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Mar 24

Shifting Definitions of Blackness: Negotiating Identity in a World of Rigid Categories

Like it or not, Zendaya is not a Black woman. Race is a social construct. It is shaped by society’s values and perceptions of race at the present time. In the early days of European settlement in what is now the United States, the idea of whiteness was not well-defined…

Anti Black Racism

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Shifting Definitions of Blackness: Negotiating Identity in a World of Rigid Categories
Shifting Definitions of Blackness: Negotiating Identity in a World of Rigid Categories
Anti Black Racism

9 min read


Mar 1

Is Young Thug More Gifted Than Shakespeare?

The Modern Day Bard: Examining Young Thug’s Mastery of Poetry I’ve loved Young Thug’s music for almost a decade. I fell in love with his music shortly after the release of Slime Season 2, and my views on rap music have never been the same since. I don’t just think…

Young Thug

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Is Young Thug More Gifted Than Shakespeare?
Is Young Thug More Gifted Than Shakespeare?
Young Thug

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Feb 13

The Performance

The joint rested on the corner of his unsmiling mouth. The unforgiving wind crept into my turtleneck, which I had paired with a thin leather jacket that was not designed for the January Parisian night air. I could barely feel it, so I didn’t care. The rum made me warm…

Flash Fiction

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The Performance
The Performance
Flash Fiction

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Feb 1

Gemini, Gemini

Joseph and I sat on my porch, waiting for his brother Michael to arrive with his truck. It had been a hot summer day, and the sweltering heat of the afternoon had slowly faded into an idle night breeze, beckoning the crickets and owls and raccoons and all the other…

Fiction

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Gemini, Gemini
Gemini, Gemini
Fiction

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Published in An Injustice!

·Jan 3

Megan thee Stallion, Misogynoir, and Feminism as an Object of Male Titillation

“Do I not seem like I’m worth being treated like a woman?” — In July 2020, Megan thee Stallion accused fellow rapper Tory Lanez of shooting her in the foot, and absolute pandemonium broke out on Twitter. I could scarcely keep up with the flurry of tweets, some in support of her, others in support of her shooter, and still others treading the…

Misogyny

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Megan thee Stallion, Misogynoir, and Feminism as an Object of Male Titillation
Megan thee Stallion, Misogynoir, and Feminism as an Object of Male Titillation
Misogyny

12 min read


Published in An Injustice!

·Dec 20, 2022

Stan Culture, Social Media, and the Normalization of Parasocial Relationships

Your favorite celebrity is not your bestie. — I scrolled on Twitter mindlessly as I often do, rolling my eyes at this tweet, giggling at that tweet. Right as I was about to exit the app, I came across a tweet that made my jaw drop: “I wish Nicki would just die so people would finally respect her.”…

Parasocial Relationships

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Stan Culture, Social Media, and the Normalization of Parasocial Relationships
Stan Culture, Social Media, and the Normalization of Parasocial Relationships
Parasocial Relationships

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Jan 1, 2022

I’m Not Going With You Anywhere

Charles stared down at his shiny gold-plated watch, doing it mostly for the benefit of the realtor standing in front of him with his arms crossed. While Ella was almost always late to anything of importance, it was nearing two thirty and he was getting more worried as the minutes…

Flash Fiction

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I’m Not Going With You Anywhere
I’m Not Going With You Anywhere
Flash Fiction

4 min read


Dec 30, 2021

Will Therapy Under Capitalism Ever be 100% Effective?

Or has the institution of therapy been devoured by the cogs of capitalism? As 2022 rapidly approaches, so does my year-long anniversary of therapy. My therapist recently sent me an evaluation form, asking me how I felt about my mental health services, whether I was satisfied, and how she could…

Therapy

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Will Therapy Under Capitalism Ever be 100% Effective?
Will Therapy Under Capitalism Ever be 100% Effective?
Therapy

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Oct 2, 2021

Ranaé

I stood in the grass under the shadow of the gangling stone gray tower. The sun blinded my eyes as I stared up to the sky, waiting for the thick rope of kinky hair to unravel and thump against the side of the tower, my ladder. “Ranaé,” I called, my…

Fiction

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Ranaé
Ranaé
Fiction

9 min read


Sep 19, 2021

The BBL Effect

Recently, I visited my cousin Jimmy in Atlanta, and within my first day out at a local shopping center, I became quickly aware of the curvy shape of many of Atlanta’s women. Every so often, I would walk past a woman with a perfect, Coke-shaped body, complete with thick thighs…

Bbl

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The BBL Effect
The BBL Effect
Bbl

8 min read

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Alissa Semple

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