First Person
Recent First Person posts
Photoessay: Self-Portraits Fueled by Hope and Anger
We’ll Have Sex Again, I Promise
Line Breaks for Resistance: How Black Poetry Lets Us Rescue Ourselves
87 Weeks Ago: The Night Mykki Blanco Made a Small Girl Feel Big
A Proposal
Feelings Rookie: Letting Anger Light My Fuse
Shoulder Pads and Short Cuts: How Grace Jones Made Me Powerful
How Whitney Houston Taught Me the Greatest Love of All For My Queer Black Self
Feelings Rookie: A Tribute to Love
Feelings Rookie: Uphill Battles
I Was Trained for the Culture Wars in Home School, Awaiting Someone Like Mike Pence as a Messiah
Why I’m Unapologetic About My Sensuality as a Black Trans Woman
When Community Complicates Healthcare for Sex Workers
Why I’ve Decided to Let Myself Get Angry (Despite What Ableism Taught Me)
Feelings Rookie: The Spiral
Feelings Rookie: When It All Adds Up
Cleaning As Self-Care: Powering Through Your Post-Election Grief By Organizing Your Life
Trump Won, So I Finally Got Out of Bed
