Up the Staircase Quarterly • 3rd May 2021

In Defense of Helga G. Pataki

In her defense, your honor, when someone grows up abused-- that is to say

FreezeRay: Poetry With A Pop • 3rd May 2021

From: Sam after The Babadook and Carrie after the Blood To: Their Mothers

From: Sam after The Babadook and Carrie after the Blood  To: Their Mothers

FreezeRay: Poetry With A Pop • 20th March 2021

FreezeRay #12 - Child Thou Art Loosed A. Tony Jerome

hiding under the white table in daddy’s office

Ko-Fi • 7th April 2021

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon Review

Have you ever read a book so good, that gets you so much, that you're like I think I want to try doing the thing that makes me feel most alive again? The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon is that for me.

itch.io • 28th March 2021

a shower story by ATJ

cw: menstruation, blood, body horror (no pictures or sound effects, all text) two small routes, most likely will take ten minutes! thanks for checking it out

25th March 2021

The Dead and The Dark Review

As a black reader, I would be remiss

itch.io • 23rd March 2021

They Don't Care About Us (a zine) by ATJ

An essay in zine format my experience with sexual harassment and abuse at my first job. Small companion to my bitsy room: pandled hell. Thanks for checking it out!

Autostraddle • 28th March 2018

100 of My Favorite Poets For Your Survival Pack

When my sister and I were little, my grandma would pack us survival packs

CROOKED ARROW • 20th March 2021

A. Tony Jerome

Here you are again

Autostraddle • 21st March 2019

The Harassment of Young M.A and Including Black Butches When We Talk About Violence

I want to be very intentional about this piece.

itch.io • 25th November 2020

pandled hell by Lex Lee

cw: nonconsensual touch just to be careful won't even take 5 min but im still v excited thanks for checking it out

theshadejournal • 31st July 2017

THE HOLY THEATRE by A.Tony Jerome

Everything is a horcrux if you sing hard enough.

Winter Tangerine • 25th November 2020

I'm So Fine, Khadijah Queen —

Whereas my grandad was more active volcano, my grandma was the reminder of rupture, the bubbling underneath the surface that you feel when you walk, something you don’t notice until it’s lost forever.

Autostraddle • 18th February 2019

The Black Lesbian Movie Project

As we know, I’m a huge fan of black culture. I also think that almost anything can be made better if it were gayer, so Autostraddle (bless their hearts) is giving me the chance to be the change that I want to see in the world. Allow me to butch up our favorite black movies, thereby even making them even MORE fantastic than they already are!

Monstering • 25th November 2020

ONE ACT PLAY IN WHICH WE REVIEW DALTON DAY'S EXIT, PURSUED —

[ME sits in the middle of the high school stage. The house lights are off and there is a dim light coming from the production shop behind the curtain.] ME: Do you have time for this?

25th November 2020

A Story in Parts – Jaded Ibis Press

A list of things I thought of and had to restrain myself from doing before my grandmother’s funeral Pack shorts and sneakers and a hoodie and my my BLACKLIVESMATTER bracelet and a book into a survival pack because she said ​It’s 2017, come as you are​ and I didn’t have slacks because I don’t look right in them or sometimes I don’t eat right or enough or at all so who knows if they’d fit or I don’t get my clothes ready ahead of time because I keep hoping I won’t need them or Telling my family t

BOOK RIOT • 25th April 2020

7 Books For Curious Kids To Read

Children’s books offer a safe space for children to ask questions, use critical thinking skills, and learn compassion and empathy. For adults, children’s books can help them app

20th March 2021

Alexis Smithers | A Nightmare After Pulse | Pulsamos: LGBTQ Poets Respond to the Pulse Nightclub Shooting | Glass: A Journal of Poetry

ISSN: 1941-4137 POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS After recess one day we have to go around the room and say

Autostraddle • 13th July 2017

14 Music Videos That Confirmed My Sexuality

Music videos gave me a chance to explore my sexuality without alerting my family and friends that I was gay before I was ready to come out.

Autostraddle • 5th June 2019

Going Back Outside After the Streetlights Come On

TO CREATE A SELF YOU NEED: