Since Indiana Jones, a legacy of Eurocentrism and the linkage of wilderness to whiteness has informed the treasure-hunting adventure film. Colonization informed how the devaluing of land and its people became interchangeable.
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I should not be ashamed of any detail of this story. Yet as I am writing now, I am hesitant to disclose a crucial detail: the condition. This inhibition is not because these scars are still fresh. It is not because I am reluctant to denounce this particular doctor online. It is because it is about my vagina. I had a yeast infection.
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The Blackness I see is strong, resilient, rooted in a shared history which has been severed from its genesis, but that has been rich in power for as far back as we may remember. And we must remember.
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Words from a columnist, business owner, and a journaling prompt for readers.
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Children are offered milk or juice, and ‘young adults’ are offered chai; perhaps the first sips of tea were a sour acknowledgement of childhood’s door closing.
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The term “minority” is not just a harmless word which signifies quantity; it is a less troubling way of saying “oppressed”. Our inaction towards the struggles minorities face is due in part to our inability to realize the word’s true meaning.
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“You’re in America - speak English!”
I felt the sprinkles of spit hit my arm. Whipped my head to the right. All I could do was watch as a scowling seventy-something year old Caucasian man huffed away - an expression full of hate and an air of self-righteousness.
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A look into the diverse career and continually rising star of one of Canada’s biggest Indigenous celebrities and activists.
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Katie Fire Thunder writes columns on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls to inform and continue the search for justice.
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My written words are my power because I can be heard without the barriers that otherwise hold me back. But what if writing isn’t your medium?
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