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“Worrying and fear-inducing, struggling to undo more than simply one’s own quilt, we reproduce, mirror, squeeze out what we sponged up in the years prior…

“Shoved into the corporate world out of necessity, I wrapped myself in the childhood dream that remains: working in an office”.

Contributor Laurent Maurice LaFontant shares a poem written in the wake of the events surrounding the death of George Floyd.

“My coming out was boringly uneventful and I cherish it so for its sweet and tangy warmth.”

Contributor Iman M’Fah-Traoré shares “Coming of Coping”

Iman shares a poetic account of longing and projections in time of lockdown.

The streets know me, we are the streets.

Black women have rewritten history by writing themselves into a complex present…

Contributor Iman M’Fah-Traoré reflects on intersectional identity and her upbringing in both France and the United States.

This is when I started emotional open-heart surgery on myself.

“I wrote to her once, my depression, serving her with my notice of emancipation.”

Iman M’Fah-Traoré muses on grief and loss and moving forward.

Nine Black womxn have a personal discussion about misogynoir and its effects.

“It turns out she and I were in a Black versus Métisse debate. I am black, I tell her. You are métisse, she hisses back.”

“Don’t try to undermine my argument by asking for evidence. I am proof.”

“I am Black, gay, woman.” Iman M’Fah-Traoré discusses how she navigates converging identities.

Dedicated to the memory of all those killed for being black.

Iman M’Fah-Traoré reflects on some of the history and present of Black Lives Matter from her current homebase, New York City.

I have wanted to tell my story for years. Through my healing process, it has been challenging to gather the courage to write this.