Tiezst “Tie” Taylor is a Disabled Black femme who is non-binary trans. They are a radical educator, artist-activist, poet, and storyteller. Their work explores their experiences in surviving: Disability and severe mental illness; intergenerational trauma and poverty; and intersecting forms of oppression in the U.S. They use their art and research to educate, heal, nurture, radicalize, and catalyze change for all marginalized peoples. Follow Tiezst on Instagram @tiezst
The pre-summer air has a smell: reminiscent of singed clothes from a basement dryer. If heat has a feel, I cannot sense it today. For now, I am done feeling my mind busy with the truth serum of unadulterated observation removed from the catalyst of change.
After Mahmoud Darwish our names will not dissipate : we will become air your lungs turn you breathless churn you to produce a feral pulp : activate our water spirits whiteness reckoned we create a Final Passage : our future
After Jose Hernandez Diaz After my first psychotic episode, I turned into a common house broom. My long, sturdy handle was made of previously loved wood, and sleeked into a bunch of fastened blonde crunchy yet pliable corn husks. I swept the floors of all my neighbors, gathering up their stories, memories, worries, and hopes, then reduced them into neat… Read more →