Lotus
There was a woman born from a Lotus Her heart was golden, deep as the ocean And then this one man, he came and broke it ‘Til it was open,...
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Sykina Butts
- Nov 5, 2021
The World We Live In
For November, we are featuring a short story about a girl at an important moment in her journey to womanhood. Despite early missteps and...
Tatiana McInnis
- Oct 8, 2021
Trawling in Silences: Finding My Uncle, From Pandemic-to-Pandemic
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua At the end of 2019, I quit a job that did not serve me for the first time and moved back home with my parents...
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 2, 2021
Where Can a Black Girl Feel Safe? Who’s to Say?
Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash When my mom, aunt, and I walked into Dirt Cheap and went our separate ways, off to find deals,...
Haile Cole
- Jun 4, 2021
Tell A Black Girl’s (COVID) Story
“Tell A Black Girl’s (COVID) Story” is a photo essay that seeks to tell a COVID story through the eyes of Black girls. The essay is part...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 3, 2021
Black Power Revisited, Revised, Fried, Dyed & Laid to the Side
It’s (Black) Women’s History Month for us, and politics is always a conversation on our minds, so let’s discuss the role of Black women...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 5, 2021
Sick and Tired: Fannie Lou Hamer & the Cost of America’s Sickness
Fannie Lou Hamer (pictured in a floral-print dress) walks along an unpaved road in 1971. She would have been about 54 years old at the...
Perdita Patrice
- Jan 8, 2021
Losing During a Time of Loss
Ellis Wilson’s “Funeral Procession” In 2020, I gained two ancestors. First, Grandma Van. She was 78 years old, light-skinned with an...
Perdita Patrice
- Aug 30, 2019
On the Road with RBG: Learning Tour Reflections
I always feel my brightest, boldest, freest self when I’m on the road. I don’t know if it’s the calming solitude as I pass over empty...
Perdita Patrice
- Jan 30, 2019
Black Women in Politics, Pt. III | No Take Backsies
Editor’s Note: This installment will conclude our three-part series that considers the extensive impact of Black women on politics in the...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 6, 2018
Black Women in Politics, Pt. II | Declaratives Turned Queries
The idea of government, whether big or small, and the role it plays in the individual and collective lives of Black people is a constant...
Perdita Patrice
- Oct 30, 2018
Black Women In Politics, Pt. I | An Inelegant System
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a multi-part series that considers the extensive impact of Black women on politics in the United...
Perdita Patrice
- Sep 4, 2018
The Work of Work: An Examination of Workers’ Rights in the Mississippi Delta
“We all do,” they said to the judge. There were 17 families still living in the dilapidated Southside Garden Apartments on S. Broadway...
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