As a person who has been institutionalized, I am surprisingly okay with this kind of entertainment. Read more
The Complicated Ethics Of Asylum-Themed Halloween Attractions
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Blackface Isn’t A Compliment
Culture isn’t a costume and blackface isn’t okay. Read more
Why Are Inmates Still Being Denied Access To Menstrual Products?
“Pads are not dispensed as they are supposed to be. We are forced to reuse them, we are forced to beg for what we need, and if an officer is in a bad mood, they are allowed to take what we have and say we are hoarding.” Read more
Why Veterans With PTSD Are Turning To Cannabis
“Then these vets would come back to me. That’s what’s really impressive to me, when vets find that path with cannabis, they always are determined to share that with the world . . . They would always have their spouse or their kid in tow to corroborate their stories. Over time it was really compelling.” Read more
The Moral Case For Abortion
“When we prevent a person from making their own moral choices about their pregnancy, we undermine their humanity.” Read more
If I Have A Child, They’ll Be Black In America — And This Terrifies Me
What I struggle with most is not what I don’t know, but what I do. Read more
I Don’t Fight Because I’m Violent — I Fight Because The World Is
I was in my early twenties when I first joined Fight Club. I’d recently started watching mixed martial arts championships on TV, and I was intrigued. I fell in with a group of similarly curious and equally untrained women, and together, we started attending a martial arts and MMA club that was held in a Read more
This Labor Day, Let’s Recognize The Work Of Sex Workers
On Labor Day, I call loudly for sex work to be decriminalized worldwide. Read more
How My White Mother Helped Me Find My Blackness
Black History Month, the Olympics, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, Kwanzaa, Nigerian Independence Day — my mother looked forward to these days like they were Christmas.
The Truth About The Men Who Riot And Kill
Without transforming our cultural understanding of gender, the riot will rage on, taking new forms, attracting more and more fearful people searching for a way to prove that they belong. Read more