This story is part of Know Their Names, a collection of articles illuminating and celebrating the lives of Black Trans women.
Bee Love Slater’s name wasn’t “Love” by accident. To those closest to her, she practiced love as a verb. Bee Love was a name she chose for herself…
Healing is an ongoing, layered process… and the healers that lead these spaces are no exception. For Black womxn specifically, finding spaces that are intentionally and unapologetically Black while also focused on our needs within the wellness space is almost as hard as feeling like we have the permission that…
As a sex educator, the majority of my professional career is spent holding space for others as they process their own needs. It’s sacred, fulfilling work, but emotionally exhausting in a way that I couldn’t have imagined.
So how exactly do healers strike a balance between others’ healing and their…
It’s the season of so many new beginnings and resolves that the air seems to move electrically. There’s something so inspiring about being in new year energy, where so many have resolved to simply do better than the year before. I’m energized to tackle the projects that sat on my…
I owe a lot of what I know now about writing and being a professional creative to three simple words that it took me years to fully embrace.
Writing may seem like effortless stuff, but let me tell you — it’s hard work. There’s so many things that go on…
