‘Good Talk’ by Mira Jacob: Heartbreaking, Funny, Vulnerable, & Real
“We think our hearts break only from endings — the love gone, the rooms empty, the future unhappening as we stand ready to step into it — but what about[…]
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What Does an Indian Look & Sound Like?
It was the year 1999 when I stepped inside my very first nail salon in NYC. “Did your mommy mix daddies?” the Korean owner at the nail salon enquired. “You[…]
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Read Original Poetry: “Kali”
It was my mother’s fault that she birthed Me on the banks of Kaveri For try as they did they could not wash the black alluvial soil off my skin.[…]
Why Can’t I Be Dark-Skinned In Peace?
I just want constant microaggressions from light-skinned people to go away. I don’t like to talk about my experiences with colorism that much because I know it is rooted in[…]