Her voice bounced off the yellow wallpaper, Reverberating with strength and wisdom, Uplifting the mahogany tones In the old-fashioned design. She refused to allow the surround to… Read more “Toni in the Room with the Yellow Wallpaper – Irma Do”
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The Separation
How could I leave her there I saw the bruises on her neck and the underside of her chin As soon as I landed & when I… Read more “The Separation”
14 Black Girls, Women & Non-Binary People Every Womanist Should Know About
From the Black Feminist Collective Black Feminist Collective Alice Walker’s “In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens,” 1983 Many institutions fail to educate Black History and Women’s History… Read more “14 Black Girls, Women & Non-Binary People Every Womanist Should Know About”
Perpetual Home | A Pro-Choice Poem
Meet Tene’sha Crews Black Feminist Collective TeePublic.com/desIgnite I was once told, that my body is my only perpetual home One that I rightfully and eternally supposedly own.… Read more “Perpetual Home | A Pro-Choice Poem”
This Body Is Not An Apology – Christine E. Ray
this body cleverly constructed of blood and bone muscle and sinew has not always been my safe house others did their best to paint its innocence shame… Read more “This Body Is Not An Apology – Christine E. Ray”
The View From Her Chair
I offer to switch seats With the former mental inpatient Friend of mine, recently released When she divulges that the color of my couch is distracting because… Read more “The View From Her Chair”
BACK BREAKING, I RISE – J.D.
This bridge called my back This bridge called my back Is breaking from the weight of life Is breaking from the weight of life This breaking back… Read more “BACK BREAKING, I RISE – J.D.”
A beautiful Silence
There is absolutely no one in my room Silence wraps its body and splatters itself on my chest. A humdrum of incessant things like a blue moon,… Read more “A beautiful Silence”
Transmogrify…
She lay back into the plush green of the meadow with lids closed she turned her face to the warming embrace of our radiant star hands… Read more “Transmogrify…”
And how the body heals-Megha Sood
And how the body teaches itself to heal to get up shed off the scars the sullen time has left behind rub off all the cobwebs of the stale… Read more “And how the body heals-Megha Sood”