writer, soul sweetener, runaway witch, cosmic bag lady, & pleasure conjurer Author of The Stars and The Blackness Between Them! Repped by @TinaDuboisNY | ICM
Twin Cities-based organizers of a bike ride for Juneteenth discuss the holiday and their plans for this year.
"As a local artist, how do I make spaces for people to not only think about freedom, but to literally feel free?" says @junaudaalma. https://t.co/MDQkfss21i
Structuring my time so I can balance writing copiously and love and care on myself deliciously is what I’m doing. Feeling READY inspired and motivated to heal patterns that don’t serve me or my creations.
From my time in George Floyd Square today, I can tell you that the somberness and pain is palpable. The barricades that marked this sacred space were taken down by the City of Minneapolis before the sun rose today.
The energy at GFS is resilient but resiliency is exhausting.
In our workshops instead of toxic masculinity i have started playing with terms. I have been calling it “colonial white masculinity” and baybee it has had some Black men SHOOKETH. I don’t think we have done a good job of helping Blk men see that link btw whiteness
We’re having a virtual block party and all are welcomed! Come celebrate the release of BLACKOUT on June 22nd at 7pm EST.
S/O to our amazing bookstore partners! https://t.co/Y9vyLCaThl
This cowardly and violent and betraying dismantling of George Floyd Square... it is a sacred and tender place for community and our city to always remember, built by community after a public state sponsored lynching! So in awe of the real ones at the square holding it DOWN!
If you see me out here drinking caffeine slap it out my hand! Sitting here caffeinated AF over some green tea lemonade and feeling anxious, regretful, self-loathing and hype all at all once. It happens every time and yet I wanna play these games!