by Tasha Fierce | Sep 27, 2018 | bodies and fatness, capitalism, disability, feminism, racism & white supremacy
Neoliberal capitalism is obsessed with choice: the illusion of it, anyway. Same with patriarchy, white supremacy, imperialism, settler colonialism—they all sustain themselves in part by making our oppression our job. We internalize the rules so we can flog...
by Tasha Fierce | Aug 31, 2018 | bodies and fatness, magical depressive realism, my kind of crazy
[CW: suicide, r*pe, internalized fatmisia] I come to this page with absolutely no idea how to say what I want to say. But I’m here, and I’m gonna try. First: let me stop assuming that everyone who comes across my work is familiar with my backstory....
by Tasha Fierce | Jul 14, 2018 | disability, my kind of crazy
primary conflict: i know i’m insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but i need to believe i’m talented (aka special) in some way to motivate myself to try. why (is this a problem)? 1. the odds are stacked against me due to my: i. non-traditional (read:...
by Tasha Fierce | Jun 8, 2018 | afrofuturism blog series
The clarity of hindsight often lures us to become mired in blame and guilt. As we wake up and become aware that the world is the way it is because certain humans have shaped it in their interest, people who are oppressed are tempted to demonize and cast out those...
by Tasha Fierce | May 24, 2018 | afrofuturism blog series
When I interact with people in my day-to-day life, I try my best to consider them as whole human beings with a lifetime of distinctive experiences up to and including the moment before I began my interaction with them. I balance their mannerisms and reactions against...
