Originally written for and published at spectraspeaks.com. “Oh, what you think you’re a boy now? My cargo shorts and graphic tees weren’t exactly what my mother had in mind when she envisioned showing off her daughter who’d “just...
The Boston LGBT Film Festival is once again proudly presenting the short films from the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP), co-sponsored by Queer Women of Color and Friends (Boston)! The Boston LGBT Film Festival is the longest running and largest LGBT...
Spectra Speaks Founder, Executive Editor Spectra is an award-winning Nigerian writer, women’s rights activist, and the voice behind the African feminist media blog, Spectra Speaks (www.spectraspeaks.com), which publishes global news, opinions, and stories about...
Idalia Gutierrez Associate Editor, Books and Poetry Idalia is a Puertominican (Puerto Rican and Dominican) writer, performance poet, health advocate, and kitchen table feminist. She describes her writing as a call to anyone who doesn’t realize that they can and...
Sarahi Yajaira Associate Editor, Health and Wellness latina. lesbian. woman. commander-in-chief of my one-woman army fighting social injustice and oppression through spoken word. i am writing. not the act of writing but the art of writing. i am words. words that heal....
