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My name is Natasha Renee’, and I am a queer biracial woman. My Dad is black and my Mom is white. I grew up in small towns in Wyoming and...

i hate to think about the sound of my own breath the sensation of breathing always seems to startle me i can never seem to hold a rhythm...

Kaija “Kai” Cedras (they/them, she/her) is a fantasy writer and cook currently living in Portland, OR where they work for All African...

there is a strength we rarely talk about, the kind that rouses a body out of bed each morning, a strength that reminds my body to open a...

please, never underestimate the power of a trans person to come out - to look in the mirror - to speak - to reckon - to metamorphose - to...

Jezebella Kachanon, a 22-year-old self taught makeup artist of Thai and Mexican descent, is a bisexual, libra, English student, and self...

the way i do not recognize my body in the mirror is not one of dissociation but of overwhelming ownership through every jab pinch scratch...

I’ve always loved writing. But it was poetry that stuck. Poetry, in its production and consumption, has provided both a solace and an...

Lately I’ve lingered longer beneath the covers Avoiding the face time I’m sure to have with the mirror And even if I elude its gaze The...

Every pet name inevitably has a story behind it. Sometimes they're named after a specific way they look, or a cute sound they make, but...

"i cannot see you now but i hope you do not feel unseen" a helpless ode to ovaries that reproduce then wheeze if i trim my breast and...

CW: eating disorders, body dysmorphia, bulimia. I’ve struggled with eating disorders my entire life without actually knowing it. Those...

As the #BlackLivesMatter movement continues to gain momentum, I've been trying to find ways to use my privilege and platform as a...