I see the wisdom of eternities
in ample thighs
belying their presence as adornments
to the temples of my sisters
old souls breath
in the comfort of chocolate thickness
that suffocates Africa ’s angels
who dance to the rhythm of the universe’s womb
though they cannot feel its origins in their veins
Blessed am I to be love in the temple of my own [...]

Because Michigan can never just leave well enough alone, can it?
I found out from my acupuncturist that the state of Michigan is considering requiring it’s citizens to get a doctor’s referral to go to an acupuncturists. So, in other words, rather than hearing from a friend that she went to acupuncture and that person deciding [...]

If you are a mami of color who is raising a son: how do you teach your son about violence and masculinity? what do you teach your son about violence against women? what strategies have you (and he) come up with to confront gender based violence? what advice do you have for other mamis of [...]

by bfp:
the thought of being hungry scares me. it terrifies me, actually.
when i forget to eat a meal or don’t have the time or have a changing body that requires an adjustment period (i.e. pregnancy, depression, etc), and i am forced to spend time recognizing how hungry i am, i spend half of the time [...]

Including the amazing so much in love with her ROSE!!!!!!
Mangos With Chili: the floating cabaret of QTPOC bliss, dreams, sweat, sweets & nightmares
proudly presents the premiere of:
BELOVED: A Requiem for Our Dead
because we refuse to forget you
Featuring:
Nalo Hopkinson
Charleston Chu
E. Rose Sims
SoliRose
Nico Dacumos
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Ms. Cherry Galette
and more
With video by Storm Florez, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Kortney [...]

I was talking with somebody about the cult of personality that exists in so many communities and how that cult so often allows things like abuse and violence to go excused (i.e. Roman Polanski)–but at the same time, how that cult of personality often puts a person in the position of “Esteemed Holy Savior Writer” [...]

via occasional contributer to this blog, Wheel Chair Dancer.
The article says you are working as hard as you can to get back as much as you can. As you are doing all that PT and rehab, can I offer you a glimpse of my life as a disabled dancer? The most powerful moment of performance [...]

Wheelchair Dancer is one of my favorite bloggers ever of all time. She’s already posted on the (re)thinking walking series before, so imagine how honored and thrilled I was to get her email saying she had another essay? WCD says she isn’t sure this is *quite* a rethinking walking post. I say…how could it not [...]

Riding bikes is not something that comes easily to some Latin@s. Well, to lots of Latin@s. At least not where I come from–where most of the Latin@ population is first generation immigrant from very poor nations. Bikes are expensive–and for that reason, are things that even many second and third generation Latin@s don’t know [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about Michael Jackson–my kids are currently obsessed with his songs and his dance moves (son just recovered from a really bad muscle tear from trying to dance like Michael)–and I admit a lot of the songs they’re listening to are taking me back in a very fond way. Like the [...]