Like most other Gen Z nerds, I went through middle school with my nose buried in The Hunger Games and its sequels, reading and rereading until I’d deemed every important detail sufficiently memorized. Then I went to high school and hit the “gifted kid burnout” portion of my life and reading for pleasure no longerContinue reading “The Ballad of Songbirds and SNCC”
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Bodily Autonomy, The White Man and You
When I was in high school (circa 2015), my mother told me one of the few stories that truly haunts me. Not many things make my stomach turn, but the true story of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman’s life, death and afterlife made me truly ill as I deep dove into it in my early adolescent nerdiness.Continue reading “Bodily Autonomy, The White Man and You”
What's Been Withheld 