Black Lives Don’t Just Matter: Or; This Moment is the Result of Black Militance
This past month I’ve been realizing how long it has been since I felt proud to be Black. I’m not talking about hating myself, my family or other people like […]
Author Archives: Benji Hart
Escape the Academy: Militancy and the University
I was lucky enough to share a meal a few weeks ago with a current student at my alma mater, who was embroiled this last year in a struggle over […]
Club Life: Consumption, Addiction and Being Queer
I first started going to strip clubs when I was about nineteen years old, ushered in by my close high school friends who had begun working there as dancers. This […]
The Basics: BYC Voguing Workshop
Beginning today, Tuesday the 20th, the Broadway Youth Center will be hosting a free weekly series teaching the basics of voguing. Over five sessions, the series will cover the foundations […]
Power Bottom is Redundant: Or; A Femme Guide to Anal Sex
Full disclosure: talking about sex publicly makes me nervous. I like sex, think about it a lot, and factor it into many of my major decisions. Yet, when it comes […]
edTPA Boycott: UIC Grad Students Follow Parents and Teachers’ Lead
I am proud to say that members of my graduate program have decided to boycott the edTPA–a standardized exam for preservice teachers–joining in the battle against over testing, school closings […]
Lesson Plan—Organizing Resilience: Reviving Militancy
In recognizing the dire need for militant movements in the communities I belong to, and the countless ones taking place around the globe in this historic moment, I’ve been thinking […]
Peculiar Spirituality: An Interview with Pastor Jamie Frazier
Pastor Jamie Frazier is the founder and pastor of the Lighthouse Church of Chicago, a Black Christian congregation centralized in the Uptown neighborhood. “Passionate about Jesus” and “Serious About Justice,” the […]
Hiatus: Why Blogging Got Hard
I started blogging seriously a little over two years ago. I was living at home in the small town in which I grew up, a recent college graduate looking for […]
Why Now?: A New Whole Foods and the Future of Job Justice
‘We need jobs’ has been the call for decades. Impoverished communities, neighborhood organizations, nonprofits and even local government have long argued for the importance of employment opportunities in battling poverty, […]
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