"This autoethnographic poetry is born of my personal experience, witness, as well as currently chronicled and ancestral lore."
"Combining autoethnography and artwork, Supreme Justice aims to reveal the persistence of institutionalized oppression of women through history."
"In this autoethnodrama, a woman terminates a pregnancy without telling her husband."
"My poems for this special issue seek to document a history of my choice, not just personally but humanly, to use autoethnography to weave through the personal and the political."
How do creatives find joy in artistic performance as a form of black feminist autoethnography? Podcast & video.
This piece explores the ways in which identity and esteem are interwoven into the topic of Black hair.
Zona. I have always thought that names of diseases sound so beautiful. This is the story of a disease that lives with me.
The process of seeking pregnancy alone (by necessity, not choice) showed me how limited reproductive rights in the U.S. truly are—even before the recent loss of Roe vs. Wade, that policy that had so shaped my generation’s belief in our bodily autonomy.
Through all of the things that separate us, there is one universal experience that transcends all barriers: love.
What happens when a witch is black? This piece is a salute to the transformational beauty of cosplay & all the laughter it inspires.
My weird depression showed up this summer like “hey sis!” And I was like “fuck my life”! I wasn’t ready. This time, it caught me off guard.
In this story I shifted my attention to the young woman –a nurse or a volunteer– who sat beside me and held my hand throughout abortion.