A Hurricane Hits like a Bomb
So much had changed since Daniel blew up her family’s life, but the water was still the same, still coming and going.
A Liberation Delayed
“Black working people did not consistently subvert the control of colonial elites, as becoming free embedded them even more deeply in the structures of colonial domination.” — Dr. Natasha Lightfoot
Frig It!
Screenplay for a not-yet-produced short film.
Caribbean Celluloid: Telling Our Stories on Film
One Love. That’s right, this session is about film – not just that film though, but Caribbean film more broadly and specifically ones I’ve seen this half year. Twice in the case of Bob Marley: One Love.
Reconnecting to Caribbean Folklore with “When We Were Birds”
It blends the stories from our ancestors — recollections from the enslaved, the indentured, and the colonial masters, as well as remnants of indigenous memory.
Don’t sleep on Caribbean Fantasy and Science Fiction
Caribbean Futurism (A Reflection on 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚, 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝘵𝘰𝑟𝑒, 𝑅𝑒𝘵𝑢𝑟𝑛)
Among Flowers: A Journey with Jamaica Kincaid
Have you ever looked at a book, read its synopsis, and just knew it would be a book that would change your life?
Object Permanence
For me, the key is not to force it (what a character’s thing is) but to discover it over the course of revisions.
What Can Story Do?
I’m not a scientist nor a politician, but, climate change is real and writing is how I process life.
The Imprecise Science of Character Naming
Set in the era when women were just starting to break through in Antiguan calypso, incidentally a period when I was in the tents reporting on calypso, “Destiny” was always an underdog rising story.
Get to Know Our Artist-in-Residence
Joanne, or Jhohadli, is one of Antigua and Barbuda’s most prominent contemporary writers.
A Place for Theory: Finding Ceremony at the Black Feminisms Forum
From Haiti to Sudan, and from the DRC to Palestine, Black feminist gatherings, now more than ever, are orienting themselves around building worlds that attend varied harms that touch each of us across borders and across difference.
a reconciliation of realities
The oppression of the Palestinian people is wrapped up in the oppression of marginalized communities all throughout the world and squarely all the communities I am apart of. black, woman, queer, from a small Caribbean island.
Coming Soon: Teach-In Series
Intersect Antigua-Barbuda is pleased to announce its upcoming inaugural teach-in series.
Coming Soon: Artist-In-Residence
Intersect Antigua-Barbuda is pleased to announce its forthcoming inaugural series, The Artist-In-Residence programme.
Caribbean Feminist Stories: Volume II
Did you know? The Sea and Sand are lovers. With every ebb and flow, they shape and are shaped. With each rush and churn, they guide and are guided. Time and time again, they converge and reconverge.
Day In The Life - Queer Caribby
"Yuh know muh lub home but sometime...
Mental Health Matters Now and Forever
Intersect believes that wellness, both physical and mental, are important practices we all can do to resist the pressures of society. One of the most radical activities you can do is to practice self-love and care.
Like the Sea Rushing In
When did I realize I was queer? How do you read backwards? How do you read between and under and through a life lived thinking there was nothing else?
Good Hair
Good Hair speaks to the upliftment and love for all women of colour. The influence of colourism and hair type bias has been an ugly remnant of a social conditioning adopted from slavery that is still very much alive and well today.