Hey Everyone, I’ve been MIA because I’ve been buried neck-deep in QWOC Week 2011 planning. If you live in Boston (or near enough) and support my work then please forward on the information below to the appropriate outlets. It’s been five years since I started organizing around women’s and LGBT…
Activism, for so many of queer women of color, is a constant negotiation of which ism to address. We don’t have the luxury of snubbing everyone that offends us, or we would have no where to go. We can't -- and shouldn't have to -- fight everyone. As a direct…
A few weeks ago, the Fenway Women’s Health Team posted a blog on Bay Windows about their upcoming 2nd annual women’s health fair. QWOC+ Boston had organized and tabled at this event for the past three years. Yet, written in an authoritative third person omniscient voice was the line, “Thanks to the…
This was priceless, and soooooo necessary for all the white people in the audience to hear. haha!
Last night, Letta told me, “I’m proud of you,” and I was speechless. She had no idea how big a part she played in all of this. I first saw her perform more than two years ago at the Dyke March. She performed some of her poems, and then just…