloyd July 2016. The month New York City officially became hot as Hades and even Texas was sympathetic. Given the temperature, I wasn’t…

Oct 18

By Erica Reitman I don’t use the term “fur baby mama” non-ironically or own a collection of seasonal holiday dog sweaters. My pup doesn’t have an…

Oct 11

On being a denim disaster

Oct 4

By Stacy Pratt In my culture — the Mvskoke (Creek) tribe — humor is a constant. There’s even a certain genre of humor which one of our scholars, Craig…

Sep 27

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