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On the 30th of May just as I bid my fiance @lofilesbo farewell at the airport, my mother violated my privacy and searched through all my belongings. She threw out many personal items, my HRT and is forcing me to detransition entirely. Despite being employed (paid minimum wage), my hours are very limited and unpredictable. Regardless, my mother decided to make me pay 200£ for the privilege of sleeping on the living room floor of her cramped apartment. All this under threat of being kicked out unlawfully if I break her tyrannical rules.

Jacob Anderson & Delainey Hayles as LOUIS DE POINTE DU LAC & REGINA

RESIST antiblackness

REVOLT against empire

REMATRIATE the land

This Juneteenth I wanted to explore what African-American liberation would look like on Turtle Island beyond reparations. I took inspiration from my Gullah-Geechee ancestors who maintained their indigenous African lifeways and culture in the face of chattel slavery and cultural genocide.

This painting includes a character of mine who I lovingly refer to as Sister Liberation. She represents a continuum of Black women’s militant resistance against misogynoir and colonialism outside of motherhood. I call her Sister Liberation because she “ain’t nobody’s mama”.

Pictured here is Sister Liberation adorned with cowrie shell jewelry and her signature rifle (adorned with the Akan Adinkra symbols for justice, freedom, and wisdom from the past). In her left hand, she holds stalks of wild rice. In front of her, a Gullah-Geechee sweetgrass basket is adorned with Aya, the Adinkra symbol for survival and endurance. The basket is filled with indigo leaves and okra.

On the 30th of May just as I bid my fiance @lofilesbo farewell at the airport, my mother violated my privacy and searched through all my belongings. She threw out many personal items, my HRT and is forcing me to detransition entirely. Despite being employed (paid minimum wage), my hours are very limited and unpredictable. Regardless, my mother decided to make me pay 200£ for the privilege of sleeping on the living room floor of her cramped apartment. All this under threat of being kicked out unlawfully if I break her tyrannical rules.