being mixed

  • My hand holding up the cover of Miscegenation Blues

    Monk Reviews Miscegenation Blues

    Edited by Carol Camper. This review was originally posted direct to my Instagram on April 19, 2019, so I will keep all the markup from that original here. During the Philadelphia stop of her book tour, @leahlakshmiwrites, the author of Care Work: Dreaming…

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  • A white mixed race person's hand holds a book cover with an old photograph of a young woman posing on steps. There are house plants in the background.

    Monk Reviews Native Country of the Heart by Cherríe Moraga

    Native Country of the Heart is Cherríe Moraga’s memoir about and relationship with her mother, Elvira. A friend and I went to go see Moraga speak at the book’s release at the People’s Forum in New York City, and we were both tearing…

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  • SHEDDING zine

    “WE CRAFTED MEANING OUT OF THINGS WHICH DO NOT REPRESENT US” “MIXED BLOODS Y HALF BREEDS” “TO SAY YOU ARE WHITE IS TO SAY YOU ARE ABSENT OF ANYTHING & ENTITLED BY HISTORY BUT WHAT DO YOU CONTAIN? WHOSE LEGACIES WERE YOU BORN…

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