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The Drinking Gourd

Forecasting An Ancient Future

Part Two of The Drinking Gourd’s Afrofuturism roundtable series.

12 min readMar 27, 2020

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Forecasting An Ancient Future

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The Drinking Gourd

Degrowing the Future

Part One of The Drinking Gourd’s Afrofuturism roundtable series.

16 min readJan 31, 2020

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Degrowing the Future

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Human Parts

When the Buildings Began to Bleed

Their mistake was simple: They sent her body to the masjid

14 min readNov 3, 2019

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When the Buildings Began to Bleed

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ZORA

Why Did Philando Castile Die In Vain?

Three years later, there are still more questions than answers

4 min readJul 1, 2019

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Why Did Philando Castile Die In Vain?

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Human Parts

People Love to Ask Why I Converted to Islam

Black liberation theology was something I always knew, even if I couldn’t name it

7 min readMay 28, 2019

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Vanessa Taylor

Why Black Muslim Youth Need Our Own Space

2019 Lightning Talk Transcript

4 min readApr 30, 2019

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Why Black Muslim Youth Need Our Own Space

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Vanessa Taylor

The Misidentification of Black Muslims

We’ve become a stand-in for any “unidentifiable” Black religious group — and a source of persistent anxiety for white America

4 min readJan 25, 2019

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The Misidentification of Black Muslims

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Vanessa Taylor

On the Culture Protecting R. Kelly

“Surviving R. Kelly” exposes even more of men’s bare minimum politics when it comes to Black women

4 min readJan 6, 2019

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On the Culture Protecting R. Kelly

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Vanessa Taylor

Holding Faith With the Sun

“I don’t worry, I’ll tell you. I’m a man who believed that I died 20 years ago, and I live like a man who is dead already.”

8 min readNov 30, 2018

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Holding Faith With the Sun

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Vanessa Taylor

Nike Will Not Lead a Brand Revolution

Its message of sacrifice is the biggest irony of all

5 min readSep 7, 2018

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Vanessa Taylor

Vanessa Taylor is based in Philadelphia. She has work in outlets such as Teen Vogue, Racked, and Catapult Magazine. Follow her across social media @bacontribe.

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