neesha
@womanistbae.bsky.social
Journalist, essayist & organizer | Coastal GA & eastern NC roots | Author of Come By Here (Hub City Press) | linktr.ee/womanistbae | [email protected] | she/they 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏽🍉🍑♊
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Last month, we attended the Oral History Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. We’re grateful for oral historians who engage with movement-building & movement journalism. They help us shape our collective memory & never forget the wins of our movement ancestors.
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Last month, we attended the Oral History Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. We’re grateful for oral historians who engage with movement-building & movement journalism. They help us shape our collective memory & never forget the wins of our movement ancestors.
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In a @prismreports.org op-ed, formerly incarcerated writer Derek Trumbo guides us through the social barriers that have replaced the physical bars of prison upon his release. Read his piece @ bit.ly/acheofuncertainty; his words are essential, humanizing the post-incarceration plight. 🎨: Rikki Li
Never eat the candy on your pillow: The ache of uncertainty
My first months of reentry are forcing me to confront the reality that freedom brings its own set of burdens and responsibilities
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November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In a @prismreports.org op-ed, formerly incarcerated writer Derek Trumbo guides us through the social barriers that have replaced the physical bars of prison upon his release. Read his piece @ bit.ly/acheofuncertainty; his words are essential, humanizing the post-incarceration plight. 🎨: Rikki Li
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Last month, our co-director, Neesha, joined dozens of women & gender-expansive labor leaders for WILL Empower’s retreat & celebration. We love WE & worker justice orgs that support movement journalists like the National Writers Union’s Freelance Solidarity Project @fspnwu.bsky.social.
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Last month, our co-director, Neesha, joined dozens of women & gender-expansive labor leaders for WILL Empower’s retreat & celebration. We love WE & worker justice orgs that support movement journalists like the National Writers Union’s Freelance Solidarity Project @fspnwu.bsky.social.
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This Transgender Day of Remembrance, we move from mourning to action. The phrase "Protect the Dolls" is a mandate: show up, donate, intervene, and center trans leadership every day.
Honor the lost by protecting the living.
Learn more: bit.ly/protecttranspeople
Honor the lost by protecting the living.
Learn more: bit.ly/protecttranspeople
TDOR: Southern Black Trans Power is the Solution - Transgender Law Center
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is a time to memorialize the trans folk who have been murdered each year.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, we move from mourning to action. The phrase "Protect the Dolls" is a mandate: show up, donate, intervene, and center trans leadership every day.
Honor the lost by protecting the living.
Learn more: bit.ly/protecttranspeople
Honor the lost by protecting the living.
Learn more: bit.ly/protecttranspeople
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ICE & CBP are terrorizing North Carolina immigrants. Read @tinavasquez.bsky.social’s story for @prismreports.org at bit.ly/melticenc detailing the current immigrant raids in the state & the powerful community resistance growing in response.
North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
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November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
ICE & CBP are terrorizing North Carolina immigrants. Read @tinavasquez.bsky.social’s story for @prismreports.org at bit.ly/melticenc detailing the current immigrant raids in the state & the powerful community resistance growing in response.
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We reject the Thanksgiving myth and stand with Indigenous peoples fighting ongoing genocide and land theft. For us, tomorrow isn’t about honoring a “peaceful feast.” Join us as we observe November 27 as the National Day of Mourning.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We reject the Thanksgiving myth and stand with Indigenous peoples fighting ongoing genocide and land theft. For us, tomorrow isn’t about honoring a “peaceful feast.” Join us as we observe November 27 as the National Day of Mourning.
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The recent pause of & cuts to SNAP benefits created a real hunger crisis. But Southerners have a legacy of feeding our own—like Georgia Gilmore, who funded the Montgomery Bus Boycott by cooking & selling food. In her honor, we've compiled resources for free food assistance.
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The recent pause of & cuts to SNAP benefits created a real hunger crisis. But Southerners have a legacy of feeding our own—like Georgia Gilmore, who funded the Montgomery Bus Boycott by cooking & selling food. In her honor, we've compiled resources for free food assistance.
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#MovementJournalism is in service to liberation. It centers oppressed people & exposes root causes of injustice.
Southern BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ journalists coined the term in 2017—but the practice is centuries old. Learn more from our Movement Journalism 101 zine @ bit.ly/movementjournozine!
Southern BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ journalists coined the term in 2017—but the practice is centuries old. Learn more from our Movement Journalism 101 zine @ bit.ly/movementjournozine!
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#MovementJournalism is in service to liberation. It centers oppressed people & exposes root causes of injustice.
Southern BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ journalists coined the term in 2017—but the practice is centuries old. Learn more from our Movement Journalism 101 zine @ bit.ly/movementjournozine!
Southern BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ journalists coined the term in 2017—but the practice is centuries old. Learn more from our Movement Journalism 101 zine @ bit.ly/movementjournozine!
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For The Objective, @ajajeanarnold.bsky.social shares oral histories on how national media's neglect of Southern movements has resulted in geographical biases, oversimplified stories & extractive journalism. Read them @ bit.ly/southernstories. 📸: James Salanga & Emory Stop Cop City
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For The Objective, @ajajeanarnold.bsky.social shares oral histories on how national media's neglect of Southern movements has resulted in geographical biases, oversimplified stories & extractive journalism. Read them @ bit.ly/southernstories. 📸: James Salanga & Emory Stop Cop City
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We were honored to attend this year’s Griot & Grey Owl Conference, griotandgreyowl.org, which embodies a vision we’ve worked towards since 2018: creating infrastructure for Black media makers & storytellers of color to connect, collaborate & craft narratives for their own communities. #BlackWriters
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We were honored to attend this year’s Griot & Grey Owl Conference, griotandgreyowl.org, which embodies a vision we’ve worked towards since 2018: creating infrastructure for Black media makers & storytellers of color to connect, collaborate & craft narratives for their own communities. #BlackWriters
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In a time of closing newsrooms & silenced voices, the legacy of movement journalists like Ida B. Wells-Barnett is our compass.
Make a tax-deductible donation today @ bit.ly/resist2026 & get entered into a raffle to win movement journalism prizes. Just like our ancestors, we’re not backing down!
Make a tax-deductible donation today @ bit.ly/resist2026 & get entered into a raffle to win movement journalism prizes. Just like our ancestors, we’re not backing down!
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In a time of closing newsrooms & silenced voices, the legacy of movement journalists like Ida B. Wells-Barnett is our compass.
Make a tax-deductible donation today @ bit.ly/resist2026 & get entered into a raffle to win movement journalism prizes. Just like our ancestors, we’re not backing down!
Make a tax-deductible donation today @ bit.ly/resist2026 & get entered into a raffle to win movement journalism prizes. Just like our ancestors, we’re not backing down!
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The New York Times is the paper of record and has played a key role in enabling the Gaza genocide. To hold the newspaper accountable, we must sever our ties —not only as subscribers or advertisers, but also as writers who lend the paper legitimacy. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/why-...
Why writers must boycott the New York Times
The New York Times is the paper of record and has played a key role in enabling the Gaza genocide. To hold the newspaper accountable, we must sever our ties —not only as subscribers or advertisers,…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The New York Times is the paper of record and has played a key role in enabling the Gaza genocide. To hold the newspaper accountable, we must sever our ties —not only as subscribers or advertisers, but also as writers who lend the paper legitimacy. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/why-...
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From Stonewall, to Attica, to the clubs of NYC, to the streets of San Francisco, to the oasis of Little Rock. Miss Major taught us how to love, how to fight, how to be in it for the long haul.
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
From Stonewall, to Attica, to the clubs of NYC, to the streets of San Francisco, to the oasis of Little Rock. Miss Major taught us how to love, how to fight, how to be in it for the long haul.
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
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We’re sponsoring a panel @objectivejournos.bsky.social’s 11/14 Trans Media Convening: “The free, virtual gathering will focus on outlining what trans people need from journalism and from cis allies not just in this moment, but beyond.”
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We’re sponsoring a panel @objectivejournos.bsky.social’s 11/14 Trans Media Convening: “The free, virtual gathering will focus on outlining what trans people need from journalism and from cis allies not just in this moment, but beyond.”
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
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Your story is a tool for liberation. But how do you make sure it's heard? Our tip sheet @ bit.ly/personalnarrativetips breaks down the 3 A's of first-person narratives according to narrative sovereignty strategist Dionicia “Dio” Roberson:
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Your story is a tool for liberation. But how do you make sure it's heard? Our tip sheet @ bit.ly/personalnarrativetips breaks down the 3 A's of first-person narratives according to narrative sovereignty strategist Dionicia “Dio” Roberson:
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
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We’re so excited that Neema Avashia, @womanistbae.bsky.social, and Riley Rennhack are the creative nonfiction judges for the 2026 #FirecrackerAwards! Learn more and submit by November 14: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We’re so excited that Neema Avashia, @womanistbae.bsky.social, and Riley Rennhack are the creative nonfiction judges for the 2026 #FirecrackerAwards! Learn more and submit by November 14: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...
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Last year, we published a tribute to some of our icons: “Flowers for Our Elders: A Southern Movement Elder Coloring Book.” By honoring the work of leaders like Tirso Moreno, we’re refusing to allow history to be rewritten.
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Last year, we published a tribute to some of our icons: “Flowers for Our Elders: A Southern Movement Elder Coloring Book.” By honoring the work of leaders like Tirso Moreno, we’re refusing to allow history to be rewritten.
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We had a blast spreading the word about movement journalism @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social’s annual convention in Atlanta earlier this month! We presented on ethics of care & solidarity and responsible reporting on trans communities with amazing partner orgs. 🔥#NLGJA25
September 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We had a blast spreading the word about movement journalism @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social’s annual convention in Atlanta earlier this month! We presented on ethics of care & solidarity and responsible reporting on trans communities with amazing partner orgs. 🔥#NLGJA25
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Our coloring book, “Flowers for Our Elders,” brings the stories of Southern movement elders to life. Meet Pat Hussain, who led a successful campaign to move a 1996 Olympic event out of Cobb County, Ga. to protest an anti-LGBTQIA+ resolution. #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
October 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our coloring book, “Flowers for Our Elders,” brings the stories of Southern movement elders to life. Meet Pat Hussain, who led a successful campaign to move a 1996 Olympic event out of Cobb County, Ga. to protest an anti-LGBTQIA+ resolution. #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
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For two years, the world has watched a genocide unfold in Gaza on our phone screens. 64,000+ Palestinians murdered by Israel. We honor the journalists in Gaza who’ve become the world's eyes & conscience, many of whom have been targeted & killed for telling the truth. 🎨: Peonica Fernando
October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For two years, the world has watched a genocide unfold in Gaza on our phone screens. 64,000+ Palestinians murdered by Israel. We honor the journalists in Gaza who’ve become the world's eyes & conscience, many of whom have been targeted & killed for telling the truth. 🎨: Peonica Fernando
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Our work is rooted in this belief: The U.S. South is an epicenter of liberation & our stories are the soil from which change grows. Our values are our compass as we support journalism in service to liberation. Check out our #MovementJournalism values, then let us know some of your own!
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our work is rooted in this belief: The U.S. South is an epicenter of liberation & our stories are the soil from which change grows. Our values are our compass as we support journalism in service to liberation. Check out our #MovementJournalism values, then let us know some of your own!
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We honor the strength, resilience & sovereignty of Indigenous peoples today & all-year-round. Check out our collaborative guide on how to report on the missing & murdered Indigenous women crisis in the U.S. South with the care & accuracy it deserves @ bit.ly/mmiwjustice. #NoMoreStolenSisters
October 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We honor the strength, resilience & sovereignty of Indigenous peoples today & all-year-round. Check out our collaborative guide on how to report on the missing & murdered Indigenous women crisis in the U.S. South with the care & accuracy it deserves @ bit.ly/mmiwjustice. #NoMoreStolenSisters
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This Community Media Day, we celebrate you—the heart of movement media. Help us continue training underresourced Southern media makers in producing reporting for their own communities.
Support our Level Up popular education work:
➡️ givebutter.com/LevelUpMJ
Support our Level Up popular education work:
➡️ givebutter.com/LevelUpMJ
October 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This Community Media Day, we celebrate you—the heart of movement media. Help us continue training underresourced Southern media makers in producing reporting for their own communities.
Support our Level Up popular education work:
➡️ givebutter.com/LevelUpMJ
Support our Level Up popular education work:
➡️ givebutter.com/LevelUpMJ
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For Black Poetry Day, read Jordan Taliha McDonald's "Golden Corral (for Pooda)" in the latest issue of SISTORIES' literary magazine (bit.ly/sistories). It’s a powerful poem that finds “herstory” in crows eating trash outside a buffet, meditating on survival.
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For Black Poetry Day, read Jordan Taliha McDonald's "Golden Corral (for Pooda)" in the latest issue of SISTORIES' literary magazine (bit.ly/sistories). It’s a powerful poem that finds “herstory” in crows eating trash outside a buffet, meditating on survival.
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This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, meet Suzanne Pharr, who’s featured in our “Flowers for Our Elders” coloring book. She co-founded Southerners On New Ground, authored "Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism," & much more. You can hear from her on "The Nerve!" podcast: nationalcouncilofelders.org/the-nerve-podcast/.
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, meet Suzanne Pharr, who’s featured in our “Flowers for Our Elders” coloring book. She co-founded Southerners On New Ground, authored "Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism," & much more. You can hear from her on "The Nerve!" podcast: nationalcouncilofelders.org/the-nerve-podcast/.