St Louis Racial Equity Summit Keynote (notes): We are imagining a world we have never seen before. Writing it into existence with words and with actions. We who live in […]
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build as we fight: remarks from the 2019 American Studies Association Annual Meeting
my friend and comrade Scott Kurashige is the president of the American Studies Association, and this year he very kindly invited me to be the artist-in-residence, which meant that I […]
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lessons from a lunar eclipse
(i am a cheap expert on the stars – at some point i stopped buying gossip magazines and put my attention on stars that felt more authentic and reliable, more […]
love and Yoncé and even haters
i have two new pieces out in the world and wanted to make sure y’all saw them. first, for valentine’s day, bitch magazine asked me to offer some thoughts on […]
#blackband: how to, a reflection
#blackband: how to, a reflection i am just over a week into the practice of wearing a black band on my left arm as a statement of grief, and as […]
national network of abortion funds 2016 keynote
tonight i had the honor of giving the keynote speech for the national network of abortion funds 2016 summit. i spoke after they gave each other awards and there were […]
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Self Love as a Liberatory Practice for the Future
On Wednesday night I got to have a public conversation with new and old friends about self love. We spoke at Solespace, my favorite site store /community space in Oakland. […]
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Caring for Ourselves as Political Warfare
protests and actions can give us the highest highs and the most gut wrenching terrors or deepest disappointments. in the midst of wildly inspiring actions and protests happening worldwide, there […]
black love as a radical commitment
i am writing to you from a plantation, but it might also be the future. this space, the franklinton center at bricks, was once a place that slaves were sent […]
future things: on skawennati, yan jun, feedback improvisation + international kindred in montreal
i’m writing from a train pressing through a gray quebec landscape. yesterday i spoke at science faction, the sight + sound international digital arts festival in montreal. the panel i […]