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How the human trafficking crisis and everyday sexual assault are connected

What Tamar Braxton’s comments about men not wanting sex reveal about compulsory (hetero)sexuality

How one online community has channeled their misogynoir into the “Save Yourself Black Men” movement

Protecting Black children should never mean re-injuring them, owning them, or denying their sexual autonomy

Looking to the Blues as record of Black folks’ loss and longing

These 2 films reveal the powerful ways Black queer women find pleasure despite heteronormative violence

Virginity and hymen myths must be challenged to protect Black teens like Deyjah Harris

Elizabeth Warren has been my Senator since 2013. I don’t recognize the woman on the campaign trail.

The Obamas keep attacking “cancel culture” because they are scared of being held accountable

The debate over whether we can enjoy Kanye West’s music is frustrating, but necessary

How the myth that all Black parents give kids “the talk” about police is used to silence resistance

I wish Black folks could mourn in our own little bubble

My parents’ storybook romance gave me unrealistic expectations for (Black) love in the digital age

Black asexuals are not unicorns, there are more of us than we know

Comic: Newsflash: Breeding isn’t unique to cisheterosexuals

Black youth suicide is increasing. We can’t wait to create space to talk about mental health

What does “home” mean for Black folks when white violence can so easily invade our dwellings?

When people defraud the world by impersonating Black womanhood

Why I no longer police my Black son’s behavior to make the world more comfortable

I don’t find PIV sex pleasurable, and that’s okay 

The ‘Charmed’ reboot and the demonization of Macy Vaughn

White Millennials can’t use generational politics to negate their privilege and racism

Maybe Black men protect white women because we see ourselves in them

Why bisexual people don’t owe anyone disclosure of their sexuality

Prison abolition is more than a lofty theoretical. It’s also unpretty, everyday practices of resisting state policing

Mass shooters prove white supremacy doesn’t have a political party

5 tips for engaging non-voters this election

Tips, resources, and affirmations for Black students in higher education

How Audre Lorde taught me to love myself and my community

‘Set It Off’ and the Black feminist lessons it still holds for us

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