Jan 9
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when the dust settles

a lament for sistas who know the traces of whiteness this week, we watched as a dust cloud of whiteness ascended upon the capitol...

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Jan 9
4 min

when the dust settles

a lament for sistas who know the traces of whiteness this week, we watched as a dust cloud of whiteness ascended upon the capitol...

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Jan 3
3 min

Dear 2020 Self,

a necessary, post-2020 reflection & celebration of self Let's get this out of the way. 2020 was hard. You set a whole lotta goals. Some...

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Dec 29, 2020
3 min

on kens & karens: why domestic terrorists must be named as such

because some trigger warnings live inside of us & don't have to be explained i’ve been quite perplexed by the surprise with which many...

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Jul 5, 2020
5 min

for colored girls & the misogynoir that hates us

a word on free Black girls/women * if you are reading this, i ask that you read/say the next four lines aloud. Sandra Bland. Breonna...

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Jun 7, 2020
7 min

the fire this time: the sham of respectability

an interrogation of class, privilege, and embodied activism in response to #breonnataylor, #georgefloyd, #ahmaudarbery, and #iyonnadior i...

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May 22, 2020
4 min

my slip is showing: soul bearing in the age of covid

an up close and personal look at caring for our souls in the middle of a pandemic there was nothing that used to irk my nerves and vex my...

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Mar 7, 2020
1 min

on the holy: a tribute for women's history month

a poetic reminiscing of the sacred power of black women. in the still. of saturday mornings. waking up to the sound of the trumpets. from...

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Shantell is the ultimate Renaissance woman. An engineer turned pastor, Shantell situates her work at the intersections of social justice, public theology, and speculative fiction. A native of Conway, Arkansas, Shantell is married to Rev. Jeremy Hill. She recently obtained a Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School. She also earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University.

when the dust settles

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i curate worlds belonging to black women

when the dust settles

Dear 2020 Self,

on kens & karens: why domestic terrorists must be named as such

for colored girls & the misogynoir that hates us

the fire this time: the sham of respectability

my slip is showing: soul bearing in the age of covid

on the holy: a tribute for women's history month

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