Cultural myths surrounding the sexual abuse and assault of boys and men can be serious obstacles to understanding and healing, so it’s important to learn just how wrong they are.
As soon as I became an activist, as soon as I connected with Arabs and feminists and queers and folks with disabilities and poor people fighting to re-make the world, poetry demanded my attention.
shadow seeks shadow,
then both leaf
and leaf-shadow are lost
We must redistribute wealth and not look at it as a favor, but a call to action.
My dear friends, I am here to tell you that men do indeed talk in bathrooms and in changerooms.
A few days later, I came out to my husband. Our marriage exploded into shards in a matter of minutes.
Come with me
to the river again: we will test Heraclitus,
kiss deep at the tender point of sleepless change.
Hijacking the Proud Boys and MAGA Narrative Amidst Ruinous Reality.