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Standards of Care
Rolonda Donelson on Bias and Anti-Science Attitudes in Medicine
The reason Black women were used to develop the field of gynecology was because they were no more than property. They weren’t seen as people; they were just seen as things. The controlling of Black women’s bodies started with chattel slavery, but it continues today.
June 2026
Practicing
Taking piano lessons, learning to speak Russian, seeking enlightenment
May 2026
Four of Cups
Maybe it was a mistake choosing such a solemn and contemplative place. Raising your voice above a whisper feels like an intrusion. The entrance branches into different rooms, leading you through multiple cultures and eras. You can move through time, follow the various paths available to you. You pick a direction and go.
April 2026
Indecision
“Whether you go up the ladder or down it,” / says the Tao, “your position is shaky.”
March 2026
Love Language
I read somewhere that most men receive flowers / for the first time at their funeral. So I filled a vase / in your apartment with puckered roses
February 2026A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words features photography so rich with narrative that it tells a story all on its own.
February 2026
I Always Wanted a Wife
I didn’t mean to / eat your berries, he’d sing after eating / all the blackberries I’d been saving / for breakfast, and I couldn’t be mad then / because he’d made me laugh.
January 2026Graffiti
A tag on a dumpster, poetry in an outhouse, Viking runes in an underground tomb
October 2025
Tips
Waiting tables at a diner, playing in a wedding band, giving massages at the Phallus Palace
August 2025
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