Thoughts on Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”

So I’m (re)reading Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and wondering what the story would be like if Of-fred had been … More

No, You May Not Touch My Hair: Or Why Antonia Opiah’s Public Art Exhibit Misses the Mark

Antonia Opiah’s “You Can Touch My Hair” public art exhibit features Black women in Union Square, New York City, holding … More

I see this image used without irony all over the internet. I don’t think it’s funny. It just reminds me … More

By no means am I a ‘natural’ citizen here in the US. I have the trappings of belonging- state-issued IDs, … More

I decided to summarize my notes on governmentality, biopolitics, and disciplinary societies in the form of a poem. There are … More

“Feminism made a mistake in trying to make “women” a discrete, ahistorical group with common characteristics.” – Judith Butler ”No … More

Do you know what it is to be the Other? To be ascribed marginal status and identity on the basis … More

WE wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— … More

(Note: By no means is this piece exhaustive. As the title says, it only intends to be a brief musing … More

“The ultimate expression of law is not order — it’s prison. There are hundreds upon hundreds of prisons, and thousands … More

As most of my regular readers know, I write. Or rather, I am a writer. Anyway, I have noticed that … More

Growing up as an African-American girl, I was always somewhat aware of the racialized nature of policing in the US. … More

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has … More

‘Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed … More

Lately, I have been wrestling with Identity and Purpose. On one hand, there’s who I am and what I am … More