InBLK INKbyCasira CopesI Redesigned Black Feminist Book CoversA new look for bell hooks’ books.Sep 30, 20212Sep 30, 20212
Casira CopesThe Trauma of Loving a Smart Black WomanThe unending strife of trying to save my mother from herselfAug 24, 20217Aug 24, 20217
InMomentumbyCasira CopesWhy I’m Getting My Hair Wet This SummerAs a Black girl, I was told I couldn’t swim. That was a lie.Aug 9, 20219Aug 9, 20219
InAn Injustice!byCasira CopesRespectability Politics: Internalizing Racism and Queerphobia3 self-hating myths I had to unlearn as a queer Black womanAug 9, 20216Aug 9, 20216
InMomentumbyCasira CopesAdvertisers Love Ethnic AmbiguityThey claim to support diversity and inclusion, but favoring a specific type of light-skinned model is colorismApr 15, 20219Apr 15, 20219
InBLK INKbyCasira CopesAfrofantasy and the Need for Black EscapismAfrofantasy is the often mislabeled and misrepresented literary genre that we need right now.Aug 4, 20203Aug 4, 20203
Casira CopesThe Beauty of Black NamesThere’s no such thing as a “ghetto” name.Mar 26, 20217Mar 26, 20217
InZORAbyCasira CopesBlack History Month and Women’s History Month Are the Same Season to MeI’mma just keep talking about Black womenFeb 24, 20215Feb 24, 20215
InAn Injustice!byCasira CopesCan Racism Be Eliminated in 21 Days?Proof that the internet is not always great for activism.Jun 8, 20213Jun 8, 20213
InAn Injustice!byCasira CopesCan White People Stop Asking Me to Google Things for Them?I’m going to start sending invoices for this unpaid labor…Feb 1, 202111Feb 1, 202111
InAn Injustice!byCasira CopesCan y‘all please learn how to use “POC”?As much as I love your stories, this is making me cringe…Jan 21, 202158Jan 21, 202158
InBetter MarketingbyCasira CopesGen Z “Internet Speak” Is Just AAVEDon’t erase Black people in your attempt to reach a younger audienceMar 2, 20213Mar 2, 20213
InZORAbyCasira CopesThe Harlem Renaissance Lives on Inside MeEntering the ’20s again with more Black pride than everFeb 10, 20211Feb 10, 20211
InFearless She WrotebyCasira CopesHaving a Queer Black Female Therapist for 3 Years Has Saved My Mental HealthBeing seen by someone like me has had the greatest impact on my mental health.Jun 29, 20214Jun 29, 20214
Casira CopesI’ve Run Out of Ways to Process Black TraumaLately I’ve just been shutting down…Apr 21, 202114Apr 21, 202114
InAfroSapiophilebyCasira CopesJune Jordan: A Poet for the PeopleThe legacy of a bisexual Black feminist activist and her literary visionJun 16, 202114Jun 16, 202114
InBLK INKbyCasira CopesMy 12th Grade English Teacher Ruined ‘A Raisin in the Sun’What I got in my predominantly white English class was a painful lesson in respectability politics.Feb 1, 20218Feb 1, 20218
InUnited States of RacebyCasira CopesStealing From Libraries and Other Ways I’ve Been ProfiledOccupying the “suspicious” body of a Black child.Feb 24, 20212Feb 24, 20212
InAge of AwarenessbyCasira CopesWe Need To Talk About Literacy Among Black ChildrenLess than 20% of Black students are reading at proficient levels. It doesn’t have to be this way.Feb 8, 20219Feb 8, 20219
InAn Injustice!byCasira CopesWhat White Allies Get Wrong About “Amplifying” Black VoicesDon’t just give me a shout-out — hand me the micJun 1, 20219Jun 1, 20219
