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Interrupting the usual flow to say that we need your help! BGIM needs you!!

June 23, 2018November 17, 2017 by Shay

I am re-posting this because we still need your help. The readership is growing, we have more writers but the financial support is not keeping pace and that is a problem because it means we need your help.  Psst, hey you! Psst, come on in! Have you taken a look around here lately? Take a …

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Categories Racial and Cultural

Reflecting on the year of flames, or Change is possible

June 23, 2018November 11, 2017 by Shay
A city totally aflame in apocalyptic imagery

As someone who is almost never without words, increasingly I come to this space unsure of what to say and how to say it. So today, I go back to my roots and I write the words to which I simply need to give life to—and hope that they will resonate with others. This past …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural 1 Comment

Real talk is sensitive, or How the truth is silenced

May 7, 2020October 22, 2017 by Shay

As a Black woman in America, my entire existence at times can be summed up as: uncomfortable. Anytime I leave my house, I know that there is a strong probability that discomfort will be a part of my day by simple virtue of the fact that my soul and essence are housed in a container …

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Categories Racial and Cultural
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