Nile Pierre, Associate Intersections Editor
• March 22, 2017
As we begin to navigate the new era of intersectional feminism, an important question buried under decades of history finally reaches the surface: Is there room for black women in the "body posi" movement?...
I lost sight of her many months ago.
I lost her,
now she sits alone.
I'm waiting until she finds her way back,
But the words of the world
have caused her to lose track
of time and space,
and...
Nile Pierre, Associate Intersections Editor
• March 12, 2017
The eyes are constantly looking for the familiar, but home can never feel comfortable, never feel right. A pair of jeans that look perfect on everyone else, but never cling to your hips quite the same....
I do not understand.
To be driven from your home.
Stripped of your humanity.
After all,
"You knew better."
To hate is to be taught to hate
"Knowing" weighs heavily.
And heavier...
As radicals, we speak a lot about equality. It is, and it should be, the foundation of our thought. But as white radicals, talking incessantly about the need for material justice is a meaningless expression...
There's a lot of things that they didn't tell me.
They didn't tell me that I'd be one of only a handful of students who look like me.
They didn't tell me that student of color representation was...
Beyoncé didn't win Album of the Year, and I was heartbroken.
Women of color everywhere experienced her loss as the Recording Academy's voting committee attempted to silence our voice in the industry,...
I've been openly polyamorous for a little more than two years, but I have known, in some part of myself, for longer. As a teenager, the idea of being attached to one person made marriage and family life...
Friday afternoon, 56 Tulane students boarded a bus bound for Washington, DC. They joined a group of three million marchers around the globe in what was coined the Women's March.
"We stand together...
I've never thought much about the color of my skin.
See I've always been taught to only focus
on what lies within.
The problem with the real world is,
no one really listens.
Different...
Nile Pierre, Contributing Writer
• January 22, 2017
"George Bush doesn't care about black people."
These are the words of the Kanye West who's easy to love. The Kanye who we can say is one of us. "The College Dropout" Kanye. Every other tweet is about...
