The Border, The Wall, and Reproductive Rights

I hear them say ‘go home’; I hear them say ‘fucking immigrants, fucking refugees’. Are they really this arrogant? Do they not know that stability is like a lover with a sweet mouth upon your body one second; the next you are a tremor lying on the floor covered in rubble and old currency waiting for its return. All I can say is, I was once like you, the apathy, the pity, the ungrateful placement and now my home is the mouth of a shark, now my home is the barrel of a gun. I’ll see you on the other side.” ― Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth Immigrants and refugees. Two communities that face disenfranchisement and discrimination due to factors they couldn’t control. Whether it be… Read more »