Results for: meet up
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On the Front Lines: Alternative Forms of Protesting Police Violence
Alternative forms of protest are necessary to make activism accessible. Sometimes, they’re even more effective at creating change than a permitted march.
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QTPOC Roundtable: Queer Anthem Playlist
There’s just some songs that make you want to shout and dance and that make you feel proud to be queer.
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17 Queer and Feminist Latinx Podcasts To Get Into
These podcasts are for the chingonas, the jotxs, and the baddass Latinxs who need some audio magic in their lives.
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Twitter Is the New Black Church
I grew up hearing stories from elders about how integral the black church was to their lives during the Civil Rights era. Being a queer woman, I never quite felt that same sense of camaraderie in the church. So I found my sanctuary on Twitter.
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QTPOC Roundtable: TV and Movie Characters That Made Us Feel Seen
“Jessi showed me that it was cool to focus on my ambitions and to form deep relationships with other girls instead of being boy-obsessed.”
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Orlando Made Me Love You, Dammit!
He shouted “Repent” since the sign was not sufficient, I guess. I found myself going up to him while topless Amazons danced in his face. I found myself going up to him to say this: “I love you. I have nothing but love for you.” I couldn’t help myself.
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In A World Lacking Lesbian Rom Coms, I Made My Own
“Sidetrack is a show largely about my life and my experiences, because after years of watching so much television that erased me, I just wanted to write myself in.”
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The Speakeasy Reacts to “Dear White People”
“Dear White People is not a how-to guide on ways to avoid performing acts of microaggressions, or why it’s bad to appropriate black people’s culture. Instead, it’s an examination of the importance of support systems, the difficulty of being an outsider, and how one uses identity as a tool of protection.”
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Adventures in Baby Making as a Single Black Lesbian
So maybe my pregnancy path isn’t as simple and straightforward as baby books would have you believe it should be because I’m a poor QPoC with anxiety, but it has been an interesting worthwhile journey so far. I can’t wait until I can take the next step.
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The Speakeasy Book Club #1: Let’s Talk About “Sister Outsider”
“Without community there is no liberation, only the most vulnerable and temporary armistice between an individual and her oppression.”
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Glitter Brigade: The Magical Beginning of A Queer Youth Group
“Have the meeting. Ask the youth what they want and need from this group. Start over and do those things. This isn’t about you at all, not anymore.”
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It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting
“When will white feminists take collective responsibility for educating themselves? When will they understand the power at play that sings in their skins? We don’t exist in a vacuum and women of colour don’t exist to hold their hands and explain in painful detail why their behaviour continues to hurt us. Intersectional feminist politics are not for white women to co-opt as their own.”
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Read a F*cking Zine: 50 Zines by Queer People of Color
POC Zine Project presents a massive list of zines, plus info on where you can get them and so much more. Zines for days!