Sometimes, grief freezes me in my tracks. Other times, it clarifies and propels me forward. Currently, I'm experiencing the latter in light of the death of bi+ pioneer, Loraine Hutchins.

This month, I finished Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun and Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler. Here are my reviews of those books!

Here are five documentaries that have helped me stay in the fight against injustice, find my place in liberation work, and motivate others to do the same.

Now that the school year is in full swing, I've once again started using my lunch breaks as reading time - a self-care practice I started last school year. While that has still been amazing, it has not resulted in my finishing more than a couple books this month like I hoped it would, but I'm trying not to be that disappointed about my unfulfilled mini reading goal.

As I continue to make my way through the second book in Butler's Lilith's Brood/Xenogenesis series...I keep thinking about ways I've been told to be content with what I've been given even when the giving person or institution or system blatantly disregarded my requests and needs.

It's Bi Visibility Day, and we're celebrating as we do with books starring bi main characters! For even more recs, check out past years' posts! Young Adult Wish You Weren’t Here by Erin Baldwin All’s fair in love and Color War. Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate the hot popular girl.

A week or so ago, I took myself to see Mickalene Thomas’ exhibit, All About Love, at the Barnes Foundation, and ever since then I’ve been thinking lots of thoughts. About Black womanhood. About art. About purpose and connection and alignment and truth.