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Casira Copes is a Voice To Listen To
Writer profile #4 in my 30 day reading challenge
When I find a writer who tackles social justice issues with research, personal experience, and a strong writing voice, I’m in. Casira Copes ticks all those boxes and more.
Her bio tells me she is a Black Bisexual Feminist. I’m only one out of the three so I’m interested to hear her take on things. A deep dive into her work as part of my look at a different writer every day for a month was a great experience.
Once again, my challenge is choosing which stories to highlight. This woman has range and I love that. I’ll start with the first one I stumbled across, share a few more, then let you read through her entire back catalog like I intend to do as I find the time.
Because I write about social justice concepts, tending more towards race and Black identity, I get a lot of questions from white people specifically. The two types of questions frequently dropped on my articles are: 1) those that are answered in the very article itself (because reading comprehension…
