Dorothy Brown’s outspokenness made enemies in Tennessee’s government. But it also changed lives.
Outlet: Medium
Degrowing the Future
“Why is the future assumed to be the continuation of growth? What if it’s degrowth?”
You Could Never Misgender Me
When you use the wrong pronoun, you’ve crossed my boundary but you could never misgender me.
The Decade We Tore Down Our Racist Past
History broke wide open — and so did the arguments about what should be memorialized
Nice Guys Kill to Stay Nice: On the Weaponizing of Kindness and Why ‘Perfect Abusers’ Don’t Exist
“I don’t want to be like the other guys you met,” he said.
How Do You Reclaim a Massacre?
Greensboro didn’t have a “shootout” and Tulsa didn’t have a “race riot.” But it took decades of work for language to catch up to history.
When The Buildings Began To Bleed
At the end of the day, their mistake was simple: they sent her body to the masjid.
Girlfriends Getaway: Facing Fears Together in Paradise
I was reminded how when we are young(er) we just take these leaps of faith because they feel good or seem like fun. We are able to trust differently even if it’s based in naivete.
Toni Morrison and Sharing Freedom
“The function of freedom is to free someone else.” – Toni Morrison
How I answered a call to preach in college, and abandoned it
“I believe I was called by God. My insecurity screamed so loud that I couldn’t hear it.”