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by Avery Ware I sat up in his bed and glared at him through squinted eyes, “What do you mean you only sleep with Black guys? Are you a fetish queen?” Boldly he responded, “Yeah, I probably am.”  I’ll spare you the curse words that followed that statement. I was more angry with myself than […]

By Kim M Reynolds Audre Lorde defines the erotic as a “creative source,” something that is incredibly generative and “self-affirming in the face of a racist, patriarchal, and anti-erotic society.” The erotic functions as a respect for life, a recognition and practice of intentionality and sense of love that combats the individualistic and oppressive world […]

Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring the US Elections & Family/Parenting issues, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. How has our political system been working for and against us? What dynamics are different today? How should we prepare for the presidential election, and what is the […]

Editor’s Note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month and National Masturbation Month. This is also the month that we celebrate Mother’s Day. At BYP, we will be exploring these topics alongside the theme of Imagination and the Arts, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. Science […]

Editor’s Note: April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. by Maya Williams […]

Editor’s Note: April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. by Donnie Moreland […]

by Tracey Onyenacho I have only been on four dates in my entire life. The amount of rejections I have received when asking men out are countless. In the past, I did what I have always done and chalked the lack of interest up to the way I positioned myself in the dating field. Often, […]

According to ABC-13, Alfred Brown, who was convicted of the murder of a woman and a Houston Police Department officer in 2005, has been exonerated after special prosecutor John Raley gave a report explaining how the grand jury that tried Brown’s case had been compromised, with one woman even being threatened with sexual assault in […]

According to the Huffington Post, Adnan Asif Parveen, a Muslim detainee, was imprisoned at a Border Patrol detention facility even though he holds a work permit to the United States. He was given only pork to eat for a week, a violation of Muslim beliefs.

by Andrew Keahey The image on the screen is alway the same: a young woman, unsuspecting of any danger, twirls her hair and chats with a stranger. He’s always tall, he’s well-dressed and clearly of “good breeding”, and he’s always white. Pale white. The young woman’s thoughts ring clear, “Is this charming man a little […]

The three-night docuseries Surviving R. Kelly chronicling the events in the life of the singer who has endured a 2008 child pornography case, a 1994 marriage to then 15-year old R&B starlet Aaliyah Haughton, and piles of other sexual abuse allegations has finally premiered Thursday night on Lifetime after lawsuits, a shooting threat and other drama. […]

According to BBC, Martha Erika Alonso, the Mexican governor of Pueblo who was recently sworn-in, died in a fiery helicopter crash along with her husband, Senator Rafael Moreno Valle on Monday.Officials speculate that the helicopter may have malfunctioned due to an unspecified failure. The two pilots also died, as did a third passenger.