Grind: How Productivity Culture and the Pressure of Black Excellence Fueled My Addiction
Productivity culture and its capitalist mama do not love you, will never love you and will never grant you rest—especially if you are Black. CW: This piece discusses drug use and addiction By Sabine Bradley I’m not sure that I’ll ever be excellent. In
Queer Artists OF India Use Art to Explore Gender and Sexuality
Queer folks in India have found limited and, often, demeaning representation in the mainstream. Some queer and genderfluid artists have used art to create better representation. By Mehk Chakraborty In India, and South Asia in general, bias against women and other gender
My Gender Transition Comes With A Perpetually Sore Throat
I look forward to the day when I don't have to constantly think about myself and my body as “in transition” and a sore throat is just a sore throat. CW: transphobia, testosterone, mention of trauma as a trans person By Mateo
What A Black Woman Medical Provider Sees Watching The COVID-19 Pandemic Unfold
Medical racism persists beyond historical fact to become current tradition, and inequalities can only be magnified by the circumstance of an emergency. How many more opportunities for widened healthcare disparity has COVID-19 given us? By Racquel Reid, MD As the population of
To Say That Disability Will Disappear When Capitalism Does is Eugenics, Not Liberation Theory
The greatest insistence that I can somehow power through my disability comes from the people that claim that my brain would simply work if capitalism was eradicated. CW/TW: Ableist language, eugenics I don’t know who decided that “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” was