My essays, academic work, and social commentary have been featured in a number of daily and editorial websites. By clicking on the links below, you will be taken to a few of the articles I have written across the web. If you are interested in learning more about my work, please use the Contact Form to get in touch.
Web:
BITCH Magazine (online)
“The Prison Paradox: Ending Mass Incarceration in the Age of Cosby“, 2018
“Racial Roadblocks: The NAACP Lights a Flare on Anti-Blackness,” 2018 ( reprint from magazine)
“More Than Checking Privilege: The Gun Debate Has To Get Serious About Race”, 2018
“No Need for Superheroes: “A Wrinkle In Time” Shows Black Girls How To Save Themselves”, 2018
“Doing the Work: White People Must Invest In Anti-Racism”, 2017
“Forced Exile: How Queer Families Navigate Holidays”, 2017
“Conditions of Consent: Teaching Children Bodily Autonomy”, 2017
“The Fragility of Silence: Unlearning Childhood Secrecy and Breaking the Chains in Adult Life”, 2017 (reprint from magazine)
“Not Your Belly, Not Your Business: On Serena Williams, Reproduction, and Athleticism”, 2017
“A Square Peg at the Roundtable: On Jessica Williams and Why Black Women are Not Here to Save You”, 2017
Black Perspectives (Blog of the AAIHS)
“Black Lives Matter: Not a Moment, But a Movement”, (Book Review: Barbara Ransby’s Making All Black Lives Matter) 2018
“#SayHerName–Police Violence Against Black Women and Girls: An Interview with Andrea J. Ritchie” , 2018
“Multiple and Interlocking: Black Lives Matter as a Lens“, 2018
Daily Dot:
“Your overpriced Starbucks latte isn’t going to fix America’s race problems“, 2015
EBONY:
“The Politics of Pregnancy and the Workplace”, 2014
“Black Women Slammed by Unemployment Cuts”, 2014
Public Seminar:
“Multiple and Interlocking: Black Lives Matter as the lens through which a system is made clear“, 2018
Teen Vogue:
“What Marginalized Populations Need From Our Allies In 2020,” 2019
“It’s Your Responsibility to Challenge Bigoted Relatives Over the Holidays,” 2019
“It’s Time For White Lawmakers to Stand Up Against Racism, ” 2019
“My Wakanda-Wannabe Neighborhood Still Has a Race Problem,” 2019
“The Real Scandal With This College Admissions Mess Is White Privilege,” 2019
“Terry Crews’s Latest Comments Perpetuate the Same Toxic Masculinity He Opposes,” 2019
“Icon Shirley Chisholm Paved the Way for Black Women In Politics,” 2019
“We’re Bound by Rape Culture. It’s Time to Shift the Lens,” 2019
“People of Color Deserve Credit for Their Work to Save the Environment,” 2019
“Yes, the Midterms Felt Heartbreaking, but Not All Hope Is Lost,” 2018
“Kanye West Is What Internalized Racism and Misogyny Looks Like” , 2018
“Boycotting Should Be a Tactic to Protest the Powerful, Not to Strengthen Them“, 2018
“We Need to Talk About Anita Hill Now More Than Ever,” 2018
“Black Women Have Always Been Underpaid and Mistreated at Work“, 2018
“Chicago’s Girls Took Over a Park to Celebrate and Empower Each Other” , 2018
“Black Women Are Not Your Superheroes”, 2018
“Imprisoning Children Is an Ugly American Tradition ” , 2018
“Trying to Free Just One Person Isn’t Really Prison Reform“, 2018
“Meghan Markle’s Blackness is Significant Because of England’s Imperialism“, 2018
“Donald Trump Doesn’t Care About Black People“, 2018
“Calling the Police on Black People Puts Them in Danger“, 2018
“Milwaukee Civil Rights Icon Vel Phillips Has Died“, 2018
“Don’t Whitewash the Hatred That Caused Martin Luther King’s Death“, 2018
“Women’s History Month Should Center Black Women for Once“, 2018
“Why Is Forgiveness Always Expected from the Black Community After Violence Occurs?“, 2018
“Black History Month Isn’t Racist, It’s a Form of Reparations“, 2018
“Call the Super Bowl Destruction What It Is: A White Riot“, 2018
“We Need to Honor MLK’s Real Legacy, Not the One That Makes White Americans Comfortable“, 2018
“Racist Violence Killed Four Girls in the 1963 Birmingham Bombing“, 2017
“Trump Bullies and Disrespects Black Women“, 2017
“The Story Behind the East St. Louis “Race Riots”“, 2017
“Publicly Lynching Black People Was Once Common Practice in the U.S.“, 2017
“Women Have Always Been a Part of White Supremacy“, 2017
The Root:
“What Chris Brown’s Guest Appearance on Black-ish Says About All of Us”, 2017
“On White Women Who Pen Criticisms of Beyoncé and Serena When White Feminism Isn’t Enuf”, 2017
“Tyler Perry, Lee Daniels Built Careers on Black Women Stories but Trade in Misogynoir”, 2017
“As a Woman, I Can’t Love Madea and Hate Straight Outta Compton”, 2015
“How ‘Selling a Home While Black’ Nearly Broke Me”, 2015
“Janet Mock Breaks Through the Isolation for Transgender Women of Color”, 2014
Washington Post:
“I struggle with the fact that I passed my disability on to my children“, 2017
“Why mothering as a queer black woman is inherently political“, 2017
“The House sit-in was just a way to cover up years of failure on guns“, 2016
Print:
BITCH Magazine
“Racial Roadblocks: The NAACP Lights a Flare on Anti-Blackness” , 2018 (Reprinted electronically)
“The Fragility of Silence: Unlearning Childhood Secrecy and Breaking the Chains in Adult Life“, 2017 (Reprinted electronically)
Chicago Maroon
“Making a space for black women in academia“, 2015 (reprinted electronically)