CW: Mention of colonialism Our cab driver says he wishes he could speak English like me. Read more of "Chatting with the Chennai Cab Driver" by Cypher in The B'K Volume 17, Issue 2: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

I didn’t know we were poor until my Lolo, who had driven three hours from Manila to surprise us, stepped into our home and immediately burst into tears. Read more of "Pabili Po" by Angelica Terso in The B'K Volume 17, Issue 2: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

CW: Implied transphobia I try to take a shower most mornings, not for any reason beyond the need to feel water on my skin. The bathroom has a fan that screams and does nothing. Read more of "This is how I stay" by Joni K. Thomas in The B'K Volume 17, Issue 3: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

Why are you wearing girl pants? I look down at the patchwork hearts stitched to the knees of my baggy men’s jeans and think about the range of answers I could give Read more of "Pants" by Jamez Terry in The B'K Volume 17, Issue 2: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

We did not get enough submission for All My Relations Volume 11, so we're keeping the submission period open for an extra month! Submit your pieces on the theme of "interdependence" by August 15. Here are the guidelines: www.globalmajoritypress.org/guidelines/

We did not notice when the locks disappeared, because locks are quiet things and power is loud. Read more of "KALUNGA" by Anselm Eme in The B'K Volume 17, Issue 3: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

She put herself in that position. She had loved a man who didn’t know how to love. Really? Really, Cleo. Read more of "What Cleo Loved (and other mistakes)" by Ella Torres in The B'K Volume 17, Issue 2: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

She is not the storm people write stories about. She does not set rooms on fire with her anger, or rise loudly in crowded halls. Read more of "A Quiet Kind of Brave" by Muskan Singh in The B'K Volume 17, Issue 3: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

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CW: Death There was once a Gulmohar Prince who wore a crown of mulberry leaves. Twenty years ago, the Old Queen found him nestled in a gulmohar flower, crying jewelled tears from his orange eyes. Read more by V. Y. Muse in The B'K Vol 17, Issue 3: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

Last night, I sent the open letter that the group of editors co-wrote last week to @duotrope.com. In five minutes, I had their response. It was dismissive, and it chose bigotry rather than building a safer community for marginalized creatives and others. 1/2

Please note CW From above it must have looked almost nice, the three of us talking like that Read more of "On Giving Your Word" by Theodora Bonis in The B'K Volume 17, Issue 2: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

Please note CW There is a little girl playing in the yard across the street. The little girl was me, I was the little girl, And I did not kill her. Read more of "I Live With You as Part of Me" by A. A. Loria in The B'K Vol 17, Issue 3: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

By request, we are extending the deadline to sign on to the open letter to Duotrope asking them to implement a more comprehensive screening process and no longer platform a dehumanizing publication. Sign on here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CW: Death, violence, tragedy They had us walk into the room where Aunty lay. Her body was rigid, hands crossed, skin yellowed under the cold light. Read more of "Excerpt from Where the Truth Took Me" in The B'K Vol 17, Is 2 by Tania Rashid: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

Check out the full oil painting "Beyond gaze" by Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel and more in The B'K Volume 17, Issue 3: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

Duotrope is currently platforming New English Review, a publication that regularly publishes pieces that are anti-women, anti-trans, anti-immigrant in nature and are rife with slurs and propaganda. 1/5

The B'K Magazine Volume 17, Issue 3 also features poetry by: A. A. Loria, David Anson Lee, Jacqueline Knirnschild, Joni K. Thomas, Kate Choi, Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Lily Thomson, Muskan Singh, Pratiksha Ahuja, and Terence Hawes . Read the issue here: online.fliphtml5.com/globalmajori...

It's publishing day! Check out The B'K Mag Volume 17, Issue 3 featuring cover art by Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel and artwork by Ayinde fatai Abioudun and @willecee.bsky.social, fiction by Anselm Eme, Eray Erkek, @fruitbatwoman.bsky.social, and V. Y. Muse, and nonfiction by @milesew.bsky.social.

Presenting measured by expectancy of child – she will be a girl. She plucks insecurity into a furrowed face. Vacuums carpet, to prove just how feminine that boy existing in her can cross dress. Read more by Maxochitl Cortez in The B'K Vol 17, Issue 2: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

Please note CWs My therapist’s hums and gentle nods have morphed into sentences saying: That sounds really abusive. Read more of "After being in therapy for 3+ weeks… " by Hannah Grace Greer in All My Relations, Volume 10: www.globalmajoritypress.org/all-my-relat...

The B'K Volume 17, Issue 2 is here! Check out the cover art by Adedeji John Oluwaseun, a drawing titled "The defiant child." Be sure to read the full issue at www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/ and pre-order your copy at ko-fi.com/thebk/shop.

Please note CWs I was already recovering when my family left. My body had begun the slow work of mending itself, though it did not yet feel like healing. Read more of "Repair Without Proximity" by @zaryfekete.bsky.social in All My Relations, Volume 10: www.globalmajoritypress.org/all-my-relat...

Riiing. Riiiing. Riiing. “Hey there, it’s Rafael. I can’t make it to the phone right now. Leave a message after the beep, and I’ll try to get back to you.” Beep Read more by Enriko Pratt in All My Relations, Volume 10: www.globalmajoritypress.org/all-my-relat...

Just a few more days until we launch The B'K Volume 17, Issue 2 featuring poetry by: Ashen Speir, Cypher, David Anson Lee, @deeparajan.bsky.social, Jamez Terry, Joni Thomas, Kieran Fu, Leslie Dianne, Maxochitl Cortez, Muheez Olawale, and Theodora Bonis. Stay tuned!

Please note CWs. l know I flicker and flash. I scuttle. Sometimes crayfish, others bright bite of minnow, others just a lumpy catfish, glumping along, six hundred feet down in my watery darkness. Read more by Robin Kinzer in All My Relations, Volume 10: www.globalmajoritypress.org/all-my-relat...

We can't wait for you to see The B'K Volume 17, Issue 2 on April 1! It features art by: Adedeji John Oluwaseun, Amuri Morris, and @willecee.bsky.social; fiction by: Ella Torres and Rose Engelfried; and nonfiction by Angelica Terso and Tania Rashid. Stay tuned!

Please note CWs The way I was raised, feelings and needs were not allowed. My responsibility (as I saw it) was to assess everyone else’s and adjust my being, actions, and the space I take up accordingly. Read more by @mxchristalbot.bsky.social in Vol 10: www.globalmajoritypress.org/all-my-relat...

Check out the complete piece "All Eyez on Me," by Amuri Morris: www.globalmajoritypress.org/the-bk/

in another universe we would not be abandoned by those who raised us carrying patchwork scars from lifetimes beyond our own Read more of "a tender multiverse" by ammara touch via in All My Relations, Volume 10: www.globalmajoritypress.org/all-my-relat...