On Grief at the End of the World: A Black, Disabled, Queer Ritual for Personal and Global Apocalypse
2024
CONTENT WARNING: Mention of sexual trauma, illness and Disability
Shedding is personal process, an interpersonal practice, and a guide map to societal and structural justice. Guided by the wisdom of creatures who shed their skin, On Grief At The End Of The World is a reflection on a moment of personal apocalypse and a ritual or practice for liberation: A snake doesn’t hesitate when it’s time to shed. She doesn’t try to cling to something uncomfortable but familiar, she doesn’t worry what lies on the other side of shedding, who she’ll be, will others recognize her. She simply sheds because her body knows it is time. Read—>
A painting of two Black beings, one with a scaly tail wrapped around a tree and one with a halo. The tailed being’s hand is placed on the other being’s shoulder.
