blackgirl on mars: notes on a life in copenhagen (or how my alienation brings me closer to people).

  The Waters of Memory is a short film done in collaboration with Konkav Studios, DK.  You can view it www.blackgirlonmars.com Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son by Lesley-Ann Brown (Repeater, 2018) Blackgirl on Mars: A Radical Memoir (Repeater, 2023)

Whatsup everybody there's a lot of traffic on this blog despite the fact I haven't uploaded in a while so i figured I'd touch base and let you know i got some exciting projects and collaborations coming up i'll soon fill you all in and i'll include some links of where else you can find me on the inter webs.  thanks for the love! 

ayahuasca vine illustration imt *content warning*  describes the use of nontraditional methods of treating trauma and the use of psychedelic substances. this article is meant to educate and not as a prescription. by Lesley-Ann Brown I’m not a sociologist, so I’m not fully equipped to interpret what it means when a person or thing becomes a punchline to a Chelsea Handler joke, but I am sure there are worse fates. Still, when I heard ayahuasca’s name come out of her mouth, I felt a need to speak up for it like you’d speak up to a bully picking on your best friend. Although, in all fairness to Handler, the joke was funny, this time.   I’m using Chelsea Handler as an example here – because I know how problematic she can be. And the fact that I’m engaging with this name, is a testimony to the power of ayahuasca.   Full disclosure: I’m one of those annoying folks who refer to ayahuasca as ‘Aya.’ But according to the South African Black Consciousness Scholar Simmi Dullay, ‘Aya’ ...

Finland is a country.... According to some conspiracy theorists (my son tells me), Finland is not real-- but here I am about to land. It's my second time here, and I can see the forests from up high, and this gives me comfort. The flight from Copenhagen to Helsinki is uneventful and short, two things I value. I take a cab from the airport to where I'll be staying for a week - I'm here to conduct a workshop at UniArts Helsinki/Theatre Academy in connection with the  M/other Becomings Symposium ; a two-day event where I was also invited to be among the host of keynote speakers and panels.  m/other becomings  is a collaboration between   Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology (DK) , The Association for Arts and Mental Health (DK),   Kultivator (SE) ,  Art Lab Gnesta (SE) , and Bioart Society (FI). Helsinki is green and sunny - the sun is out for the seven of the eight days that I'm there and wherever I walk the smell of lilacs and elderberry seem to follow. On...