He put his hand on my shoulder. The rough skin of his palm shattered into me, ripping open my body in jags and kinks, like the edges of continents, crackling out from his fingers. And then, the word I’ve been meaning to say my entire life, each syllable a breath, hot, hard, filled up every […]
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. That the speaking profits me, beyond any other effect. I was forced to look upon myself and my living with a harsh […]
White feminism places all men on the same level/capabilities of enacting violence on every women equally, takes a special interest in demonizing third world, primarily Arab and/or Muslim men and expects you to forgo your intersectional identity and hop on board with their frivolous brand of women’s liberation, even though that very same feminism has […]
This is a simple post-script following my previous commentary on “Boys will be Boys.” Boys are told from a young age that whatever they do will be excused under the “boys will be boys” mantra, and that “boys will be boys” mentality leads to what I call the “BOILING FROG” problem of women’s sexual boundaries. […]
People who imagine that history flatter them are impaled on their history like a butterfly on a pin + become incapable of seeing or changing themselves, or the world. – James Baldwin
Asian American Feminist 