Assigning "more digestible" language to those who have experienced gender violence is dehumanizing—not empowering. It ignores the fact that under the existing conditions, harm for Black folks and gender-oppressed people is inescapable and recurrent.
Author Archives: Breya M. Johnson
Breya Johnson is a cultural worker, writer, and curator. Her work looks at reproductive justice, Black health, abolition, care ethics, memory, and Black feminisms. She runs the Instagram healing blog @Blackreadingtoheal using the writings of Black folks as a source of memory and healing modality.
