Do not dismiss or diminish people’s fear. People are not overreacting, and it’s not your job to tell them to be positive. The physical and emotional well-being of our friends and families require that we show up. This means leveraging our privilege, should it come in the form of religion, class, gender, race, etc., to […]
We have a right to demand that solidarity and intersectionality not get thrown under the bus when a famous white woman speaks publicly on injustice. Scarily, I finally have something in common with a Fox News pundit. I found Patricia Arquette’s Oscars speech last night appalling. For some different reasons, though. Arquette’s choice of words […]
Steve Friess wrote an article in TIME asking black women not to push white gay men away, because they, too, know what it’s like to be ostracized and pushed down. Preston Mitchum says black women don’t need Friess’ kind of solidarity. Dear Steve: It’s me, Preston. A queer, black man writing to explain something critical to […]
