When I write about what it means to decolonize, I’m referring to the idea that it means a return to one’s original state of being, before the effects of colonization. This legacy of colonization includes patriarchy, white supremacy, heteronormativity, capitalism as an economic principle that gives advantages to some people over others, a belief... See more

The United Nations has said that the core to decolonization means a return to self-determination. Right now, in the United States, we are told that we live in a free country, which ostensibly means that as individuals, we have the right to self-determination.

But we don’t. Not really. We all live with the legacy of the colonizers and their ways of... See more