#colonizethis

[foreverthesoniag]

This!!! An excerpt of my essay from #ColonizeThis is featured on @ms_magazine this week. As we enter the decade of remembrance and celebration of the 2010 #undocumented / #dreamer young people’s movement I hope that this essay centers and uplift the voices and work erased over time by institutions/funders/national orgs/non profits who incorrectly and intentionally has packaged a timeline and “narrative” that leaves out woc / femmes / gender non conforming / qtpoc undocumented organizers - folks who really shaped this movement that many of you/us have gained from. I hope one day (we in the migrant rights movement) pay our dues to front line communities who continue to lead all the badass work, leaders who have been forgotten, organizers we were pinned against and disposed. Ten years later it is important for us to tell complicated and complex narratives that de-centers white (passing) straight able bodied amerikkkanloving narratives of how our movements were built. It doesn’t serve any of us, it only heightens the empire. ✨You can read the full excerpt on bit.ly/msmagazine2020 . Shout outs to @iamdazeher @bushrarehman111 and @carmenriosss at @ms_magazine for this!!! #migrant #migration #qtpoc #gendernonconforming #latinx #femmesofcolorvisibility #queer #qtpoc #dreamact https://www.instagram.com/p/B63_c8UlHAL/?igshid=lj3d8zo50m35

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Big haul~ This is my bullet journal stuff I stocked up on and my college "textbooks" (more like regular books) that I had to get. I didn't get these all at once, I waited until I got the last item which was my journal. The tombow brush pens I got from Blicks and the rest is from amazon and target. Read Colonize This! It's really good btw. #blackpaperskull #studygram #studyblr #studyblog #stationery #leuchtturm1917 #tombow #colonizethis #thehandmaidstale #books #haul #washitape

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#colonizethis

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#TanmeetSethi #LadiesOnly #ColonizeThis #feminism

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Educating my mind after a day of educating kids. #colonizethis #youngwomynofcolorontodaysfeminism

[foreverthesoniag]

Congratulations to the debut of these two amazing books. First one is @migrantscribble ‘s “to mourn and love in the age of displacement”. Such beautiful and heartfelt poetry. It will make your heart ache and sooth at the same time. A must read for all of us #migrant #qtpoc #indigenous #Black #gendernonconforming people out there. Go get a copy through @nomadicpress press!!! And ofcourse congratulations to @tlynnfaz on her book release of “Stop Telling Women to Smile” . It is in stores this week, go get a copy!!! There is an old interview of me in there about gentrification and street harassment!! A must read book!! And finally, bringing back #ColonizeThis , anthology that came out last year. @bushrarehman111 and @iamdazeher is taking it on tour. There is a reading happening in the Bay Area in March- flyer to come soon - catch me reading an excerpt of my essay there!!! Go support writers of color, go buy their books!! #latinx #migration #book #qtpoc #feminist #feminism #lgbtq https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MqEYalqgk/?igshid=1vjbvgszy74lj

[foreverthesoniag]

It’s finally here!! The new edition of “Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Feminism” will be released July 16! Always grateful to the brilliant and fabulous editors @bushrarehman111 & @iamdazeher for the ask to be part of this trailblazing book, and always honored to be one of the new contributors alongside these badasses: @jamilahking @andreactually @thesoniag #SandraKumwong @lunamerbruja #LexiNepantlaAdsit #NataniNotah #SayeedaCopeland and #AmberTaylor @iamdazeher + the original first edition contributors. Look out for launch parties and readings, but in the meantime, you can PRE-ORDER AT SEAL PRESS: bit.ly/2WgPU30 💫✨⚡️[ Cover art by: @ashlukadraws ] #colonizethis #woc #feminism #femmesofcolorvisibility #qtpoc #latinx #migrant #papifemme #gendernonconforming #writersofcolor #art #migration #undocumented#qwoc #queer https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx0zeu1HGSe/?igshid=gvawmjzmeetz

[foreverthesoniag]

Quick dip into NYC means reuniting with the besties and officially celebrating the release of the 2nd edition of #ColonizeThis ( a critical and very important anthology on #feminism whose 1st edition changed my life about a decade ago when I was a tiny queer and organizer. And now I’m published in this new edition. Full circle, who would have thought) . Thank you to @iamdazeher & @bushrarehman111 for this treasure and for creating a path for emerging writers of color !! Thank you to my chosen fam and fellow artists : @gisellebuchanan , @rommyyy123 , @ale_duque_cif @heladonegro for coming out to support !!! 💜 @aaww_nyc !! If you have not bought the book, go and buy it. There are so many critical essays in that anthology by brilliant writers!!! #qtpoc #latinx #gendernonbinary #gendernonconforming #migrant #queer #femmesofcolorvisibility (at Asian American Writers' Workshop) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Uh1ETF-L9/?igshid=p0gx4k86axbq

[foreverthesoniag]

It’s finally here! The new edition of #ColonizeThis is out - go to your local book stores and get a copy ——-and if they don’t have it ask them to place an order because #woc #femmes and #gendernonconforming folks should have access to this type of critical literature!! The new edition through @sealpress features new essays on feminism and migration, online bullying, trans motherhood, indigenous education, coming of age in the Obama years, being an abortion doula and more! Edited by @bushrarehman111 and @iamdazeher . Features a very intimate essay by me , and thoughtful and moving pieces by @andreactually @am_yamss @nataninotah @jamilahking @lunamerbruja . You can catch us reading excerpts from it on August 16 at the book celebration at @aaww_nyc . #migration #migrant #qtpoc #latinx #gendernonconforming #gendernonbinary #papifemme #art #artist #femmesofcolorvisibility #qwoc #woc #twoc #socialjustice [ Image via @goodbooksatl ] https://www.instagram.com/p/B0EdS0BFeRI/?igshid=1wan3qll10liw

[foreverthesoniag]

This!!! It’s public news the 2nd edition of #ColonizeThis is coming out February 19th, 2019 with this amazing new cover art by @ashlukadraws and as it also has has new essays in it and guess what?!?! I am one of those new writers and my essay will be in it!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh. This anthology came out almost 20 years ago and this book made a big difference to many young #woc like myself. I remember getting my hands on it before entering college and seeing pieces of me reflected on it and hoping one day to be part of such groundbreaking book. And here we are almost two decades later and honored to be in its 2nd edition alongside Andrea Pino , @jamilahking , @sistahmamaqueen , Luna Merbuja, Amber Taylor, Sandra Kumwong, Natani Notah, and Sayeeda Copeland. Grateful for the invitation to be part of this by @dazeher23 who told me to write through the fear and was so caring and thoughtful through the process. Now, I can’t wait to read the new edition and see my essay about growing up #undocumented and organizing in 2010-present in it . I can’t wait for a new wave of tiny migrant / undocumented femmes and #woc to get their hands on this book and see themselves in it. Because we exist !! And we be in literature!! Again, big shout outs to Daisy Hernandez and @bushrarehman111 ! Thank you for the honor!! #gendenonconforming #feminism #latinx #migrant #papifemme #poet #writersofcolor #qtpoc #queer https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4UyM6nc6t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a2u8lg677f1s

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Thank you Oakland for a Good Friday . Got a chance to read from my essay for #colonizethis at @eastbaybooksellers . Thank you @bushrarehman111 for making that West coast reading come true. Thank you to these cuties ( @breenache & @cucucumbiaa ) for coming to support . Fellow #qtpoc artists supporting fellow #qtpoc artists. And yess to always eating delicious food ( yummy Champa Garden post reading treat) 💜💕. Thank you to @raetommy and @samirashifteh for also swinging by - meant so much. #oakland (at Champa Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9f3TmtlT4m/?igshid=r1sar65mudnj

[foreverthesoniag]

This!!! #ColonizeThis is having its first West Coast reading from the NEW edition this Friday March 6 from 7-9pm at @eastbaybooksellers . Hosted by @bushrarehman111 Featuring: #lexinepantlaadsit, @thesoniag, #rebeccahurdis, #daricejones, @lunamerbruja , #bhavanamody @nataninota The NEW edition of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism! co-edited by @iamdazeher and @bushrarehman111 is a protest to the current political regime in our country. It is a response to the deportations of immigrant families, to the relentless killing of black people by police officers, and to the media outlets that describe the abuse of girls by old white men as ‘sexual encounters.’ This book, being as it is a gathering of young women of color sharing their experiences and intellectual insights, stands in defiance of what is happening in the courts, in Washington, and on the streets of our country. Bay Area friends and fellow artists I hope to see you there !! Let’s grab yummy food after!! [ Photo credit @s.riano ] #papifemme #latinx #qtpoc #queer #genderqueer #migrant #migration #undocumented #poet (at East Bay Booksellers / Diesel) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UebUqlcsF/?igshid=16kn50a6urj4g

[foreverthesoniag]

Last day of 2019 means a look back at this rollercoaster of a year. Here are my top 9 posts and I love them because they sum up what I was dealing with these 12 months. From mourning, depression, healing, growth, fluidity, and loud existence with pastel hair color. To my dearest #Papifemme , this year was you entering your 30’s and closing so many chapters. You felt unloved , unseen, silenced, betrayed, abandoned, disposed, so so afraid——-at times so so alone——and you also felt so loved, so supported, so glorious, triumphant, beautiful, sexy, badass , smart, and powerful. It requires courage to be you, to stand by your values and worth. It takes courage to breath, every day and not loose hope in humanity. It takes courage to say “I’m a writer”. It takes courage to move through these spaces with your body and thick NY accent and thick thighs.This year you took bold moves, made homes in CA, got published in #ColonizeThis anthology, and advocated for yourself. You showed up to therapy, every session you did not hide . You showed up for your body - yess to all the many more tattoos, and being unapologetic about your they/thenm pronouns and all the sequence you wore. This year was a hard year. Cried and worries so much. But you let go of plenty. 2019, you’ve learned and moved on. For fellow #migrant #indigenous #qtpoc #latinx #artist #culturalworkers #poets #gendernonconforming #genderqueer ppl - 2019 did kick our ass but we kicked it back and always always we were glorious through it all. Goodbye 2019! #topnine https://www.instagram.com/p/B6ujWa9FXUk/?igshid=1abojfz797rch

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This!! An honor to have been invited by @dazeher23 to be on a panel at @miamiuniversity for “Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Symposium” for the second edition of #ColonizeThis ( due out this summer). First time reading my essay out loud in public and first time hearing @am_yamss read her powerful essay!!! such a magical and tender moment! #writersofcolor #art #artist (at Miami University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuM9xVqAD27/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=68docri9m956