Digital Native
As an elder millennial whose writing career coincided with the dominance of digital pubs, I’ve left a trail of copy scattered across multiple defunct websites. “Digital Native” is a collection of the pieces — about girlhood, pop culture, feminism + softness — that I’ve salvaged over the years.
the body keeps score, so treat it nicely
Our society is incredibly disembodied, all but requiring we ignore how we feel — physically and emotionally — for the sake of success.
I Repeatedly Fought Back Tears While Jamming to Beyoncé’s New Album Because Free Black Girls Are Not As Much of A Thing As We Should Be
It’s feminism for women who are taught that patriarchy will get you to heaven. It’s feminism for women who don’t care to rhapsodize about whatever mainstream feminism’s issue of the day happens to be because they’ve got their own, separate issues. It’s the feminism of lived experience.
I Secretly Hated My “Addy” American Girl Doll
Putting Addy in an America where she was effectively denied the privilege of being a child made it impossible for her to embody all of the qualities for which early American Girls were known.
Not Another Free Clinic
Tucked away on the second floor of a downtown office building, TAYA looks like a private doctor’s office. In reality, it’s a nonprofit reproductive health clinic, serving teens and low-income women in the Washington, DC, area, accepting patients only between the ages of 12 and 35.
How a Cartoon Character Became a Hero for Token Black Girls
With her perfect academic record and crazy number of extracurricular engagements, Jodie was the product of what middle-class black parents had pushed on their kids throughout the preceding decades.
Thecocknbullkid makes music fun
Thecocknbullkid has fun with her music without taking herself too seriously, which is where her stage name comes from.