We Need All Women To “Shout Their Abortions”
Terminating my pregnancy has made my life possible. Talking about it openly when Planned Parenthood’s funding is being threatened has never been more important.
Linda Chavers
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Linda Chavers is a writer whose work explores the Black woman’s body as memory and record. Her essays have appeared in The Rumpus, The Boston Globe Magazine, Gawker, and Elle. She lives in New England.
34 Things I Wish Multiple Sclerosis Hadn’t Shown Me
On the occasion of her 33rd birthday, the writer reflects on the many ways the debilitating disease has highjacked her life, and the choices it’s forcing her to make.
Why Is Michael Eric Dyson Whining While Baltimore Is Burning?
The scholar could better use his platform at 'The New Republic' to engage in a meaningful dialogue about the unjust treatment of Black men and women than for kvetching about Dr. Cornel West.
An Elegy for Michael Brown
A month after protesting in Ferguson, this Black, Harvard-educated literature professor has been teaching at one of the nation's most elite boarding schools. Can she make a difference?