I am elemental-celestial, fashioned by the hands of my ancestors from their very own prayers and bones.
We live in a world where all people are free to act as they please. Nothing about our world is perfect. There is no excuse for sexual violence. We cannot let ourselves be so naive as to resign to our culture and tip-toe around it, instead of tearing it down.
Rachel's new RHPFF award-nominated poetry & dance video.
Suddenly, this thing I loved so much, this huge, unfathomable piece of myself, felt dirty and unfamiliar. I lay in my bed and stared at my guitar, hanging on the wall, mocking me.
My personal journey through religious gender separation.
You are a violent glamour, a dagger carved from obsidian.
The price we pay when we look the other way.