8 Ways Non-Binary People Rock! June 28, 2018 by Halee Kirkwood Leave a Comment Those of us who have genders that leap ecstatically out of the gender binary are stellar beings that disrupt, re-define, and challenge traditional conceptions of gender identity and expression, and there are just about as many ways to express and live a non-binary gender identity as there are stars in the sky. Let's explore some of the ways that non-binary people push … [Read more...]
Self Love and Self Awareness: 3 Questions to Hold Yourself Accountable While Practicing Self-Care February 1, 2018 by Maya Gittelman Leave a Comment Everything is a balancing act. On good days, it’s easier to maintain a routine, but it’s different for everyone, and even good days these days can be hard to manage. Now, we’re trying to balance the daily intricacies of work and leisure, relationships with self and others, against a backdrop of fairly constant terror, sadness, and rage. This isn’t the beginning, but … [Read more...]
You Are Only as Sick as the Secrets You Keep: Recovering From Alcoholism and the Colonizers’ Tools December 19, 2017 by X. Rio, Guest Writer Leave a Comment Three years ago, I experienced a drug-induced mental health crisis during which the police were contacted by a close family friend of mine. I was subsequently beaten up by the police, tasered three times, and psychiatrically hospitalized against my will for six days. I identify as a survivor of police brutality and the mental health industrial complex. I have “swept my side of … [Read more...]
Revolutionary Mothering: Love By Any Means Necessary May 8, 2016 by Maia_Williams Leave a Comment What does it mean to be a mother? What does it mean to mother? What does it mean when we talking about mothering as a verb, and not just in its noun form? Mai’a Williams, Alexis Pauline Gumbs and China Martens, have co-edited an anthology, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, asking these very questions. Revolutionary Mothering explores what does it … [Read more...]
