Bridging scholarship and popular culture, marwamoves writes personal essays, opinion-editorials, and socio-cultural commentary to chronicle queer, Black narratives of the diaspora.
19: RUN MY [BIT]COIN: CRYPTOCURRENCY AND THE FUTURE OF FINANCE
What is the future of money?
18: QUEEN SONO REVIEW: NETFLIX’S FIRST ORIGINAL SCRIPTED SERIES FROM AFRICA
The release of Queen Sono is the beginning of a much larger effort to invest in original African productions throughout the continent from Nigeria to South Africa.
17: WHY SELF-LOVE AND SELF-CARE ARE RADICAL FOR BLACK WOMEN
Self-care activist Sonya Renee Taylor reminds us, ultimately our struggles against oppressive social constructs start with our relationships politically, socially, and interpersonally with other peoples’ bodies. And it starts with us as individuals, with our relationships to our own bodies.
16: MELANIN AND MEET CUTES: WHAT TV TAUGHT ME ABOUT LOVE
This Valentine’s Day I am reflecting on the ways I have given and received love throughout my past and current relationships.
15: MY YEAR OF RETURN: REFLECTIONS ON MEMORY AND HEALING
After 15 years away from my home and extended family in Sudan, I return and reflect on my complicated love affair with Africa.
14: SETTING INTENTIONS FOR 2020
Numerologists and astrologers across the world predict that 2020 will bring special insight, clarity, and vision to our lives and serve as a stepping stone for future endeavors.
13: QUEEN AND SLIM REVIEW: I’M TIRED OF WATCHING BLACK TRAUMA
I am tired of experiencing Black death as entertainment.
12: DECOLONIZING THANKSGIVING: HOW TO BE ALLIES TO NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
As you sit with friends and family at the dinner table this Thanksgiving, here are a few ways to decolonize narratives about Indigenous people and support them as allies.
11: THANKSGIVING AROUND THE WORLD
As we approach another season of thanks, let’s take a global look at how communities around the world express their gratitude
10: T.I. AND THE CULT OF VIRGINITY
Last Tuesday rapper T.I. disclosed that he annually accompanies his 19-year-old daughter, Deyjah Harris, to her gynecologist for hymen checks on the podcast Ladies Like Us, which has since been deleted.
09: THE IMPACTS OF #METOO TWO YEARS LATER
Two years since the start of the viral #MeToo movement, have conditions for women across media industries improved?
08: THE NEW WAVE OF BLACK FEMALE MUSICAL STORYTELLING: TIWA SAVAGE, FKA TWIGS, AND PRINCESS NOKIA
With an innovative and raw approach to lyricism, production, and performance, here are a few of the Black female artists making big waves today.
07: XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA: A COLONIAL HISTORY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
The latest outbreak of xenophobic violence in South Africa has resulted in at least 10 targeted deaths and about 200 arrests. Discrimination against immigrants in South Africa has been a long-standing issue since the end of apartheid.
06: WHAT IS CONSENSUAL NON-MONOGAMY AND IS IT ACCESSIBLE FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES TODAY?
Is consensual non-monogamy accessible for Black communities today?
05: NOT MY LOVE LETTER: BEYONCE’S ‘THE LION KING’ ALBUM AND REPRESENTATIONS OF AFRICA
From the small townships to the sprawling cities to the local villages, Africa’s vibrant creativity and raw versatility has garnered overwhelming demand, most recently through Beyonce’s The Lion King: The Gift album.
03: WORLD PRIDE 50: EXPLORING MY MASCULINITY AS A FEMME WOMAN
Coming into queerness has allowed me a sexual freedom that released me from restrictive heteronormative expectations.
02: SUDAN’S REVOLUTION IS YOUR REVOLUTION
The people of Sudan, those on the ground and beyond, are reflections of our collective humanity. See them, and bear witness to their pain, their kindness, and their determination in its fullest extent.
01: ISLAM HELPED ME EXPLORE MY QUEER IDENTITY
A curious exploration of the intersections of identity, religion and sexuality.