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Exclusive Interview: Hari Ziyad reveals the cover of their memoir
RaceBaitr editor-in-chief and writer Hari Ziyad describes their upcoming book Black Boy Out of Time (Little A, March 1, 2021) as part memoir, part social commentary, but its ambitions push it beyond even this genre-bending interpretation. What began as an attempt to detail their life as a Black queer person growing up with 18 siblings […]
Interview With Hari Ziyad: Finding Visibility and De-centering Whiteness
We are lucky to have people that walk through life challenging the world around them with each step. Writer and artist Hari Ziyad is one of those people, challenging the norms that whiteness has established for how we identify ourselves. Hari’s work has been featured in various publications, including Black Youth Project, where they are a […]
“Believe survivors” is inadequate for confronting the power dynamics that fuel sexual abuse
by Hari Ziyad Content Warning: Sexual Violence In February, the New York Times reported on a years-long feud between fashion executive Peter Nygard and his neighbor in the Bahamas, billionaire Louis Bacon, which was prompted over an adequately ostentatious property dispute. This gilded tea kettle of drama boiled over in a recent lawsuit alleging that […]
The Spotlight
BYP is launching our featured writers’ program, called The Spotlight. These four writers will publish one piece per month for a year on topics of their choice. These writers have been hand-picked by us and we’re excited to welcome them onboard. Here are our current Featured Writers! Originally from San Francisco, Tongo Eisen-Martin is a poet, movement worker, and educator. His […]
Reconciling ‘glorious healing’ & the ‘loving refusal’ of intracommunal violence in an era of disposability
By Tez Files Baptize me. Now that reconciliation is possible, if we’re gonna heal, let it be glorious. – Beyoncé, “Sandcastles” I must have heard Beyoncé’s “Sandcastles”a dozen times. I read all types of complexity into its lyrics. After having gone through a very difficult break-up, it was healing to sit with my emotions and […]
AFROPUNK founding editor-in-chief quits company, citing “lies, gaslighting, exploitation”
During the AFROPUNK Brooklyn Festivallast week, a Black couple was thrown out of a VIP area for wearing a shirt that stated, “Afropunk sold out for white consumption.” Today, Afropunk’s editor-in-chief, Lou Constant-Desportes, lended credence to the couple’s controversial observation when he resigned over claims the company utilizes “performative activism” and mistreats of employees.
How suffocating ideas of masculinity took the precious life of Giovanni Melton
by Maximillian Matthews I wonder when my late father first observed the singularity of my gender performance. Perhaps he saw it when he took me to my first concert during Janet Jackson’s 1993 Janet tour, and noticed how I knew every word she sang on the stage. He may have seen it when he observed […]
All good things: A word from BYP Managing Editor Jenn M. Jackson on transitioning roles
Shout out to growth. Shout out to forward movement. Shout out to living my best life. But first, a little background: 2014 was one of the hardest years of my life. I lost my father. I had just given birth to my third child. After months of attempting to sell our home in southern California, […]
We are in a queer media movement, but is increased visibility the answer to violence?
By George Johnson This June marked the 17th celebration of “Pride Month,” a designation declared by Bill Clinton to recognize and observe the heritage and culture of LGBTQ people. As LGBTQ rights continue to be attacked politically, growth in pop culture and media is simultaneously surging in areas of journalism, television, Broadway, and the big […]
How I am managing toxic relationships with Bill Cosby rape apologists
I’m sure my relationship to Bill Cosby and his brand is similar to that of millions of other people. Before I reached adolescence, he’d already taught me weekly life lessons as Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show and made me laugh with his G-rated comedy routines. To show how deep my family’s appreciation of the […]
What do you do when childhood trauma makes you close off from the care you need to heal it?
Editor’s Note: June is LGBTQ Pride Month. At BYP, we will be exploring gender, sexuality, transgender issues and queer theory, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. We want to hear from you! Send us your pitches at info@blackyouthproject.com My parents love me more than anyone […]
How prison-based thinking warps a lack of empathy for “deserving” victims to harm the vulnerable
Editor’s Note: sexual violence and mention of rape I’ll admit it: I have a sort of macabre fascination with true crime. My fiancé is always making fun of me for it, and it’s not a trait I’m super proud of, to be honest. I recognize that how the media handles the sensational abuses they document […]