Ijeoma OluoinGENThe White Men Who Threaten Me With Their Own SuicideMy writing about race and gender has made me a target for desperate white men who don’t want to change·7 min read·Dec 1, 2020--81--81
Ijeoma OluoinZORAYour Body Just Wants You to Get Through ThisFor almost two decades, I lived in a body that terrified me. That’s finally beginning to change.·6 min read·May 27, 2020--15--15
Ijeoma OluoYour Body Just Wants To Get Through ThisWhen I was 20 years old, I found out that my blood was poisonous. I remember opening up an official-looking letter, informing me that the…·5 min read·May 14, 2020--15--15
Ijeoma OluoThe Thing About SafetyMany of you have read about what happened to my family a few weeks ago. In the culmination of weeks of escalating abuse from white…5 min read·Aug 28, 2019--25--25
Ijeoma OluoI Don’t Feel Like CelebratingI was asked to give the keynote speech for King County’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held today. For those who were unable to…6 min read·Jan 10, 2019--4--4
Ijeoma OluoWe women can be anything. But can we be angry?What are we going to do with this rage?5 min read·Oct 5, 2018--25--25
Ijeoma OluoWhat is it Going to Take?Justice Anthony Kennedy just announced his retirement and I’m gutted. I knew it was coming, this final “fuck you” to those of us who like…4 min read·Jun 27, 2018--50--50
Ijeoma OluoHow Non-Black People Can Talk About Kanye While Staying in their LaneAs the entirety of the internet seems to be discussing Kanye West’s most recent asshattery and all of black twitter seems to be heartily…7 min read·May 2, 2018--161--161
Ijeoma OluoOn Starbucks & Corporate Accountability For Racial BiasI’ve gotten a lot of questions from everyday people and from reporters and journalists about the recent controversy that Starbucks has…6 min read·Apr 18, 2018--33--33
Ijeoma OluoThe Anger of the White Male LieI’m reading an email from a white man. It is about 15 paragraphs of poorly written vitriol, telling me in far too many words about how…9 min read·Mar 23, 2018--559--559