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S.R. Toliver

Learning from My Ancestors: Or, We’ve Been Here Before

Every Black History Month, we deal with nonsense. How will we ensure that this nonsense ceases to exist in the future?

6 min readFeb 5, 2021

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Learning from My Ancestors: Or, We’ve Been Here Before

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S.R. Toliver

Justice for Kubby. Justice for Harambe. No Justice for Black Lives.

Almost 200 days after Breonna Taylor’s murder, we finally have a verdict — wanton endangerment. Basically, the courts charged Brett…

4 min readSep 24, 2020

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Justice for Kubby. Justice for Harambe. No Justice for Black Lives.

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S.R. Toliver

Art is a Horcrux: On the Death of the Author

I was rereading Felix Ever After, an amazing book written by Kacen Callendar about a transgender teen who is grappling with identity and…

3 min readSep 16, 2020

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Art is a Horcrux: On the Death of the Author

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S.R. Toliver

Hulu’s ‘Woke’ Shows Us That Respectability Won’t Save Us

On July 16, 2009, Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The officer, Sgt. James Crowley, was…

4 min readSep 14, 2020

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Hulu’s ‘Woke’ Shows Us That Respectability Won’t Save Us

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S.R. Toliver

Black Like Me, A 2020 Story

I remember reading John Howard Griffin’s book, Black Like Me, when I was in high school. The recommender, a white teacher, had told me that…

4 min readSep 4, 2020

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Black Like Me, A 2020 Story

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S.R. Toliver

Of Monsters and Saviors, or Black Women in The United States

Breonna Taylor was murdered over 150 days ago by Louisville police officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove, but…

4 min readAug 19, 2020

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Of Monsters and Saviors, or Black Women in The United States

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S.R. Toliver

S.R. Toliver

I write about Black women and girls, speculative fiction texts (books, film, tv), and social justice. Follow me on Twitter @SR_Toliver.

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