R.B. BrooksFatness as Power and Prowess: A Review of “Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies…I spotted this book at my local library and immediately snatched it from the new non-fiction section, genuinely surprised by two things: 1)…Sep 11, 2022Sep 11, 2022
R.B. BrooksA True Taste Test: Home-Cooking with Long-COVIDOn January 4, my team published a podcast episode titled “Small Bites: Ferrets, Farming and Fat Kid Food,” which includes a segment from me…Jan 20, 2022Jan 20, 2022
R.B. BrooksSmall book, big impact: A review of “We Will Not Cancel Us”This book review was originally published here: https://sgdinstitute.org/news/small-book-big-impactDec 10, 2021Dec 10, 2021
R.B. BrooksReflections on “The Rise of a Trans Abolitionist Vision”This week’s Take the Last Bite episode is a redux of a panel discussion I facilitated for the 4th annual Transgender Justice Teach-In. In…Nov 9, 2021Nov 9, 2021
R.B. BrooksThe pets don’t know the world’s on fireThe pets have been conspiring to interrupt the humans getting out the door.Nov 4, 2021Nov 4, 2021
R.B. BrooksDeep Dives, Deeper Breaths: A Review of “Undrowned– Black Feminist Lessons from Marine MammalsNote: Review originally published at https://sgdinstitute.org/news/deep-dives-deeper-breathsJun 4, 2021Jun 4, 2021
R.B. BrooksWhy I’m Willing to Watch this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race(This post is a direct transcription of an oral story given at a local event called “Gag Me With A Spoon” in Duluth, Minnesota at which I…Apr 20, 2018Apr 20, 2018
R.B. BrooksTrans Writes: Empty BucketsMy partner & I cynically subscribe to a mantra that while well-intentioned cis people are trying, trans+ folx are dying. While we don’t…Nov 1, 2017Nov 1, 2017
R.B. BrooksYou can’t save them all…. Or could you?Two years of graduate school in a red state as a person of trans+ experience taught me quite quickly how easily myself, my trans+ fam, and…Sep 18, 2017Sep 18, 2017
