Tasha FierceBeing fat, Black, crazy, and broke at Whole FoodsAs soon as I descend into the belly of the three-story Whole Foods on Arroyo, my chest starts to flutter. I pass the first level parking…Aug 19, 20182Aug 19, 20182
Tasha FierceTogether, we are the future: Going from here in N.K. Jemisin’s Walking AwakeThe clarity of hindsight often lures us to become mired in blame and guilt. As we wake up and become aware that the world is the way it is…Jul 7, 2018Jul 7, 2018
Tasha FierceYour future is not your past: embodied nostalgia in Tananarive Due’s Like DaughterWhen I was eight years old, I was raped by an older classmate. When I was eighteen, I was raped by the brother of my friend’s boyfriend…Jul 7, 2018Jul 7, 2018
Tasha FierceTo get to the future, you will need a map: the importance of vision and ideology in Parable of the…The white male founders of the United States lived in a world that was not at all one where all men were equal, or where all men had the…Jul 7, 2018Jul 7, 2018
Tasha FierceThe future will set you free: themes of regression and progression in Octavia Butler’s workHuman societies are constantly struggling between the past and the future, rarely fully inhabiting the present. We see evidence of this…Jul 7, 2018Jul 7, 2018
Tasha FierceTheir past is not our future: Afrofuturism and the colonizer’s gazeWhen I interact with people in my day-to-day life, I try my best to consider them as whole human beings with a lifetime of distinctive…Jul 7, 2018Jul 7, 2018
Tasha FierceYour future, not ours: lessons on liberation from The Girl with All the Gifts[attention: there will be spoilers]Jul 7, 2018Jul 7, 2018