It is the second time I hyperventilated that day. The first is when I am informed of the $750.00 copay. “Are you okay?” He asks looking down at me with concern after extracting me from the tube. “Jesus Christ you guys. You saw my medical records. It says I’m fat. Why did yall schedule me…
Author: Rawiyah
Rawiyah Tariq is a Black, gender non-binary, fat, disabled and neurodivergent artist and kink aware professional.
Their roots are in queer, poly-amorous, fat community.
Their tone is reflective of these roots. Their work is informed by how these intersect with their Blackness.
Magic, massage, storytelling and performance art are tools they use to liberate, heal and reclaim space for marginalized communities. they believe in cohesive and somatic healing and holding practices that align body, mind and spirit.
Currently, they are living in the Bay Area while working on their book and their healing and holding practice A Sovereign Embodiment (ASE) . Through ASE where they provide ritual creation, divination, heart holding and graphic design.
Sing out Louise!
Adults: Children are meant to be seen and not heard Peers: Shut up bucky beaver and go chew a tree Community: The way you talk… you think you too good Past Lover: If you can’t communicate it in a way I can understand then it’s bullshit World: You’re black, you’re fat, you’re a woman… what…
Femme-Feminist-Slut
Hey, So I am writing to let you all know that it is possible to be a femme, a feminist and a slut all at the same time. Do you need time to let that sink in a little? I’ll wait… I know there are several institutions that say something different but I want to…
Good enough now?
A plush, white, stuffed bunny rabbit with a knit pale pink top hat fucking winked at me. That’s when I knew I was done. 7 years ago I was working 40 hours a week and going to massage school for 16. After I graduated I still kept that 40 hour a week job and transferred…
The Single Holidaze
I’m single right now Probably be single-ish by time the Holidays rolls around too. It’s shocking for me to realize that I have not had a “singles” holiday since I’ve begun dating. I’ve seen all these posts about how to find the perfect fall/winter partner and it makes me giggle and cry into my vibrator…
Elton John
I always functioned under a perception that you were supposed to tickle the ivories not beat the ever-loving crap out of them. At one point he stood up. Head-banging without dislodging his signature shades which were adhered to his face through the gravitational pull of his planet sized awesomeness.
OkStupid # ohgodwhocankeepcountanymore?
Him: ( after 2 months of relative of silence) bonjour renie! how have u been? i am with a bisexual female friend who likes your pics. She is from France, i would to introduce you to her Me: lol… no. I really wish I could be angrier about this one! There is this nonchalance…
Not that kinda party.
(written after an interaction with an uber driver on my way home from performing at the Uptown Club in Oakland) You… You saw a happy, tipsy, fat, black woman and assumed I was a straight club girl on her way home from a night of partying. You assumed I was blowing off steam after…
submissive… but not to you
Trigger warning (sexual abuse/non- consent/violence) Her: Don’t put yourself in that position anymore Me: Don’t put myself in that position denotes that I could have prevented it by being what…clairvoyant. Damn my lack of ESP now I just have PTSD. Why wasn’t I born a Betazoid!? For reference the “position” was a date with someone…
#MammyisDead 