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Fetishized to Freedom: What I Learned from Being the Only Black Girl

It’s possible to live life, proudly, outside of the white gaze.

Oct 19, 2020

Fetishized to Freedom: What I Learned from Being the Only Black Girl

Oct 19, 2020

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Adoptere: Auditing the Narrative

Shadows of Memory:

A Tale of Nighttime Secrets, Trauma and Global Reflection

Sep 3

A teenager sits on a couch with a woman looking at photos.

Sep 3

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Adoptere: Auditing the Narrative

Suspended Moments

Reflections on Flight, Family, and Finding Home

May 5

Suspended Moments

May 5

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A Cornered Gurl

Sparkler

A Poem

Jan 8, 2023

A large stage at night lit up with coloured lights, a bass player in the back ground, Black cis female center stage , microphone in hand, young saxophone player to her right.

Jan 8, 2023

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A Cornered Gurl

Can We Agree?

A Poem

Jan 6, 2023

Starry Night Sky With A Multi-Color Supernova

Jan 6, 2023

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Writers and Editors of Color Magazine

Hair

A Poem

Jan 18, 2022

Hair

Jan 18, 2022

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Scrittura

Individually One

The bluethroat’s song trilling clear and sweet

Sep 27, 2021

Individually One

Sep 27, 2021

Lisa Marie Simmons

Allyship Beyond the News Cycle

Will white Italians continue to carry the torch for marginalized folks beyond the Olympics and Paralympics?

Aug 28, 2021

Allyship Beyond the News Cycle

Aug 28, 2021

Lisa Marie Simmons

The Voice: America Votes Country = America Votes White

The Country Music Hall of Fame has yet to induct a Black performer into their hallowed ranks…

May 25, 2021

The Voice: America Votes Country = America Votes White

May 25, 2021

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A Cornered Gurl

The Ladder of Feminism

A Poem

Jan 22, 2021

The Ladder of Feminism

Jan 22, 2021

Lisa Marie Simmons

Lisa Marie Simmons

A multi-disciplinary storyteller: singer-songwriter, published poet, & essayist. Dissecting myself to try & understand you. https://lisamariesimmons.com/

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