Writing

NYT Bestseller Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir

*List is not exhaustive

Hollywood Anne Hathaway Loves You—But You’re Bringing Her down // Allure Magazine

My Father Spent 30 Years in Prison. Now, He’s Out // Refinery29

Missy Elliott: The Legend Returns // Marie Claire Magazine

Serena Williams: The Power of Unapologetic Greatness // Allure Magazine

Tess Holliday’s Health is None of Your Business // Self Magazine

Janelle Monáe on Visibility, Loving Openly, and Choosing Freedom Over Fear// Allure Magazine

The Epic Romance of Saeed Jones & Isaac Fitzgerald // INTO

Fashion For The 67% // New York Magazine

Seeing My Body With Fresh Eyes // Cup of Jo

There is Nothing Wrong With A Little Black Girl Magic // ELLE

Molly Crabapple on Art, Activism, and Why She Could Never Have An Office Job // ELLE

What Grace Jones Taught Me About Fashion And Ferocity // I-D

Swimming In The Ocean For The First Time At 28 // Lenny Letter

I'm Not Grateful For Viola Davis' Win--It Was Long Overdue // ELLE

I'm The Heaviest I've Ever Been And I Just Bought My First Crop Top // ELLE

Interview with Artist Nona Faustine on Photography, Slavery, and The Body // ELLE

Disrupting Domesticity: Mental Illness & Love as a Fact // The Butter

Petty Brutality: A Review of "The Invaders" by Karolina Waclawiak // Slate

Daniel José Older creates female black heroes to make fantasy more real // The Guardian

Disrupting Domesticity: Bored to Broken // The Butter

Disrupting Domesticity: Open Heart, Open Sky // The Butter

Disrupting Domesticity: Take Care // The Butter

I'm Queer No Matter Who I'm With // The Guardian

Meanwhile in America, Brown Girls Are Still Dreaming // BuzzFeed

The Year I Grew Wildly, While Men Looked On // BuzzFeed

When the Monster Saves You // BuzzFeed

Exact Change Needed // Indianapolis Monthly

A Story for R. Kelly's Defenders // BuzzFeed

Leave The Bodies Be // Necessary Fiction

What Burns in the Pit // TheRumpus.Net

*The Sins of My Father // PANK Magazine Issue 6 // January 2011