Criticism

Review: Una’s Becoming Unbecoming is a must read

Becoming Unbecoming, an anonymously written graphic novel, tells the story of Una.  First sexually assaulted as…

Microeditorial: Creed

I never thought I’d be rooting for a Rocky film. The franchise recalled American exceptionalism,…

Writing About Julia

In the early morning hours of July 5, 1953, two New York City police officers…

Forget Hallmark: Why Mother’s Day is a Queer Black Left Feminist Thing

My mother is black. So the means through which I was produced is a matter…

Rubbing Shoulders: A Collective Introduction to the Transnational Black Feminist Retreat

In a moment when media and other interlocutors in the United States tend to represent…

Moyumba by Ana-Maurine Lara, Guest Editor

Iya Abebbe Oshun arranged a dress on a wooden statue that represents her spirit guide,…

En la periferia de la dominicanidad. El blanqueamiento del “Estado Morado”

La discriminación y la exclusión por racismo es una constante en los Estados de la…

A Statement in Support of Dominicans of Haitian Descent

Transnational Black Feminist Retreat Collective Statement Dominican Republic We gathered in the Dominican Republic in…

Unraveling the Grand Cliché: Yona Harvey’s Hemming the Water

When I was a teenager in Los Angeles, I nearly worshipped Frida Kahlo. My mom…

Is Afropolitanism Africa’s New Single Story?

Reading Helon Habila’s Review of “We Need New Names” It is now a trend that…