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Spirit Medicine: Achieving Our Goals While Struggling w/Anxiety or Depression...
In episode five, CL and ChE discuss achieving our visions and goals in the new year, and beyond, while dealing with anxiety and depression. Spirit Medicine with CarmenLeah Ascencio and ChE is a BGD...
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5 Ways QTPoC Can Build Power During the Trump Era
by Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza [Image description: Protestors, some with faces covered, hold up colorful anti-Trump signs as they face police in riot gear.]It’s official: The Electoral College failed...
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The BGD Podcast 1.20.17: Don’t Come for John Lewis!
In our first episode of 2017, host Raquel Willis and guest Jamie Necbitt Golden of Hood Feminism discuss Trump attacking John Lewis, Steve Harvey hating on Asian Men, the Black Church unlearning...
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The BGD Podcast 2.2.17: When We March, We Win
In our latest episode, host Raquel Willis and guest Renee Bracey Sherman unpack the Women’s March, Emmett Till’s accuser and Trump’s SCOTUS Pick. LISTEN NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD! LISTEN NOW ON ITUNES! BGD...
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“Brown Girls” Is A Beautifully Honest Web Series About Queer Millennials of...
by Latonya Pennington When it comes to live-action television and film, it’s not often that I’ve seen myself reflected as a queer person of color. In mainstream media, queer people of color are...
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Why Claudia Jones Is The Black Feminist Hero We Need Right Now
by Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza “The Lady with the Lamp, the Statue of Liberty, stands in New York Harbour. Her back is squarely turned on the USA. It’s no wonder, considering what she would have to...
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QTPOC In Comics: “Bingo Love” Depicts Black Queer Women’s Romance
by Latonya Pennington Black queer romance in comics is hard to come by. In mainstream comics, Marvel’s Black Panther: World of Wakanda is the only series to depict romance between two black queer...
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De-Normalizing Heteros: Why I Don’t Use the Word “Straight”
by Marq M. Because my 2017 is about centering Queer shit. In all of my learning (and unlearning), a lot of things that I once held as “normal” due to societal influence now make less sense. One of...
View ArticleThe BGD Podcast 6.1.17: Be Humble, Miley!
Host Raquel Willis discusses Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry’s cultural appropriation, student walk-outs on political leaders and the best shut down of Nyansapo Black Feminist Festival in Paris. Later,...
View ArticleChallenging The Culture Of Silence In The Afghan-American Community’s...
by Bobuq Sayed Exactly one week after the Pulse nightclub shooting, my cousin Tariq and I drive into downtown Orlando for a drink. I’ve just flown into Florida for a writing workshop, and my Dad...
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